NKT vs. Checkmate, Preview, & Prediction - Free 9/17 CS: GO

The opponents meet at the Upper Bracket-Opening round of the IEM Fall 2021 Asia Closed Qualifier this Friday. The loser of this match will be dropped to the lower bracket for another chance to fight for a spot at the IEM Fall 2021 Asia.

NKT Team Stats and Latest Results

NKT Team is ranked 87th on the world ranking. The Asian team is currently on an upswing because they have a 10-match win streak. Considering their performance on previous events, they finished 3rd at the DreamHack Open June 2021 Asia Closed Qualifier, won the Funspark ULTI 2021 Asia Regional Series 2 in July, won the Funspark ULTI 2021 Asia Playoffs 1, and won the IEM Fall 2021 Asia Open Qualifier 2. For this reason, NKT Team has attained an 84.6% win rate.

Map statistics over the last 3 months shows that the team has achieved an impressive performance on Mirage (100.0%), Vertigo (100.0%), Inferno (80.0%), Nuke (75.0%), Dust2 (62.5%), and Overpass (62.5%). Their line-up consists of XigN (1.09), ImpressioN (1.06), xccurate (1.09), erkaSt (1.26), and sk0R (1.24).

Checkmate Team Stats and Latest Results

Checkmate is placed 129th on the global ranking. The Mongolian team qualified for this tournament after winning the recently concluded IEM Fall 2021 Asia Open Qualifier 1. At the same time, they won the DreamHack Open June 2021 Asia Open Qualifier 2 and DreamHack Open June 2021 Asia Closed Qualifier. When we consider their last 8 matches, they won 5 matches and has a win rate of 60.0%.

Map statistics in the last 3 months shows that the team has been impressive on Vertigo (100.0%), Inferno (71.4%), and Nuke (57.1%). They managed an average win rate on Overpass (50.0%), Ancient (50.0%) but failed to impress on Dust2 (40.0%), and Mirage (0.0%). Their line-up includes hasteka (1.13), cool4st (1.12), Bart4k (1.00), bLitz (1.15), and Techno (1.00).

NKT vs. Checkmate H2H Record

The opponents have met on 1 occasion and Checkmate won 2-0. They met at the DreamHack Open June 2021 Asia Closed Qualifier.

NKT vs. Checkmate Betting Preview

Both teams are currently on-form and we expect an interesting match this Friday. NKT has won their last 10 matches while Checkmate has won 5 matches out of their 10 games. When you consider map performance, there is no doubt that NKT is the better side and will win this matchup.

The Pick: NKT to win.