Sprout vs. HEET Preview & Prediction- Free 5/30 CS: GO

The opponents will play their first match in the group stage in the ESL Challenger League Season 41 Europe tournament this Monday. 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. Group stage matches are played in the GSL Bo3 format.

Sprout Team Stats and Latest Results

Sprout is ranked #39 in the world ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 15 weeks. The German team is currently on a 4-match winning streak and has managed 8 wins from the last 10 matches. The team has been selected for this tournament based on their performance at the ESL Pro League Season 15 which ended on April 10, 2022. Considering their performance in past events, they finished 9-16th at the IEM Dallas 2022 Europe Open Qualifier 1 and won the recently concluded ESL Challenger Valencia 2022 Europe Closed Qualifier. They attained a win rate of 53.3% over the past 3 months.

Map win statistics over the past 3 months show a decent win rate on Vertigo (83.3%) and Inferno (54.5%). On the flip-side, they failed to show a decent win rate on Ancient (50.0%), Mirage (50.0%), Dust2 (45.5%), Overpass (33.3%), and Nuke (0.0%). Their current line-up has Spiidi (1.03 player rating), slaxz- (1.11), Staehr (1.07), raalz (0.97), and lauNX (1.08).

HEET Team Stats and Latest Results

HEET ranks #23 in the global ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 39 weeks. The team won the ESL Challenger League Season 40 Europe and was awarded $20,000. This was also a qualification for the ongoing ESL EU tournament. They finished 9-11th at the PGL Major Antwerp 2022 Europe RMR B, 2nd at the ESL National Championship France Spring 2022, and 5-6th at the ESL Challenger Valencia 2022 Europe Closed Qualifier. The team attained a win rate of 59.3% over the past 3 months and has won 4 out of its last 10 games.

Map win statistics over the past 3 months show an impressive win rate on Dust2 (69.2%), Nuke (66.7%), Ancient (66.7%), and Inferno (63.6%). On the other hand, they failed to impress on Vertigo (42.9%) and Overpass (25.0%). Team members include Ex3rcice (1.03 player rating), afro (1.06), Djoko (1.02), Lucky (1.04), and Bodyy (1.08).

Sprout vs. HEET H2H Record

Head-to-head has 5 meetings between the rivals. At the moment, HEET has won 4 times while Sprout has won once. Their last encounter was at the 2022 ESL Challenger at DreamHack Valencia on May 25, 2022, and Sprout won 2:0.

Sprout vs. HEET Betting Preview

Sprout has been impressive since the beginning of the year. The team is currently on a 4-match win streak and has shown impressive stats on the maps. On the other hand, HEET seems to be struggling to find itself and has only managed 4 wins from their last 10 matches, with 2 losses in a row. Both teams have impressive players and we should expect a good match. Therefore, we are predicting a win for Sprout but HEET will snatch 1 map.

The Pick: Sprout to win/ Over 2.5 maps.