SKADE vs. Budapest Five Preview & Prediction- Free 5/23 CS: GO

The rivals will clash at the upper bracket round of 16 in the REPUBLEAGUE Season 3 Closed Qualifier tournament this Monday. The 2021 Republic Season 3 is an online tournament composed of notable teams and rookies from across Europe. The upcoming matchup will be played in the best-of-three series.

SKADE Team Stats and Latest Results

SKADE is ranked #30 in the world ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 51 weeks. The Bulgarian team is coming to this match on a 3-match win streak and has managed 4 wins from their last 10 matches. Considering their performance in past events, they won the Pinnacle Cup III, finished 5-8th at the IEM Dallas 2022 Europe Open Qualifier 1, and 9-16th at the IEM Dallas 2022 Europe Open Qualifier 2. The team is also part of the ongoing Pinnacle Cup IV and has won 3 out of the 5 matches at the group stage. They also attained a win rate of 61.4% over the past 3 months.

Map win statistics in the past 3 months show an impressive win rate on Overpass (78.6%), Mirage (73.3%), Dust2 (71.4%), Ancient (71.4%), and Inferno (66.7%). On the flip-side, they failed to impress on Nuke (30.0%) and Vertigo (0.0%). The team has a line-up that consists of bubble (0.93 player rating), dream3r (1.12), SHiPZ (1.11), dennyslaw (1.12), and Rainwaker (1.11).

Budapest Five Team Stats and Latest Results

Budapest Five ranks #186 in the world ranking. The Hungarian team lost its last 3 matches and has managed 4 wins from the last 10 matches. The team has been inactive for the better part of the year and has only played 4 matches since the beginning of the year. Their last match took place at the TBC tournament on March 31, 2022, and Budapest Five lost to the eSuba with a score of 0:2.

Map win statistics over the past 3 months show that the team has failed to impress. They lost all matches on Mirage (0.0%-win rate), Inferno (0.0%), and Vertigo (0.0%). The current roster has fleav (1.10 player rating), Aaron (1.03), juho (0.62), HeavyGod (-), and 1NSERT2 (0.93).

SKADE vs. Budapest Five H2H Record

Head-to-head has 3 meetings between the rivals. By this time, Budapest Five has won 2 times while SKADE has 1 win. Their last encounter was at the bracket of 2021 ESEA Advanced Division S37 EU on July 03, 2021, and Budapest Five won 2:1.

SKADE vs. Budapest Five Betting Preview

This will be an easy matchup for SKADE based on the fact that they have shown better performance on the maps, has a better position in the world ranking, and better roster. Besides, SKADE has a 3-match win streak while Budapest Five lost its last 3 matches.

The Pick: SKADE to win.