SAW vs. GTZ Bulls Preview & Prediction- Free 7/09 CS: GO

This Saturday, the opponents will cross paths at the upper bracket semi-final in the OMEN WGR Retake Season 4 tournament. The tournament will feature teams from Iberia sponsored by Omen and Worten and organized by Hyped with a prize pool of $14,500. Playoff matches are played in a double-elimination format, upper Bracket matches are best-of-one while the lower and grand finals are all best-of-three series.

SAW Team Stats and Latest Results

SAW is ranked #49 in the world ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 23 weeks. The team lost its last match to Movistar Riders (2:0) and has attained a win rate of 52.6% over the past 3 months. Considering their performance in past events, they finished 2nd at the ESL Masters Spain Season 11 Finals, 2nd at the ESL Pro League Season 16 Conference Play-In, and 2nd at the Master League Portugal IX Finals. Since the beginning of the year, the team has played 59 matches and has won 6 out of its last 10 games.

Map win statistics over the past 3 months show that the team's best-played cards are Nuke (75.0%-win rate) and Vertigo (62.5%). On the other hand, the team failed to impress on Ancient (50.0%), Overpass (50.0%), Inferno (33.3%), and Dust2 (14.3%). The team has a line-up that consists of MUTiRiS (1.07 player rating), rmn (1.04), JUST (1.07), story (1.06), and ewjerkz (1.13).

GTZ Team Stats and Latest Results

GTZ Bulls Esports is ranked #133 in the world ranking. The Portuguese team is coming to this matchup on a 1-match losing streak. Their last match took place at the ESEA Advanced Season 41 Europe on June 24, 2022, and GTZ Bulls Esports lost to Ungentium with a score of 2:0. They finished 7-8th at the RTP Arena Spring Cup 2022 - BLAST Premier Qualifier and 17-24th at the ESEA Advanced Season 41 Europe. Since the beginning of the year, the team has played 15 matches and managed a win rate of 25.0% over the past 3 months.

Map win statistics in the last 3 months shows that the team managed an average performance on Dust2 (50.0%) and Vertigo (50.0%). On the other hand, they failed to impress on Mirage (0.0%), Inferno (0.0%), Overpass (0.0%), and Ancient (0.0%). Current line-up has Linko (0.86 player rating), JAEPE (0.91), rafaxF (1.02), fakeS2 (0.90), and frezbyyc.

SAW vs. GTZ H2H Record

Head-to-head has 5 matches between the rivals and SAW has won all the matches. Their last encounter took place in the group stage of the 2022 RTP Arena Cup tournament and SAW won 1:0.

SAW vs. GTZ Betting Preview

GTZ Bulls Esports has never won against SAW and we expect a similar result when they meet this Saturday. At the moment, SAW has a better position in the world ranking, has a better win rate and has displayed impressive stats on the maps. In our opinion, we believe SAW will win.

The Pick: SAW to win.