Dire Wolves vs. Animal Squad, Preview, & Prediction - Free 7/12 CS: GO

The LPL Pro League Season 8 tournament involves 8 teams and has a prize pool of $7,526. The winner of this match will progress to the upper semi-finals and the loser will be dropped to the lower round 1.

Dire Wolves Team Stats and Latest Results

Dire Wolves is ranked 79th on the global ranking. They haven’t been active for the better part of the year because they played ESL Australia & NZ Championship Season 12 and finished 2nd, won the LPL Pro League Season 7 in May and finished 1-4th at the EPIC League Oceania 2021 Open Qualifier 1. Over the last 8 matches, Dire Wolves have won 6 matches and lost 2 matches. They have a win rate of 75.0%.

Map statistics in the last 3 months show that the Australian team has been impressive on Ancient (100.0%), Nuke (80.0%), Inferno (80.0%), Dust2 (76.9%), and Mirage (63.6%). On the other hand, they had an average performance on Overpass (50.0%) but failed to impress on Train (40.0%) and Vertigo (25.0%). The team lineup consists of sterling (1.28), HaZR (1.25), Liki (1.07), and SaVage (1.07).

Animal Squad Team Stats and Latest Results

Animal Squad is ranked 165th on the global ranking. The team has displayed a deplorable performance since the year started because they won only 1 match at the ESL Australia & NZ Championship Season 12 and finished 9-11th. She finished 5-6th at the LPL Pro League Season 7 and 13-14th at the ESEA Premier Season 37 Australia. In the last 8 matches, they have won 3 matches and lost 5. They have a win rate of 30.0%.

Map win rate in the last 3 months shows that the team registered an average performance on Inferno (50.0%) but failed to impress on Nuke (40.0%), Overpass (40.0%), Dust2 (20.0%), Train (0.0%), and Mirage (0.0%). The team lineup consists of ap0c (1.16), sibe (0.87), busta (0.81), RaZ (1.00), and moop (1.01).

Dire Wolves vs. Animal Squad H2H Record

The head-to-head record shows that the opponents have met in 3 tournaments and Dire Wolves won all the matches. The last meeting was at the ESEA Premier Season 37 Australia where Dire Wolves won 2-0.

Dire Wolves vs. Animal Squad Betting Preview

I am excited about this matchup. Dire Wolves are coming to this tournament in great form, and we can only expect a win from them. Any team that loses will have another chance to the next round through the lower bracket. Considering the map statistics, Dire Wolves lead in all selected maps and Animal Squad only has 1 map (Inferno) at a 50 percent win rate.

The Pick: Dire Wolves to win.