Team BLINK vs. X TEAM Preview & Prediction- Free 5/22 CS: GO

The opponents will cross paths at the group stage (Round 4) of the 2022 A1 Adria League Season 9 tournament this Sunday. The A1 Adria League Season 9 is an online tournament organized by Esports Adria with a prize pool of $5,274. The group stage matches are played in a Swiss system format, all the matches are best-of-one except for the elimination, and advancement matches which are the best-of-three series. The top four teams will proceed to the Playoffs.

Team BLINK Stats and Latest Results

Team BLINK is ranked #44 in the CQ-Esports Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Ranking and has a CQ.Score of 1625. The Albanian team is currently on the downswing because they managed 3 wins from the last 10 matches. The last Team BLINK match took place at the A1 Adria tournament on May 15, 2022, and Team BLINK lost to BLUEJAYS with a score of 2:0. Considering their performance in past events, they lost all the matches at the Pinnacle Winter Series 1 and finished 19-20th. The team also finished 13-16th at the ESL Challenger League Season 40 Europe and 13-15th at the Thunderpick Bitcoin Series 2022. Their all-time win rate stands at 60%.

The team’s best-played maps include Inferno (70%), Mirage (73%), and Ancient (65%). On the other hand, they failed to impress on Dust2 (44%), Vertigo (46%), Overpass (34%), and Nuke (33%). The current roster has rigoN (44% all-time player win rate), SENER1 (49%), juanflatroo (50%), sinnopsyy (49%), and gxx (59%).

X TEAM Stats and Latest Results

X TEAM is ranked #236 in the CQ-Esports Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Ranking and has a CQ.Score of 1387. The team from Kosovo is coming to this matchup on a 2-match win streak and has managed a 25% win rate from the last 10 matches. The team was part of the 2022 ESEA Cash Cup: Winter EU #6 which ended on March 14, 2022, and was eliminated by AVE (2:1) at the Bracket-Semifinal. Over the last month, the team has played 3 matches, won 1 of them, and climbed 1009 positions in the ranking. Meanwhile, their all-time win rate stands at 25%.

The team’s best-played maps are Overpass (100%-win rate) and Vertigo (100%). On the other hand, they failed to impress on Mirage (0%) and Inferno (0%).

Team BLINK vs. X TEAM H2H Record

Teams had no previous encounters and this will be their first H2H meeting.

Team BLINK vs. X TEAM Betting Preview

In this matchup, we are predicting a win for Team BLINK. This is based on the fact that the Albanian team has better stats and will dominate X TEAM. At the moment, Team BLINK has a better ranking in the CQ-Esports Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Ranking, has a better all-time win rate and has also registered impressive stats on the maps. Based on these stats, it would be safe to place a win for Team BLINK.

The Pick: BLINK to win.