Apeks vs. Into the Breach Preview & Prediction- Free 5/24 CS: GO

The opponents will clash at the Swiss round 1 in the Elisa Invitational Spring 2022 this Tuesday. The group stage matches are played in the Swiss Bo3 format. This means that 3 wins take a team to the playoffs. The best team will be awarded $25,000.

Apeks Team Stats and Latest Results

Apeks is ranked #38 in the world ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 6 weeks. The team’s last match took place at the PC IV tournament on May 05, 2022, and Apeks defeated Team Finest with a score of 2:1. Considering the team’s performance in past events, they won the Tipsport Bratislava Cup 2022 and finished 5-6th at the IEM Dallas 2022 Europe Closed Qualifier. The team is also part of the REPUBLEAGUE Season 3 Closed Qualifier. Over the past 3 months, the team has attained a win rate of 70.4% and won 6 out of the last 10 games.

Map performance over the past 3 months shows an impressive win rate on Inferno (87.5%), Mirage (70.0%), Overpass (66.7%), Dust2 (60.0%), and Ancient (55.6%). They managed an average win rate on Vertigo (50.0%) but failed to impress on Nuke (46.2%). The team’s line-up has nawwk (1.11 player rating), chawzyyy (0.97), AcilioN (0.99), jkaem (1.16), and STYKO (1.04).

Into the Breach Team Stats and Latest Results

Into the Breach ranks #64 in the global ranking. The team finished 3-5th at the Elisa Invitational Spring 2022 Contenders and got a spot at the ongoing event. Their last match took place at the ESL DV tournament on May 21, 2022, and they lost to 0to100 with a score of 1:0. They finished 5-6th at the ESL Challenger League Season 40 Europe Relegation, 5-8th at the Esport Tour 2022 Series 1, and won the Beyond Spring Invitational 2022. Over the past 3 months, the team managed a win rate of 52.9% and has managed 7 wins from their last 10 encounters.

Map win statistics over the past 3 months show an impressive performance on Mirage (63.2%), Inferno (61.9%), and Nuke (57.1%). On the flip-side, they failed to impress on Vertigo (50.0%), Dust2 (33.3%), Overpass (30.0%), and Ancient (16.7%). The team’s current line-up has Thomas (1.18 player rating), Adam9130 (1.02), smooya (1.30), CYPHER (1.09), and dobbo (0.96).

Apeks vs. Into the Breach H2H Record

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

Apeks vs. Into the Breach Betting Preview

Apeks is the favorite in this matchup. The Norwegian team has an advantage on Dust2, Mirage, Inferno, Overpass, and Ancient while Into the Breach leads on Nuke and Vertigo. Even though Apeks has a better performance on the maps and also holds a better position in the world ranking, we expect a close match. Into the Breach has won 7 matches out of its last 10 while Apeks won 6. Apeks will win this matchup but Into the Breach will snatch 1 map.

The Pick: Apeks to win/ Over 2.5 maps.