Sprout vs. Dignitas Preview & Prediction- Free 1/26 CS: GO

The opponents will cross paths at the Elisa Invitational Winter 2021 Main Qualifier tournament this Wednesday. By this time, both teams have won their first round of the group stage. There are 16 teams in this event and only the top 4 teams will proceed to the Elisa Invitational Winter 2021. All games are played in the round-robin best-of-three series.

Sprout Team Stats and Latest Results

Sprout is ranked 23rd in the world ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 7 weeks. The European team has shown significant improvement, having moved from position 67th in November 2021 to their current position. Within the last 3 months, they have won ESL Meisterschaft Autumn 2021, ESEA Premier Season 39 Europe, and UNITED Pro Series 2021 Finals. They are also part of the ongoing Pinnacle Winter Series 1 and have played 1 match. They have attained a win rate of 78.1% over the last 3 months and won 6 out of their last 8 matches.

Map win statistics in the last 3 months shows that the team has been impressive on Dust2 (90.0%), Inferno (86.7%), Ancient (85.7%), Overpass (62.5%), Vertigo (61.5%), and Mirage (57.1%) but failed to impress on Nuke (28.6%). The team’s roster consists of Spiidi (1.03), slaxz- (1.11), raalz (0.99), Staehr (1.14), and Marix (1.26).

Dignitas Team Stats and Latest Results

Dignitas is ranked 31st in the world ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 18 weeks. The Swedish team started the year on a positive note by winning their first match against 777 (2:0) at the Elisa Invitational Winter 2021 Main Qualifier. Considering their performance in other events, they finished 9-12th at the Pinnacle Fall Series 3, 5-8th at the Funspark ULTI 2021 Europe Regional Series 4, and 3rd place at the Funspark ULTI 2021 Europe Playoffs 2 tournament. The team is also part of the ongoing Pinnacle Winter Series 1 and won their first match against SAW (2:1). Their win rate over the last 3 months currently stands at 54.5%. They also won 5 out of their last 8 games.

Map win statistics in the last 3 months shows that the team has been impressive on Nuke (72.7%), Vertigo (66.7%), Inferno (66.7%), and Overpass (55.6%). On the other hand, they performed dismally on Mirage (38.5%) and Ancient (16.7%). The team’s line-up consists of f0rest (1.09), friberg (0.90), Lekr0 (1.08), HEAP (1.07), and hallzerk (1.09).

Sprout vs. Dignitas H2H Record

The only meeting that took place between the opponents was at the IEM Fall 2021 Europe tournament and Dignitas won 1:0.

Sprout vs. Dignitas Betting Preview

Both teams have shown significant improvements over the last 2 months and we should expect a fantastic Wednesday when they cross paths. Sprout has won 6 out of their last 8 games while Dignitas has 5 wins after 8 last matches. Map performance shows that Sprout has attained over 50%-win rate in 6 maps while the opponent has only 4 maps with over 50%-win rate. Therefore, we believe Sprout is the stronger side and will emerge victorious in this matchup.

The Pick: Sprout to win.