SK Gaming vs mousesports

SK ranked #2 from Brazil (Sweden organization ofc.) is playing against mousesports ranked #8 from Europe (mix) in the StarSeries i-League Season 4 with 16 teams competing for a prize pool of $300,000.

Both SK and mousesports have one match played and one win. mousesports only have more lost rounds, ~15.

SK won 15 out of last 20 matches with a win ratio of 75% and average opponent rank of #45,85.

mousesports have won 11 out of last 20 games with a win ratio of 55% and average opponent rank #42,5.

SK has won against MVP PK with convincingly 16-5 & 16-10. Best player was fer with +/- +21 and rating of 1,65. And worst was TACO with +/- -2 and rating of 1.09.

mousesports won against Virtus.pro with 18-22, 16-7, 16-9, it was over 2,5 maps, and they struggled with them a lot. chrisJ had the best performance of +16 and rating 1,31. Worst was STYKO with +2 and 0,99 rating.

SK favors Cobblestone, Train, and Mirage, while mousesports love to play and perform well on Mirage, Cache, and Nuke.

Pistol performance goes to SK gaming who has 57,5% over mousesports who has 54,4%, not a big difference but percentages do sometimes matter, especially in pistol rounds.

If we look at the performance for last 20 matches in LAN tournaments, both teams have been shaky, mousesports lost a lot of games from various ranked opponents, while SK only lost to Tier 1 teams.

SK loves LAN tournaments, these competitions are not about money, players earn much more than the prize pool from sponsors etc, but this is a matter of prestige, who will be the best and who will win and prove that they are n0.1.

I believe SK can win here, and the odds are good for a med-high bet.

Good luck to all!