NRG vs TyLoo

NRG ranked #9 from the United States are facing team TyLoo ranked #12 from China in the IEM Shanghai 2018 that has eight teams competing for the prize pool of $250,000. The tournament is held on LAN in Shanghai, China.

This is a best of 3 (LAN) *Grand final match.

NRG map performance for the past three months: Overpass is at 92,3% win rate, Train 83,3%, Inferno 66,7%, Nuke 66,7%, Cache 50,0%, Mirage 44,4%, Dust2 and, 0,0% win rate. Their most played maps are Inferno x15, Overpass x13, Cache x10, Mirage x9, Nuke x9, Train x6, and Dust2 x2.

TyLoo map highlights for the last three months: Dust2 is at 85,7% win rate on seven played maps, Mirage 76,2% on 21 played maps, Cache 69,2% on 13 played maps, Overpass 50,0% on six played maps, Inferno 47,4% on 19 played maps, and Tran 37,5% on eight played maps.

Pistol performance goes slightly to NRG who have 55,3% win percentage over TyLoo who have 52,4%.

NRG already played six maps in August and won five, converted, they played three games and won all three. In July they played 14 maps and won ten, converted, they played seven games and won five. In June they played 29 maps and won 20, converted, they played 13 games and won 11.

TyLoo has played six maps in August, and won five, converted, they played three games and won all three. In July they played 19 maps and won 14, converted, they played nine and won eight. In June they played ten maps and won five, converted, they played four games and won two.

These two teams never played head to head so this will be an interesting matchup. NRG was first in Group A with two matches played, two wins, a round difference of +10 and six points. In playoffs, they defeated Gambit 2-0 (16-8 and 16-3). TyLoo also was first in Group B with two matches played, two wins, a round difference of +27 and six points. During the playoffs they defeated Virtus.pro 2-1 (22-20, 9-16, and 22-18).

If we look at the top stats for this tournament, TyLoo is 1st top team with 1,19 rating on six maps played, they best players are BnTeT with 1,32 rating on six playe maps, somebody 1,29 rating, and xccurate 1,24 rating. NRG is 2nd top team with 1,16 rating on six played maps. Their best players are nahtE with 1,30 rating on six played maps, CeRq 1,19 rating, and FugLy 1,18 rating. Distribution of played maps is Train x6, Cache x4, Inferno x3, Mirage x3, Overpass x3, Dust2 x2 and Nuke x1.

My bet here will be handicap +1,5 on NRG for a bit more units.

Good luck to all who bet, and don't forget to gamble responsibly.