Fnatic vs NRG

fnatic ranked #12 from Sweden are facing team NRG ranked #11 from the United States in the StarSeries i-League Season 7 that has 16 teams competing for the prize pool of $500,000. This tournament is played in Shanghai, China on LAN.

This is best of 3 type of match.

fnatic map performance in the previous three months: Mirage is at 100,0% win rate on eight played maps - WON/DREW/LOST - 8/0/0, Cache 75,0% on four played maps 3/0/1, Inferno 57,1% on seven played maps 4/0/3, Nuke 50,0% on four played maps 2/0/2, Train 50,0% on two played maps 1/0/1, Overpass 25,0% on eight played maps 2/0/6, and Dust2 with 20,0% win rate on five played maps 1/0/4.

NRG map highlights in the last three months: Dust2 is at 100,0% win rate on two played maps - WIN/TIE/LOSS - 2/0/0, Train 100,0% on five played maps 5/0/0, Overpass 83,3% on six played maps 5/0/1, Mirage 75,0% on eight played maps 6/0/2, Inferno 62,5% on eight played maps 5/0/3, Cache 50,0% on four played maps 2/0/2, and Nuke with 33,3% win rate on six played maps 2/0/4.

Pistol performance in the previous 100 days both on online & offline (LAN) events, goes to team NRG who have 56,4% win rate over team fnatic who have 38,0% total.

fnatic played 25 maps in March and won 15, converted, they played 11 games and won six. During February they played seven maps and won three, converted,they played four matches and won one. In January they played six maps and won three, in other words, they played four games and won two.

NRG played eight maps in April already and won six, in other words, they played four matches and won three. During March, they played 16 maps and won ten, converted, they played seven games and won five. In February they played eight maps and won four, converted, they played six games and won three. In January they played seven maps and they won all seven, converted, those seven maps were four games, and they won all four games.

OK, so we are getting to the final moments of this grandiose tournament that has proven that every team can bet every team, it is all finesses. fnatic finished as 1st places during the group stages of the tournament with three played matches where they won 116 rounds and lost 92, that is +24 round difference, and they have 3-0 score at the end of it. NRG was placed as 6th with five played matches where they won three and lost two. They won a total of 160 rounds and lost 125, that is +35 round difference, so they finished with 3-2 final score.

Now let's look at the stats: fnatic is ranked as 3dr top team with 1,11 rating on ten played maps; their best player is KRIMS (4th) with 1,26 rating on ten played maps. NRG is ranked as 6th top team with 1,08 rating on 13 played maps; their best player is Ethan (6th) with 1,25 rating on 13 played maps. Distribution of played maps for this tournament so far is Inferno x19 (NRG), Mirage x19 (fnatic), Dust2 x17 (NRG), Train x11 (NRG), Nuke x10 (fnatic), Overpass x9 (NRG), and Cache that has been played five times (fnatic). From this we can see that the score is four maps in favor of NRG and three maps in favor of fnatic so it will be a tough call here.

Looking at all the stats, my bet will go to fnatic +1,5 handicap.

Good luck to all who bet, and may the odds be ever in your favor!