OG vs. paiN, Preview, & Prediction - Free 10/13 CS: GO
The opponents will clash at Round of 16 of the BLAST Premier Fall Showdown 2021 tournament this Wednesday. The winner in this matchup will progress to the quarter-finals while the loser will exit the tournament. The two top teams will get $30,000 plus a spot at the BLAST Premier Fall Final 2021.
OG Team Stats and Latest Results
OG Team is ranked 10 in the world ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 96 weeks. The team qualified for this event after finishing 10-12th at the BLAST Premier Fall Groups 2021. Considering the team’s performance in other events, she finished 3-4th at the ESL Pro League Season 14 and 11th at the IEM Fall 2021 Europe. Considering their performance in the last 8 matches, they won 4 matches and hold a win rate of 62.5%.
Map performance in the last 3 months shows that the team has been impressive on Inferno (100.0%) and Dust2 (100.0%). They attained an average performance on Mirage (50.0%) but failed to impress on Nuke (40.0%), Overpass (33.3%), and Ancient (0.0%). They have maintained 1 line-up since April that consists of valde (1.11), Aleksib (1.01), niko (0.99), mantuu (1.13), and flameZ (1.12).
paiN Team Stats and Latest Results
paiN Team is ranked 29th in the world ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 9 weeks. The Brazilian team qualified for the BLAST Premier Fall Showdown 2021 after winning the Fragadelphia Fall in September. They finished 1-2nd at the IEM Winter 2021 North America Open Qualifier, won the FlowFiReLEAGUE 2021 North America, 3rd at the IEM Winter 2021 North America Closed Qualifier, and 4th at the IEM Fall 2021 North America. They won 3 out of their last 8 matches and hold a win rate of 74.1%.
Map performance in the last 3 months shows that the team has been impressive on Dust2 (100.0%), Nuke (84.6%), Ancient (78.6%), and Vertigo (62.5%). They attained an average performance on Overpass (50.0%) but failed to impress on Inferno (25.0%) and Mirage (0.0%). They have a line-up that consists of PKL (1.06), NEKIZ (1.09), hardzao (1.09), biguzera (1.16), and saffee (1.27).
OG vs. paiN H2H Record
Both teams have never met in any tournament and this will be their first head-to-head encounter.
OG vs. paiN Betting Preview
Most sportsbooks have projected OG to take this matchup. Nevertheless, we believe paiN has a chance based on the fact that they have a relatively better line-up and have an advantage on 4 maps. They lead on Nuke, Overpass, Vertigo, and Ancient while OG has an advantage on Mirage and Inferno. When we add the win rate factor, we would advise bettors to give paiN a chance and over 2.5 maps.
The Pick: paiN to win/ Over 2.5 maps.
