Winstrike vs Cloud9

Winstrike ranked #46 from Russia is facing team Cloud9 ranked #23 from the United States in the FACEIT Major 2018 that has 16 teams competing for a prize pool of $1,000,000. The tournament is played in London, the United Kingdom.

This is a best of 1 type of match. * Swiss round 3 (teams with a 0-2 record). The loser is eliminated.

Map performance for team Winstrike in the previous three months: Cache is at 57,1% on seven played games, Mirage 57,1% on 14 played maps, Train 57,1% on 14 played maps, Dust2 50,0% on two played maps, Inferno 50,0% on 16 played maps, Nuke 33,3% on six played maps, and Overpass 0,0% on five played maps.

Map highlights for team Cloud9 in the last three months: Mirage is at 50,0% win rate on six played maps, Inferno 50,0% on six played maps, Cache 33,3% on three played maps, Overpass 14,3% on seven played maps, and Train 0,0% on one played maps.

Pistol performance goes to team Cloud9 who have 50,0% over Winstrike who have only 25,0% win percentage.

Winstrike played two games in September and lost both. In August they played four maps and won two, converted, they played two games and won one. In July they played 32 maps and won 16, converted, they played 15 games and won seven. In June they played 25 maps and won 13, converted, they played ten games and won four.

Cloud9 has played only two games in September and lost both of them. In August they played 12 maps and won seven, converted, they played four games and won three. In July they played nine maps and won only one, converted, they played five games and won only one.

So far, Winstrike is 16th on the table with two matches played and two losses. They won only 14 rounds and lost 32. Cloud9 is 14th with two games played and both games lost. They won 20 rounds and lost 35. I mean, both teams are terrible, with winstrike, in my opinion, being the worst team ever. Cloud9 i Cloud9, their players have more experience with this kind of tournaments that 90% of all players and teams. It is fascinating that organizations are investing so much in these top teams and they still lose against tier 3 teams. I mean, teams and players that are floating around 20-50 places on the global ladder are receiving approximately $2,000 per month, but teams like Cloud9 receive at least 5x that amount and still they play like garbage. Insane.

I don't like to predict things based on who is better or who is not, but Winstrike hasn't shown anything useful in the previous matches, and if Cloud9 doesn't win today i have no words.

My bet will be Cloud9 to win.

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