Nemiga vs. bankaPEPSI, Preview & Prediction - Free 5/22 CS:GO

One of Nemiga and bankaPEPSI will suffer elimination out of the EPIC League CIS 2021 when they meet in Swiss round 4 (teams with a 1-2 record) on Saturday. The winner will need to win one more match to make it to the playoffs.

Nemiga Team Stats and Latest Results

Nemiga is in a negative run of three consecutive losses, and they are hoping to avoid the fourth loss in a row, which would happen for the first time in 2021. The Belarusian team received an invitation to join this tournament, and even though they opened it with a 2-1 victory over 1WIN, they lost the next two to forZe and K23. Nemiga lost ten of the previous 13 matches.

Inferno (61.9% win rate) and Overpass (60.0%) proved to be Nemiga’s favorite maps in the last three months, while they didn’t impress on Mirage (30.0%). Nemiga established its current lineup in March 2021 and appeared on 29 maps with a record of 12 wins and 17 losses. The lineup consists of mds (0.96 rating), Jyo (1.04), boX (1.00), lollipop21k (1.15), and iDISBALANCE (1.13).

bankaPEPSI Team Stats and Latest Results

Since its formation in May this year, bankaPEPSI (former HellRaisers) played only eight games, seven of which were in the qualification stages and the main event at the EPIC League CIS 2021. bankaPEPSI had no problems in the first game against mysterious and then beat Force Arena Lviv and SG.pro to reach the main event. They lost to Spirit and Natus Vincere and defeated IN.GAME so far at the tournament.

Although they didn’t play a lot of games, bankaPEPSI had the most success on Nuke (66.7%), while they didn’t taste a victory in two appearances on Vertigo. bankaPEPSI’s current lineup appeared on 17 maps with a record of eight wins and nine losses. The team members are kalinka (1.00), xsepower (1.27), ProbLeM (0.99), JIaYm (1.00), and lyNNN (0.81).

Nemiga vs. bankaPEPSI H2H Record

These rivals have met on six occasions before (HellRaisers was the name of bankaPEPSI), and Nemiga leads the all-time series 4-2.

Nemiga vs. bankaPEPSI Betting Preview

I am not impressed with the way Nemiga is playing of late and there is no way I am going to invest my money in them. I am not saying they are going to lose, but Nemiga should be considered lucky if they remain alive at this tournament after Saturday, despite being favorites here. It’s going to be a tight encounter, and I am backing bankaPEPSI to take at least a map and cover a +1.5 spread.

The Pick: bankaPEPSI +1.5 Map Handicap (-164 @GGBET)