SJ vs HAVU Gaming

SJ ranked #78 from Finland are clashing against team HAVU ranked #47 who also come from Finland in the Finnish Championships 2019 that has four teams competing for the prize pool of $11,145 + spot at Arctic Invitational. This tournament is played in Helsinki, Finland and this is best of 3 Grand Final type of match, the winner will qualify for the Arctic Invitational.

SJ map performance in the previous three months: Dust2 is at 58,3% win rate on 12 played maps - WON/TIED/LOST - 7/0/5, Train 41,7% on 12 played maps 5/0/7, Inferno 40,0% on 15 played maps 6/0/9, Nuke 40,0% on ten played maps 4/0/6, Mirage 33,3% on six played maps 2/0/4, Overpass 0,0% on two played maps 0/0/2, and Vertigo with 0,0% win rate on four played maps 0/0/4.

SJ played five maps in August and won two, converted, they played two games and won one. In July they played 29 maps and won 13, converted, they played 13 games and won five. During June they played 12 maps and won six, converted, they played eight matches and won four. In May they played 15 maps and won three, converted, they played eight games and won one.

HAVU map highlights in the last three months: Overpass is at 80,0% win rate on ten played maps - WIN/DREW/LOSS - 8/0/2, Nuke 66,7% on 12 played maps 8/0/4, Train 64,7% on 17 played maps 11/0/6, Inferno 62,5% on eight played maps 5/0/3, Dust2 59,1% on 22 played maps 13/0/9, Vertigo 33,3% on three played maps 1/0/2, Cache 0,0% on one played map 0/0/1, and Mirage with 0,0% win rate on four played maps 0/0/4.

HAVU played eight maps in August and won six; in other words, they played four matches and won three. In July they played 37 maps and won 26, converted, they played 15 games and won 12. In June they played 15 maps and won eight, converted, they played 11 games and won five. In May they played 17 maps and won six, converted, they played 12 games and won four.

OK, so this is a small tournament but worth fighting for because it offers great prizes. SJ won their first match against Helsinki REDS with 2-1 (16-11 on Inferno, 14-16 on Dust2, and 16-13 on Nuke), while HAVU won against team KOVA with 2-0 (16-6 on Nuke, and 16-6 on Dust2). The odds here favor team HAVU quite a bit, because they are ranked with more than 30 places on the global ladder and they dominate in all maps except on Mirage where SJ is winning. Head-to-Head these two teams played a lot of games and the current score is six wins for SJ while HAVU has eight wins, two games out of all these matches went in overtime. Last three games are 2-1 in favor of HAVU. I will go with team HAVU here to win; they are better ranked, their win rate is good and looking at the players individual level of performance they are much better.

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