fnatic vs. SAW Preview & Prediction - Free 11/15 CS: GO

The rivals will meet at the round of 16 in the ongoing REPUBLEAGUE TIPOS Season 2 tournament. The winner of this match will advance to the quarter-finals to meet Copenhagen Flames while the loser will exit the tournament.

fnatic Team Stats and Latest Results

fnatic Team is #32 in the world ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 8 weeks. The British team was invited to the ongoing REPUBLEAGUE TIPOS Season 2 tournament at the playoffs and will be playing their first match this Monday. Otherwise, the team lost all their matches at the IEM Fall 2021 Europe and finished 21-24th. They finished 1-2nd at the IEM Winter 2021 Europe Open Qualifier 1, 5-8th at the Elisa Invitational Fall 202, and 1-2nd at the DreamHack Open November 2021 Closed Qualifier. At the ongoing DreamHack Open November 2021, they have won all the matches and advanced to the grand final. In the last 8 matches, they won 7 matches and hold a win rate of 55.6%.

Map performance in the last 3 months shows that the team has been impressive on Ancient (100.0%), Overpass (72.7%), Inferno (66.7%), and Vertigo (60.0%). Nevertheless, they failed to show a decent win rate on Mirage (50.0%), Nuke (45.5%), and Dust2 (0.0%). The team has a line-up that consists of KRIMZ (1.07), ALEX (0.99), smooya (1.30), Brollan (1.10), and mezii (1.12).

SAW Team Stats and Latest Results

SAW is ranked 55th in the global ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 23 weeks. The Portuguese team was part of REPUBLEAGUE TIPOS Season 1 and finished second with a prize of $14,867. Considering their performance in the past tourneys, they finished 9-10th at the ESEA Premier Season 38 Europe, 9-12th at the Pinnacle Fall Series 2, and 2nd at the ongoing ESL Masters Spain Season 10 Finals. SAW is also part of the ongoing William Hill Cup 2021 and has qualified for Stage 2: single elimination bracket. Out of their last 8 matches, they won 6 matches and have a win rate of 50.0%.

Map win statistics in the last 3 months shows that the team has been impressive on Ancient (70.0%), Vertigo (68.8%), and Nuke (60.0%). On the other hand, they failed to display a decent performance on Overpass (33.3%), Inferno (25.0%), and Dust2 (20.0%). The team has a line-up that includes arki (0.89), MUTiRiS (1.06), rmn (1.03), JUST (1.08), and stadodo (1.10).

fnatic vs. SAW H2H Record

Both teams have never clashed in any tournament and this will be their first H2H encounter.

fnatic vs. SAW Betting Preview

The fnatic versus SAW match is actually an interesting one. Normally, the odds are heavily skewed in favour of fnatic because they have won all their last 7 matches but this time around it's different due to recent performances by Saw Babies (SAW). Fnatic has a huge lead on Mirage, Inferno, and Overpass while SAW has a slight lead on Vertigo. Based on these stats, we are predicting a win for fnatic but SAW will snatch at least 1 map. This will be another chance for over 2.5 bettors to get something.

The Pick: fnatic to win/ Over 2.5 maps.