MAD Lions vs. fnatic, Preview & Prediction - Free 11/20 CS:GO

We don’t have a clear favorite in this Best of 3 encounter when MAD Lions take on fnatic in the Group A final of the Flashpoint 2 on Friday. Although both teams will advance to the playoffs, the winner will go to the Upper bracket, while the losing side will go to the Lower bracket.

MAD Lions Team Stats and Latest Results

MAD Lions secured a place at the BLAST Premier Fall 2020 Showdown thanks to three wins over AGF, Apeks, and HAVU, and then lost the Grand final of the Betway Nine to Five 5 to Wisla Krakow and won $15,000 for 2nd place. They failed to reach the playoffs at the IEM Beijing-Haidian 2020 Europe after a loss to Vitality, but they beat Dignitas and fnatic to make it to the Group A final here. MAD Lions won eight of the previous 11 matches.

In the last three months, MAD Lions displayed strong performances on Vertigo (85.7% win rate) and played well on Train (66.7%) and Mirage (60.0%), while they failed to get a win on Dust2 (played three times). MAD Lions assembled their squad in October this year and appeared on 26 maps with a record of 16 wins and ten losses. The lineup consists of HooXi (1.00 rating), acoR (1.24), refresh (1.20), sjuush (1.11), and roeJ (1.12).

fnatic Team Stats and Latest Results

fnatic was 6th at the DreamHack Open Fall 2020 and won $6,500 with 1719 RMR Points for that position, but after losing to Complexity and MAD Lions, they failed to qualify for the playoffs at the IEM Beijing-Haidian 2020 Europe. They defeated c0ntact and lost to MAD Lions before beating their compatriots Dignitas in the most recent round. fnatic lost eight of the last 13 games.

During the previous three months, fnatic was above average only on Inferno (66.7%), while they didn’t impress on Mirage (30.0%) and Overpass (37.5%). Since August 2020, fnatic is playing with the current lineup that appeared on 65 maps with a record of 32 wins and 33 losses. The lineup is made of flusha (0.98), JW (0.97), KRIMZ (1.08), Golden (0.96), and Brollan (1.07).

MAD Lions vs. fnatic H2H Record

These rivals have met on five occasions before, and MAD Lions are leading the all-time series 4-1. They won each of the last four duels including the last two in the past ten days at the IEM Beijing-Haidian 2020 Europe and Flashpoint 2.

MAD Lions vs. fnatic Betting Preview

In cases when we don’t have a favorite, I am usually going with Over 2.5 maps, and I am backing that option here as well because it’s a better option than betting on the winner. First of all, the odds on winners are lower than on Over 2.5 maps, while secondly, each of the last three H2H encounters produced a maximum of three maps.

The Pick: Over 2.5 Maps (+106 @GG.BET)