K23 vs. ex-MAD Lions Preview & Prediction- Free 5/28 CS: GO
The opponents will play their first match of the group stage in the ESL Challenger League Season 41 Europe tournament this Saturday. The 2022 ESL Challenger League Season 41 Europe is an online CS: GO league powered by ESEA which also provides a prize pool of $50,000. The group stage matches are played in the GSL Bo3 series.
K23 Team Stats and Latest Results
K23 is ranked #32 in the world ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 32 weeks. The Kazakhstani team has been invited to this tournament based on their performance at the ESEA Advanced Season 40 Europe. The team’s last achievement was 1st place at the ESEA EU CS: GO Advanced Season 40 - Playoffs tournament which ended on April 03, 2022, and received $7,000. The team also finished 9-12th at the Pinnacle Cup IV and 5-6th at the ESL Challenger Valencia 2022 Europe Closed Qualifier. Over the past 3 months, the team has attained a win rate of 69.6% and won 5 out of its last 10 games.
Map win statistics over the last 3 months show an impressive win rate on Overpass (90.0%), Mirage (69.2%), Dust2 (60.0%), and Inferno (54.5%). On the other hand, they were dismal on Nuke (37.5%) and Ancient (16.7%). The team’s current line-up has n0rb3r7 (1.12 player rating), xsepower (1.10), X5G7V (0.99), fame (1.10), and neaLaN (0.99).
ex-MAD Lions Team Stats and Latest Results
ex-MAD Lions team is currently unranked on the world ranking. This is based on the fact that the team has been inactive for the better part of the year. The team has only played 2 matches since the beginning of the year. They defeated UNGENTIUM (2:0) at the REPUBLEAGUE Season 3 Closed Qualifier and has also defeated SINNERS (2:1) at the ongoing Elisa Invitational Spring 2022.
Map win statistics over the past 3 months show an impressive win rate on Inferno (100.0%) and Mirage (100.0%). They have shown an average performance on Ancient (50.0%). The team members consist of b0RUP (1.07 player rating), TMB (1.04), MICHU (1.10), sdy (1.06), and jL (1.16).
K23 vs. ex-MAD Lions H2H Record
Head-to-head has 1 meeting between the rivals. The guys at ex-MAD Lions met K23 team when they were playing under MAD Lions. They clashed at the ESEA Advanced Season 40 Europe and K23 won 2:1.
K23 vs. ex-MAD Lions Betting Preview
This is an interesting matchup to watch and bet on. This is because there is no significant difference between the team roster and their performance on the maps. ex-MAD Lions has a 2-match win streak and has also shown impressive stats on the maps. K23 has a better position in the world ranking but again ex-MAD Lions has a superior line-up compared to K23. This game can go either way and the best prediction would be over 2.5 maps.
The Pick: Over 2.5 maps.