Fnatic vs Space Soldiers

Fnatic ranked #6 from Sweden is playing against Space Soldiers ranked #16 from Turkey in the WESG 2017 World Finals. This tournament has 32 teams clashing for the prize pool of $1,500,000!

It is a Best of 3 (LAN) * Grand final match!

These two teams met four times and two times Fnatic won and two times Space Soldiers.

Fnatic favors several maps where they have a nice win rating; Nuke 76,9%, Inferno 70,6%, Cobblestone 66,9%, Cache 64,4%, Mirage 62,9% and Train 61,9% win rate. Some of they less favorited maps are Dust2 59,3%, Overpass 57,8%, and Season 0,0% win rate.

Space Soldiers tend to play on Cache where they have 70,2% win rate, Cobblestone 65,9%, Mirage 65,6%, Dust2 61,0%, Train 61,0%, and Overpass 60,0%. Their worst maps are Inferno 56,1% and Nuke 47,4% win rate.

This is a very tough match; both finalists are good teams that are established on the counter-strike scene for a long time. First place will earn $800,000 and second place $300,000, as you can see the difference between 1st and 2nd is BIG BIG BIG! So both teams will do their best to get that throne somehow.

Pistol performance goes to Space Soldiers who have an excellent advantage with their 62,5% over Fnatic who has 48,8$.

In group stage 1 both Fnatic and Space Soldiers had the same score; 3 wins and round difference of +20.

But in group stage 2, both teams were first in their groups, but Space Soldiers had one more win and more significant round difference of +7.

Fnatic is favorite in this matchup, but i don't see why Space Soldiers cannot take at least one map. It is a final match, and the prize is HUGE HUGE HUGE, so both teams will perform on an avid level i am sure. I believe that Xantares will again be the team carry and that he alone can clutch and bring at least one map to his side.

My bet is Space Soldiers +1,5 handicap.

Good luck to all who bet and don't forget to gamble responsibly, look after your bankroll management!