K23 vs. Young Ninjas, Preview and Prediction-Free 8/21 CS: GO

K23 and Young Ninjas will meet at Stage 1 of the Malta Vibes Knockout Series 1. In this matchup, the winner will progress to stage 2 as the loser is eliminated from the tournament.

K23 Stats and Latest Results

K23 is ranked 30th on the global ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 12 weeks. At the ongoing Malta Vibes Knockout Series 1, they defeated 4glory at the round of 16. At the same time, the Kazakhstani team finished 4th at the StarLadder CIS RMR 2021 in July and received $10,000 plus 1625 RMR points. At this tournament, they won 2 out of their 4 matches at the group stage then went ahead to lose to Gambit at the upper bracket opening round and again to Spirit at the lower bracket opening round. At the same time, they finished 3rd at the Funspark ULTI 2021 Europe Playoffs 1 and 5th at the StarLadder CIS RMR 2021 Closed Qualifier. They won 4 out of their last 8 matches and has a win rate of 43.5%.

Map statistics in the last 3 months shows that the team has been impressive on Train (100.0%), Ancient (75.0%), Inferno (62.5%), and Overpass (56.2%). On the other hand, they failed to impress on Nuke (37.5%), Dust2 (33.3%), Mirage (33.3%), and Vertigo (0.0%). The team line-up consists of AdreN (0.96), mou (1.09), neaLaN (0.99), n0rb3r7 (1.14), and fame (1.10).

Young Ninjas Stats and Latest Results

Young Ninjas is ranked 44th on the global ranking. At the ongoing Malta Vibes Knockout Series 1, they defeated VP.Prodigy at the round of 16 and progressed to the round of 32 where they will play K23. Considering their performance in other tournaments, they finished 2nd at the WePlay Academy League Season 1 and 13-16th at the European Development Championship 5. The Danish team has won 6 out of their last 8 matches and has a win rate of 54.0%.

Map win rate in the last 3 months shows that the team has been impressive on Train (100.0%), Overpass (72.7%), and Inferno (58.3%). They achieved an average win rate on Ancient (50.0%) but failed to impress on Mirage (42.3%), Nuke (36.4%), Vertigo (25.0%), and Dust2 (0.0%). They have played one line-up since June that includes Sapec (1.03), ztr (0.97), phzy (1.07), Mann3n (0.94), and Ro1f (0.94).

K23 vs. Young Ninjas H2H Record

There are 3 head-to-head records between the teams. So far, K23 has 2 wins while Young Ninjas has 1 win. Their last encounter was at the Spring Sweet Spring 1 and K23 won 2:1.

K23 vs. Young Ninjas Betting Preview

In the last 10 matches, Young Ninjas has only lost 2 while K23 has lost 6 matches out of their last 10. Considering their map performance, K23 has a narrow lead on Nuke and Inferno. Young Ninjas comfortably leads on Overpass and has achieved a better win rate in the last 3 months. For this reason, we believe Young Ninjas will win.

The Pick: Young Ninjas to win.