ENCE vs. SKADE, Preview & Prediction - Free 5/12 CS:GO
SKADE is looking for the third straight victory over ENCE when the rivals meet in the quarter-finals of the LOOT.BET Season 9 on Wednesday. They are the favorites here, and if they get past ENCE, SKADE will take on the better side from a clash between Dignitas and Young Ninjas.
ENCE Team Stats and Latest Results
Being the highest-ranked team at this tournament, ENCE received a playoff invitation and skipped the previous round of the playoffs as well as the Swiss stage of the competition. ENCE is looking for revenge here after losing to SKADE in the Grand final of the European Development Championship 3 ten days ago. Its latest game was against EPG Family at the Spring Sweet Spring 1 and it was a loss. ENCE lost ten of the previous 16 matches.
In the last three months, ENCE was above average on Train (58.8% win rate) and Nuke (55.6%), while they failed to impress on Overpass (33.3%) and Mirage (33.3%). ENCE assembled its current lineup in March 2021 and appeared on 53 maps with a record of 25 wins and 28 losses. The team members are allu (1.03 rating), Snappi (0.94), doto (0.98), dycha (1.04), and Spinx (1.07).
SKADE Team Stats and Latest Results
SKADE went through the qualification phase at the LOOT.BET Season 9 and reached the playoffs after three victories over eXploit, Anonymo, and Movistar Riders. However, all three wins came after SKADE lost the opening map, which also occurred in the opening game of the playoffs against Anonymo. SKADE won ten of the last 12 games.
Talking about the maps in the previous three months, SKADE was great on Overpass (87.9%) and Inferno (80.6%), while they couldn’t get the things going on Nuke (37.5%). SKADE is playing with the same team since February this year and appeared on 155 maps with a record of 112 wins and 43 losses. The lineup consists of SHiPZ (1.16), dennyslaw (1.17), Duplicate (1.04), Rainwaker (1.10), and oxygen (1.06).
ENCE vs. SKADE H2H Record
These rivals have faced on two occasions before, and SKADE won both matches, including the most recent one at the European Development Championship 3 some ten days ago.
ENCE vs. SKADE Betting Preview
Each of SKADE’s four matches at this tournament produced a maximum of three maps, and I wouldn’t be surprised if we see another Over 2.5 maps game on Wednesday. SKADE is targeting a top 20 in the coming days, so they must get a win here and will likely need to go to the Grand final in order to achieve that goal. I am going to avoid betting on totals, even though it is quite appealing to bet on Over 2.5 maps. I am backing SKADE to get a win.
The Pick: SKADE to win (-139 @PINNACLE)
