PACT vs. DBL PONEY, Preview, & Prediction - Free 7/07 CS: GO

PACT and DBL PONEY are remaining with two matches to the grand final. The winner of the tournament will receive $7,000 and a spot at the ESEA Premier S38. Both teams are determined to progress to the next stage because the loser at this match is eliminated.

PACT Team Stats and Latest Results

PACT is ranked 87th on the global rankings. Since the year started, the Polish team has shown a cold and hot performance in different tournaments. At the ESEA Premier Season 36 Europe, they failed to progress to the playoffs after losing 6 out of their 8 matches. For that reason, they took 16th place. At the ESEA Advanced Season 37 Europe, they have defeated DBL PONEY (2-1) and Good Game (2-0) but failed to defeat Enterprise at the upper semis hence, were dropped to the lower bracket. They were also part of the Polish Esport League series where they took 1-2nd place at the Polish Esport League Spring 2021 and 2nd at the Polish Esport League Spring 2021 Finals. PACT also lost all their matches at the Spring Sweet Spring 3 Regionals and failed to progress to the playoffs. In the last 8 matches, they won 4 and lost 4 matches. They have a win rate of 33.3%.

Map win rate in the last 3 months also shows a mixed performance. They had a win rate of 75.0% in Vertigo, 50.0% in Nuke, 40.0% in Dust2, 33.3% in Inferno, and 14.3% in Train. On the other side, they lost all their matches on Overpass (0.0%) and Ancient (0.0%). The team lineup consists of MINISE (1.02), lunAtic (0.95), darko (1.02), Sobol (1.02), and bnox (0.87).

DBL PONEY Team Stats and Latest Results

DBL PONEY is ranked 27th on the global ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 7 weeks. They met PACT at the ESEA Advanced Season 37 Europe upper bracket-opening round. In this match, they were not prepared on Inferno and Vertigo and lost 2-1. And since ESEA Advanced is a double-elimination tournament, they were dropped to the lower bracket where they have defeated NLG (2-0), Nordavind (2-0), and FATE (2-0). Considering other tournaments, they have displayed an impressive performance since the year started. They have won the ESEA Winter 2020 Cash Cup 6 Europe, Fantasyexpo Spring Cup 2021 Open Qualifier, and European Development Championship 3 Closed Qualifier. They also finished 2nd at the recently concluded European Development Championship 4. Considering their last 8 games, they won 4 and hold a win rate of 60.0%.

Map win rate in the last 3 months shows that the team has been impressive on Ancient (66.7%), Dust2 (63.6%), Inferno (63.6%), Nuke (63.3%), and Overpass (54.5%). On the flip side, they failed to impress on Train (46.2%) and Vertigo (43.5%). The team lineup consists of bodyy (1.08), Lucky (1.12), Djoko (1.05), Ex3rcice (1.03), and afro (1.12).

PACT vs. DBL PONEY H2H Record

There is one head-to-head meeting between the two teams. They played at the ESEA Advanced Season 37 Europe upper opening round and PACT won on Vertigo and Inferno.

PACT vs. DBL PONEY Betting Preview

In this matchup, we believe DBL PONEY will win because they have shown impressive map statistics, win rate, and has a better lineup compared to that of PACT. At the moment, DBL PONEY has a 4-match win streak and leads in Dust2, Inferno, Nuke, Overpass, and Ancient. PACT takes Vertigo. Meanwhile, DBL PONEY has not lost any map at the lower bracket.

The Pick: DBL PONEY to win.