SKADE vs. SAW Preview & Prediction- Free 3/07 CS: GO

The rivals are expected to clash for their Group D opening match this Monday. There are 16 teams distributed in 4 groups fighting for the prize pool of $50,000. The group stage is played in GSL format and best-of-three series. Eight teams will advance to the playoffs.

SKADE Team Stats and Latest Results

SKADE is ranked 29th in the world ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 40 weeks. The Bulgarian team has been invited to the ongoing ESL Challenger League Season 40 Europe tournament based on their performance at the ESEA Advanced Season 39 Europe where they won and received $7,000. The team won the A1 Gaming League Season 5 in February and Elisa Invitational Winter 2021 in March. They also finished 5-8th at the Pinnacle Winter Series 2 and were awarded $4,000. Over the last 3 months, the team has attained a win rate of 69.0% and won 5 out of their last 8 matches.

Map win statistics over the last 3 months shows that the team has attained a decent win rate on Overpass (87.5%), Nuke (81.8%), Ancient (76.9%), and Inferno (76.5%). On the flip-side, they failed to impress on Dust2 (50.0%) and Mirage (36.4%). SKADE has maintained their roster for the last 2 months and it consists of SHiPZ (1.11 player rating), dream3r (1.18), bubble (0.92), dennyslaw (1.13), and Rainwaker (1.11).

SAW Team Stats and Latest Results

SAW is ranked 37th in the world ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 23 weeks. They finished 2nd place at the ESEA Premier Season 39 Europe Relegation and got a spot at the ongoing ESL Challenger League Season 40 Europe tournament where they will play their first match against SKADE this Monday. Considering their performance in past events, they finished 13-15th at the Pinnacle Winter Series 1, 5-8th at the Malta Vibes Knockout Series 6, and 2nd at the PGL Major Antwerp 2022 Europe RMR Open Qualifier 3. The team attained a win rate of 63.0% over the last 3 months and won 5 out of their last 8 matches.

Map performance over the last 3 months shows a decent win rate on Ancient (68.8%), Inferno (66.7%), Dust2 (63.6%), and Nuke (63.6%). On the other hand, the team failed to impress on Overpass (40.0%) and Vertigo (37.5%). Their line-up consists of MUTiRiS (1.06), JUST (1.08), stadodo (1.09), rmn (1.04), and arki (0.96).

SKADE vs. SAW H2H Record

Head-to-head statistics show 3 meetings between the opponents and SKADE has won in all the matches. Their previous encounter was at the Thunderpick Bitcoin Series 2022 on January 31st and they won 2:0.

SKADE vs. SAW Betting Preview

SAW team aims to challenge SKADE’s dominance on H2H record and also register their first win of the group stage at the ESL Challenger League Season 40 Europe tournament. Nevertheless, it won’t be a walk in the park because SKADE won their last 3 matches and also leads on 5 maps. On the other hand, SAW lost their last match and has an advantage in only 2 maps. Therefore, we are predicting a win for SKADE but SAW will snatch 1 map.

The Pick: SKADE to win/ Over 2.5 maps.