Team Spirit vs Vega Squadron

Spirit ranked #41 from Russia are clashing against team Vega Squadron ranked #63 from Ukraine in the CIS Minor Closed Qualifier - StarLadder Major 2019 that has 16 teams competing for the prize pool of 8 spots at the CIS Minor. This tournament is played online.

This is the best of 3 quarter-final type of match.

Spirit map highlights in the last three months: Train is at 80,0% win rate on five played maps - WON/TIED/LOST - 4/0/1, Inferno 66,7% on 12 played maps 8/0/4, Nuke 60,0% on five played maps 3/0/2, Overpass 57,1% on seven played maps 4/0/3, Mirage 50,0% on ten played maps 5/0/5, Dust2 33,3% on nine played maps 3/0/6, Vertigo 33,3% on three played maps 1/0/2, and Cache 0,0% on one played map 0/0/1.

Spirit played eight maps and won six, converted, they played six matches and won five. In May they played 11 maps/games and won five, and during April they played 13 maps and won six. in other words, they played six games and won three. In March they played 20 maps and won 11, converted, they played 15 games and won nine.

Vega Squadron map performance in the previous three months: Inferno is at 100,0% win rate on one played map - WIN/DREW/LOSS - 1/0/0, Overpass 100,0% on two played maps 2/0/0, Dust2 33,3% on three played maps 1/0/2, Mirage 33,3% on six played maps 2/0.4, Train 0,0% on four played maps 0/0/4, and Vertigo with 0,0% win rate on two played maps 0/0/2.

Vega Squadron played two maps in June and won both, that was one match which they won 2-0. During May they played 15 maps and won only four, converted, they played seven games and won two. In April they played one game where they lost to Nordavind 13-16 on D2.

OK, so a lot of places are awarded, and that is a good chance for teams to qualify, so there should be a lot of good matches here. The winner here will advance to clash against the winner of Gambit Youngsters VS Nemiga. As we can see Spirit won their first match 2-1 agaisnt Extremum 18-22 on Vertigo, 16-10 on Mirage, and 16-14 on Train, while on the other side Vega Squadron won 2-0 against NOTBAD 16-11 on Overpass, and 16-12 on Mirage. Both NOTBAD & Extremum are very bad teams, and we can see that Spirit allowed their opponents to win a lot of rounds, which is terrible. The odds favor Spirit, and in my opinion, that is only because they are ranked better + they have a bit more map experience.

I will go with Vega Squadron +1,5 handicap.

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