SKADE vs. EC Kyiv Preview & Prediction- Free 2/13 CS: GO

The rivals will cross paths at the second stage (Round of 16) of the ongoing Malta Vibes Knockout Series 6 tournament. The Malta vibes knockout series is an ongoing event of cups organized by Eden Esports and features a $50,000 prize pool. The winner of this duel will advance to the quarter-finals while the loser will exit the tournament.

SKADE Team Stats and Latest Results

SKADE is ranked 26th in the world ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 39 weeks. The Bulgarian team has been invited to join the Malta Vibes Knockout Series 6 tournament at the second stage and will be playing their first match against EC Kyiv. They won the ESEA Advanced Season 39 Europe in December and were awarded $7,000 plus a spot at the ESL Challenger League S40. At the same time, they finished 13-15th at the Pinnacle Winter Series 1 and 5-8th at the ESL Challenger Anaheim 2022 Europe Open Qualifier 1. The team attained a win rate of 59.3% over the last 3 months and won 5 out of their last 8 games.

Map win statistics in the last 3 months shows that the team has been impressive on Overpass (87.5%), Nuke (80.0%), Inferno (71.4%), and Mirage (62.5%). On the flip-side, they failed to impress on Ancient (50.0%), Dust2 (44.4%), and Vertigo (0.0%). The team line-up consists of bubble (0.98), dream3r (1.14), SHiPZ (1.11), dennyslaw (1.13), and Rainwaker (1.11).

EC Kyiv Team Stats and Latest Results

EC Kyiv is ranked 71st in the world ranking. At the ongoing Malta Vibes Knockout Series 6, the Ukrainian team has won their first 2 matches to advance to the second stage. They defeated OFFSET (2::0) at Stage 1 (Round of 32) and PACT (2:0) at the round of 16. The team won the LEGION UPEA Ukrainian Championship 2021 Finals in November, finished 3-4th at the ESEA Winter 2021 Cash Cup 1 Europe, and 3rd at the UESF Parimatch Ukrainian Super Cup 2021. Out of their last 8 matches, the team won 4 matches and currently hold a win rate of 56.5%.

Map win statistics in the last 3 months shows that the team attained a decent win rate on Inferno (81.2%) and Dust2 (66.7%) but failed to impress on Mirage (50.0%), Ancient (50.0%), Vertigo (40.0%), and Overpass (20.0%). The team’s roster consists of uQlutzavr (1.02), Smash (1.04), byr9 (1.09), s4 (1.12), and amster (0.99).

SKADE vs. EC Kyiv H2H Record

There are no previous encounters between the rivals and this will be their first H2H encounter.

SKADE vs. EC Kyiv Betting Preview

SKADE has been invited to join the tournament at the second stage and is the favorite to proceed to the next stage. The Bulgarian team has a better position in the world ranking and has a slightly better win rate compared to their opponent. Both teams are coming to this match on a 2-match win streak but EC Kyiv has shown better performance on the maps. The Ukrainian team leads on Dust2, Inferno, Vertigo, and Ancient while SKADE has a huge lead on Nuke and Overpass with more than 85%-win rate in both. Therefore, we expect SKADE to win but it probably won't do without the third map.

The Pick: SKADE to win/ Over 2.5 maps.