ECSTATIC vs. SKADE Preview & Prediction- Free 3/17 CS: GO
The rivals will meet at the quarter-final in the Thunderpick Bitcoin Series 2022 tournament this Thursday. Thunderpick Bitcoin Series is an online CS: GO tournament with a prize pool of $75,000. Playoff is played in a single-elimination best-of-three series.
ECSTATIC Team Stats and Latest Results
ECSTATIC is ranked 22nd in the world ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 25 weeks. The team has been invited to the playoffs of the Thunderpick Bitcoin Series 2022 tournament and will play their first match at the quarter-final. They finished 4th at the Funspark ULTI 2021 Finals, 5-8th at the Malta Vibes Knockout Series 5, and 9-12th at the Elisa Invitational Winter 2021. The team is also part of the ongoing ESL Challenger League Season 40 Europe and Pinnacle Winter Series 3. The team attained a win rate of 52.9% over the last 3 months and won 5 out of their last 10 matches.
Map win statistics in the last 3 months show an impressive performance on Inferno (70.0%), Vertigo (70.0%), Dust2 (66.7%), and Ancient (60.0%). On the flip-side, they failed to impress on Nuke (40.0%), Overpass (25.0%), and Mirage (0.0%). They have a roster that includes FASHR (1.11 player rating), Daffu (1.02), WolfY (1.06), birdfromsky (0.98), and maNkz (1.04).
SKADE Team Stats and Latest Results
SKADE is ranked 18th in the world ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 42 weeks. The Bulgarian team started at the group stage of the Thunderpick Bitcoin Series 2022 tournament and won their first 3 matches to advance to the playoffs. Considering their performance in past events, they finished 7-8th at the PGL Major Antwerp 2022 Europe RMR Open Qualifier 4, 9-12th at the ESL Challenger League Season 40 Europe, and won the Elisa Invitational Winter 2021. Additionally, they have won 7 out of their last 10 matches and have a win rate of 63.9%.
Map win statistics in the last 3 months show an impressive performance on Overpass (84.6%), Ancient (75.0%), Inferno (66.7%), and Dust2 (62.5%). On the flip-side, they failed to impress on Mirage (46.2%) and Nuke (46.2%). SKADE has maintained 1 line-up for the last 2 months and it consists of bubble (0.92 player rating), dream3r (1.13), SHiPZ (1.11), dennyslaw (1.13), and Rainwaker (1.11).
ECSTATIC vs. SKADE H2H Record
The guys from ECSTATIC have met SKADE on 5 occasions. The team was previously called Lyngby Vikings. Out of these 5 encounters, SKADE has won twice while Lyngby Vikings won in 3 matches including their last meeting at the Pinnacle Fall Series 2.
ECSTATIC vs. SKADE Betting Preview
Both teams are coming to this meeting on a 3-match win streak. Nevertheless, SKADE is the favorite because they lead on 4 cards while ECSTATIC has an advantage on 3 maps. SKADE won their first 3 matches at the group stage while ECSTATIC is a newcomer in this tournament and will be playing their first match against SKADE at the quarters.
The Pick: SKADE to win.
