SJ vs. Apeks, Preview & Prediction - Free 11/5 CS:GO
Apeks is a slight favorite in this Best of 3 encounter when they take on SJ in the Swiss round 2 (teams with a 0-1 record) of the Cyber.Bet Golden League 2020 on Thursday. The losing side will drop to a 0-2 record and will have minimal chances to reach the playoffs, while the winning team will improve to 1-1 and will stay alive in the playoff race, so this one is quite important for each team.
SJ Team Stats and Latest Results
After defeating KOVA in the Grand final of the Rainmaker Open Season 2 and earning $10,056 for first place, SJ suffered four consecutive losses, two of which came to ALTERNATE aTTaX and PACT at the Betway Nine to Five 5, where they finished in the low 16th position. SJ opened this tournament with a 1-0 lead over SKADE but dropped the next two maps and lost the game. SJ lost eight of the previous 13 matches.
During the last three months, SJ was above average on Overpass (62.5% win rate), Mirage (57.1%), and Nuke (56.2%), while they disappointed on Dust2 (12.5%) and Train (30.8%). Since August 2020, SJ is playing with the current lineup and appeared on 76 maps with a record of 35 wins and 41 losses. The lineup consists of KHRN (0.99 rating), arvid (0.98), SADDYX (1.12), jemi (1.07), and LYNXi (0.96).
Apeks Team Stats and Latest Results
Apeks is also not playing well lately with struggles at the LOOT.BET Season 8 and three losses in four matches, failing to reach the playoffs in the process. They didn’t perform any better at the Elisa Invitational 2, where they suffered defeats to MAD Lions and Heroic, while they also lost the opening game at this tournament to Movistar Riders. Apeks lost 11 of the last 14 games.
Over the course of the previous three months, Apeks was unbeaten on Inferno (played three times) and were decent on Dust2 (57.1%) and Overpass (55.6%), while they didn’t show impressive displays on Mirage (14.3%) and Train (20.0%). Apeks is playing with a new lineup that was assembled in October this year and appeared on only 11 maps with a record of two wins and nine losses. The team members are Dennis (1.04), jkaem (1.07), Marcelious (1.07), Grusarn (1.00), and Nasty (0.79).
SJ vs. Apeks H2H Record
These rivals have never met before.
SJ vs. Apeks Betting Preview
I am not impressed with the form of these respective rivals and it’s going to be very hard to predict a winner. That’s why I am going to avoid betting on the winner here and will go with Over 2.5 maps. The main reason for this is that both teams are oscillating and I expect to see a lot of ups and downs along the way. Betting on Over has the greatest value as both teams will be looking to avoid another defeat and go down to a 0-2 record.
