SKADE vs. Nordavind, Preview & Prediction - Free 6/12 CS: GO

Both teams have won 1 game at Elisa Invitational Summer 2021 and we expect an interesting matchup as each team aims for the playoffs. Both teams must get another 2 wins in 4 games to progress.

SKADE Team Stats and Latest Results

SKADE is one of the most improved teams since February. They were at position 111 in February and currently stand at position 21. SKADE has shown a remarkable performance in different tournaments. In April, they won Elisa Invitational Spring 2021 and European Development Championship 3. They finished 1-2nd at both the European Development Championship 3 Closed Qualifier, Spring Sweet Spring 1 Regionals, IEM Summer 2021 Open Qualifier 2, and Flashpoint 3 Open Qualifier 4 which is also impressive. Nevertheless, they haven't been convincing in their last 8 matches because they only won 3 games and lost 5. The win rate currently stands at 70.0%. Their debut match at Elisa Invitational Summer 2021 was successful, defeating Lyngby Vikings (16:10, 7:16, and 16:7) and they expect to get a second win.

Over the last 3 months, the Bulgarian team hasn’t recorded any loss on Ancient (100.0%) and recorded a good performance on Vertigo (78.6%), Inferno (77.4%), Overpass (72.2%), Mirage (68.2%), Train (65.6%), and Dust2 (50.0%). They have not been good at Nuke (37.5%). The lineup for the upcoming math includes SHiPZ (1.12), dennyslaw (1.17), Duplicate (1.05), Rainwaker (1.10), and oxygeN (1.02).

Nordavind Team Stats and Latest Results

Nordavind is currently in position 57. Based on the stats, they are in a perfect form to challenge SKADE and even proceed to the playoffs. They have a relatively new team that has been impressive in different tournaments. The team finished 3-5th at the Snow Sweet Snow 3 Regionals, 3-4th at the IEM Summer 2021 Open Qualifier 1 tournament, and 2nd at the Elisa Invitational Spring 2021. Nordavind Team has also managed to win 4 matches out of their last 8 games, and currently holds a win rate of 61.1%.

Map win stats over the last 3 months shows that the team was impressive on Mirage (70.6%) where they managed 12 wins and 5 losses. On Inferno, they had 66.7%, Vertigo (62.5%), and Dust2 (52.9%). They had more losses on Overpass (46.2%), Train (28.6%), and Nuke (0.0). The lineup consists of TENZKI (1.05), HS (1.04), mertz (1.19), mirbit (1.04), and supra (1.03).

SKADE vs. Nordavind H2H Record

Both teams have met on 11 occasions and out of these, Nordavind managed to win 6 while SKADE won on 5 occasions. The last game was in April at Elisa Invitational Spring 2021 Grand final and SKADE won (16: 7 overpass, 25:22 Inferno).

SKADE vs. Nordavind Betting Preview

Both teams have won 1 match at the Elisa Invitational Summer 2021. At the same time, they are coming from a bad losing streak, which makes me think it's going to be a tough matchup. After the long losing streak, SKADE won 1 game while Nordavind won 2. Nordavind recently defeated Fiend, while SKADE lost to Fiend. Concerning the maps stats, Nordavind has slightly good stats on Dust2 and Mirage. Therefore, we believe Nordavind is going to win but SKADE will also get a score, so Over 2.5 is a perfect prediction for the matchup.

The Pick: Nordavind to win/Over 2.5