SAW vs. AGO Esports Preview & Prediction- Free 5/25 CS: GO
The rivals will clash for the Group C decider match in the ESL Challenger League Season 41 Europe tournament this Wednesday. 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 winner of this match will advance to the playoffs while the losing team will be eliminated. The match will be played in the best-of-three series.
SAW Team Stats and Latest Results
SAW is currently ranked #37 in the world ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 23 weeks. The Portuguese team has a 1-match losing streak and has managed 4 matches from the last 10 teams. In the group stage of the ongoing ESL Challenger League Season 41 Europe, the team lost to AGO (2:1) and defeated Copenhagen Flames (1:0). The team’s last achievement was 2nd place in the ESL Masters España - Season 11 (CS: GO) tournament which ended on April 24, 2022, and was awarded $3,213. The team also finished 2nd at the ESL Masters Spain Season 11 Finals. Over the past 3 months, they attained a win rate of 55.2%.
Map win statistics in the past 3 months show an impressive win rate on Nuke (82.4%) and Vertigo (71.4%). On the other hand, they failed to impress on Inferno (50.0%), Ancient (42.9%), Dust2 (22.2%), and Overpass (16.7%). The current roster has MUTiRiS (1.07 player rating), JUST (1.07), stadodo (1.08), rmn (1.04), and arki (0.98).
AGO Esports Team Stats and Latest Results
AGO Esports ranks #31 in the world ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 16 weeks. The Polish team was invited to the ongoing ESL Challenger League Season 41 Europe tournament based on their performance at the ESL Pro League Season 15. The team’s last achievement was 13th place in the ESL Pro League Season 15 tournament which finished on April 10, 2022, and was awarded $19,000. They also finished 5-8th at the Esport Tour 2022 Series 1, 13-15th at the Pinnacle Cup IV, and 5-8th at the ESL Challenger Valencia 2022 Europe Open Qualifier 1. AGO eSports has managed a win rate of 44.4% and won 4 out of its last 10 games.
Map performance over the past 3 months shows an impressive win rate on Ancient (66.7%). On the other hand, they were dismal on Vertigo (50.0%), Dust2 (50.0%), Inferno (50.0%), Mirage (28.6%), and Nuke (0.0%). The team has a line-up that consists of leman (1.02 player rating), F1KU (1.08), Furlan (1.05), ultimate (1.01), and AxEcHo (0.99).
SAW vs. AGO Esports H2H Record
The rivals have met once. They recently crossed paths at the group stage of the ongoing 2022 ESL Challenger League Season 41 Europe on May 17, 2022, and AGO Esports won 2:1.
SAW vs. AGO Esports Betting Preview
It is barely a week since the rivals crossed paths. During their previous encounter, AGO Esports managed to win on Vertigo (16:13) and Ancient (16:10). At the moment, SAW leads on Nuke, Overpass, and Vertigo while AGO Esports has an advantage on Dust2, Mirage, and Ancient. Both teams aspire to advance to the playoffs and will display their best performances. It would go either way so the best prediction would be over 2.5 maps.
The Pick: Over 2.5 maps.