Paradox vs. ex-Bizarre, Preview, & Prediction - Free 7/27 CS: GO

The LPL Pro League Season 8 tournament continues this Tuesday when Paradox plays ex-Bizarre at the lower semi-finals. In this match, Paradox is the favorite to win.

Paradox Team Stats and Latest Results

Paradox is ranked 102nd on the world rankings. The team has so far won 1 match and lost 1 at the LPL Pro League Season 8 tournament. They won their first match when they played FURY in the opening round. Nevertheless, Dire Wolves was more prepared on Mirage and Nuke and defeated them at the upper semis. Since the LPL Pro League Season 8 is a double-elimination tournament, they were dropped to the lower bracket where they will be playing ex-Bizarre. Meanwhile, Paradox was part of the ESEA Premier Season 37 Australia where they finished 7-8th. Considering their last 8 matches, they have won 5 matches and hold a win rate of 60.0%.

Map win statistics in the last 3 months show that the team has been impressive on Inferno (66.7%), Overpass (66.7%), Mirage (62.5%), and Dust2 (60.0%). They achieved an average performance on Nuke (50.0%) but failed to win any match on Vertigo (0.0%). The team lineup consists of rbz (1.03), zeph (1.15), ekul (1.20), bedonka (1.07), and versa (1.11).

ex-Bizarre Team Stats and Latest Results

ex-Bizarre is ranked 154th on the world ranking. The team has been inactive for a long time because they last featured at the ESEA MDL Season 33 Australia in January 2020. At the LPL Pro League Season 8 tournament, ex-Bizarre lost the opening round to Rooster. For that reason, they were dropped to the lower bracket where they have won 1 match; they defeated Warriors (2:0). Considering their performance in the last 3 matches, the Australian team managed to win 1. They have a win rate of 50.0%.

Map performance in the last 3 months indicates that they have been impressive on Dust2 (100.0%), Inferno (100.0%), and Ancient (100.0%). On the other hand, they failed to win any match on Mirage (0.0%) and Nuke (0.0%). The team lineup consists of 2D (1.28), rekonz (1.03), mizzy (1.10), guag (0.91), and nexar (1.16).

Paradox vs. ex-Bizarre H2H Record

The opponents have met in 2 tournaments and both sides have 1 win. The last meeting was at the EPIC League Oceania 2021 where Paradox won on Overpass and Nuke.

Paradox vs. ex-Bizarre Betting Preview

In this match, Paradox seems steady to win because they have shown an impressive performance in the selected maps. They lead on Mirage, Inferno, Nuke, and Overpass. On the other hand, ex-Bizarre has an excellent performance on Dust2 (100 percent win rate) after 4 maps. For this reason, we predict Paradox will win but after 3 rounds.

The Pick: Paradox to win/ Over 2.5 maps.



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