Nordavind vs Apeks

Nordavind ranked #50 from Europe (mix of players) are clashing against Apeks ranked #66 from Norway in the Europe Minor Closed Qualifier - ESL One Rio 2020 that has 16 teams competing for the prize pool of 8 spots at Minor. This is the best of 3 type of match.

Nordavind map performance in the last three months: Nuke is at 100,0% win rate on three played maps - WINS/TIES/LOSSES - 3/0/0, Overpass 80,0% on five played maps 4/0/1, Inferno 55,6% on nine played maps 5/0/4, Mirage 25,0% on four played maps 1/0/3, Dust2 0,0% on three played maps 0/0/3, and Vertigo with 0,0% win rate on only one played map 0/0/1.

They played three maps in March and won none, converted, they played two matches and won none. In February, they played 12 maps and won seven; in other words, they played ten games and won six. In January they played no games, but in December they played ten maps and won six, converted, they played five games and won three.

Apeks map highlights in the previous three months: Train is at 100,0% win rate on one played map - WON/DREW/LOST - 1/0/0, Mirage 66,7% on six played maps 4/0/2, Overpass 66,7% on three played maps 2/0/1, Nuke 33,3% on three played maps 1/0/2, Inferno 0,0% on one played maps 0/0/1, and Vertigo with 0,0% win rate on two played maps 0/0/2.

They played three maps in March and won one, while in February they played five maps and won four, converted, they played three matches and won three. In January, they played eight maps and won three; in other words, they played six games and won two.

OK, so Nordavind lost their match against BIG with 0-2 (3-16 on Mirage, and 3-16 on Inferno), while Apeks barely lost to NiP 1-2 (16-12 on Overpass, 5-16 on Inferno, and 14-16 on Vertigo). The odds favor Apeks with them being around 1,50, while Nordavind has around 2,3, the head-to-head score goes to Apeks who won in November against them 2-1 (10-16 on D2, 16-10 on Nuke, and 5-16 on Overpass). I will go with Apeks to win.

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