Sprout vs. Nemiga, Preview & Prediction - Free 2/2 CS:GO

Sprout is a slight favorite in this Best of 3 encounter when they face Nemiga in the Group B opening match of the ESEA Premier Season 36 Europe on Tuesday. There are nine teams in this group, and four of them will advance to the playoffs.

Sprout Team Stats and Latest Results

Sprout returned to the CS:GO tour after a lengthy break and recorded seven straight wins, defeating, SSP, ttc, and ALTERNATE aTTaX, among others, to win a title at the UNITED Pro Series Winter 2020 and earn $19,544 for their efforts. Still, they have been struggling lately and even lost to the beginners EC Kyiv in the opening game of the Snow Sweet Snow 1 despite having a 1-0 lead. Sprout won nine of the previous 13 matches.

In the last three months, Sprout played well on Nuke (72.7% win rate) and Dust2 (61.5%), while they were below average on Mirage (44.4%). Since January 2021, Sprout is playing with the same squad that appeared on 25 maps with a record of 15 wins and ten losses. The lineup consists of Spiidi (1.05 rating), denis (0.99), kressy (1.07), faveN (1.21), and slaxz- (1.19).

Nemiga Team Stats and Latest Results

Nemiga closed 2020 with a couple of losses to Gambit and sAw at the DreamHack Open December 2020. After a one month absence, they returned to the tour with a 2-0 victory over NAVI Junior at the Vulkan Fight Series 2020 but lost to Gambit again. The Belarusian team didn’t play in the last two weeks but now will try to make it to the playoffs at the ESEA Premier Season 36 Europe. Nemiga lost eight of the last 13 games.

When it comes to the maps in the previous three months, Nemiga was above average only on Nuke (57.1%), while they failed to get a victory on Train (played twice) and didn’t impress on Dust2 (25.0%). Nemiga assembled its current lineup in November 2020 but appeared on just 21 maps with a record of eight wins and 13 losses. The team members are mds (0.97), Jyo (1.05), speed4k (0.89), boX (1.00), and lollipop21k (1.12).

Sprout vs. Nemiga H2H Record

These rivals have met on eight occasions before, and Sprout is leading the all-time series 6-2. They won each of the last three meetings, including the most recent one at the ESEA MDL Season 35 Europe in late October 2020.

Sprout vs. Nemiga Betting Preview

Sprout is playing below expectations of late, while Nemiga is not a frequent participant at tournaments recently, which is making this game quite hard to predict. Still, I am going with H2H trends and the fact that four of five Best of 3 duels produced a maximum of three maps, including each of the last three. I am backing Over 2.5 maps here.

The Pick: Over 2.5 maps (+109 @GG.BET)