ECSTATIC vs. 1shot Preview & Prediction- Free 2/24 CS: GO
The rivals will meet for their Group C opening match at the ESL Challenger League Season 40 Europe tournament this Thursday. There are 16 teams in this tournament fighting for the top prize of $50,000. Eight teams will advance to the playoffs and the best team will be awarded $20,000. The group stage is played in the best of 3 format.
ECSTATIC Team Stats and Latest Results
ECSTATIC is ranked 17th in the world ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 21 weeks. The Danish team is coming to this tournament on a 55.3%-win rate and won 3 out of their last 8 matches. They failed to win their first match at the Malta Vibes Knockout Series 6 and were knocked out at stage 1. The team finished 7-8th at the ESL Challenger Anaheim 2022 Europe Closed Qualifier and 4th at the Funspark ULTI 2021 Finals. They are also part of the ongoing Elisa Invitational Winter 2021 and have won 3 out of their 5 rounds at the group stage.
Map win statistics in the last 3 months shows a decent win rate on Ancient (64.3%), Inferno (63.2%), Dust2 (54.5%), and Vertigo (52.6%). On the other hand, they were not impressive on Mirage (50.0%), Nuke (44.4%), and Overpass (33.3%). The team has a line-up that consists of birdfromsky (0.98), Daffu (1.00), maNkz (1.05), WolfY (1.05), and FASHR (1.11).
1shot Team Stats and Latest Results
1shot is ranked 41st in the world ranking. The Russian team won the ESEA Premier Season 39 Europe Relegation and got a spot at the ESL Challenger League S40 where they will play their first match against ECSTATIC this Thursday. Meanwhile, they finished 5-6th at the ESEA Advanced Season 39 Europe, won the ESEA Winter 2021 Cash Cup 2 Europe, and finished 2nd at the Malta Vibes Knockout Series 6. The team has attained a win rate of 80.0% over the last 3 months and won 6 out of their last 8 matches.
Map win statistics in the last 3 months shows a decent win rate on Nuke (88.2%), Dust2 (71.4%), Mirage (66.7%), and Inferno (66.7%) but failed to show a decent win rate on Overpass (40.0%), Vertigo (40.0%), and Ancient (25.0%). The team has maintained their roster for the last 3 months and includes Get_Jeka (1.10), FpSSS (1.12), GreK (1.03), faydett (1.04), and Synyx (1.02).
ECSTATIC vs. 1shot H2H Record
The opponents have never met in any tournament and this will be their first H2H encounter.
ECSTATIC vs. 1shot Betting Preview
1shot is currently on the upswing because they have won 6 out of their last 8 games and hold a win rate of 80.0%. On the other hand, ECSTATIC has won 3 out of their last 8 matches and has an advantage in only 2 maps (Vertigo and Ancient). 1shot currently leads on Dust2, Mirage, Nuke, and Overpass. Therefore, we are predicting a win for 1shot.
The Pick: 1shot to win.
