Copenhagen Flames Will win
Copenhagen Flames and SKADE will meet in the Elisa Invitational Winter 2021 semi-finals. I am surprised by the performance of the Bulgarian team a stage earlier, although I am still confident in the limitations of SKADE's ideas. Well, the Danes in this confrontation again look like the favorites, with which I personally agree completely.
Shape of Copenhagen Flames
The 17th team in the world ranking failed at the group stage of IEM Katowice 2022, losing to Virtus.pro and Gambit. The consequence of this was a flight from Poland back to Denmark and an arrival in the playoffs of Elisa Invitational Winter 2021. Here the Danish team outplayed Dignitas extremely confidently, even if they flooded the beginning of the meeting. In general, Copenhagen Flames looks very, very fresh.
Copenhagen Flames latest results:
- Victory over fnatic with a score of 16:7.
- Victory over NIP with a score of 2:0.
- Defeat from Virtus.pro with a score of 0:2.
- Defeated by Gambit with a score of 1:2.
- Victory over Dignitas with a score of 2:0.
Best maps of Copenhagen Flames:
- Vertigo - 67% of wins.
- Overpass - 64% of wins.
- Inferno - 62% of wins.
- Nuke - 58% of wins.
- Mirage - 56% of wins.
- Ancient - 50% win rate.
Let me remind you that the Danes have not played Dust 2 for a long time.
Form SKADE
The 29th team in the world ranking again failed in the qualification for the RMR tournament, showing a mediocre game. However, the Bulgarian team decided to throw out their emotions in the quarter-finals of Elisa Invitational Winter 2021, getting a good victory over Eternal Fire. We can say that SKADE was lucky at Dust 2, but the team was definitely stronger than their counterpart. However, in the context of this game, I don’t think so for sure.
Latest SKADE results:
- Victory over AXAL with a score of 16:1.
- Victory over YEEZY with a score of 16:13.
- Victory over Ungentium with a score of 16:12.
- Defeat from Team Spirit with a score of 13:16.
- Victory over Eternal Fire with a score of 2:0.
Best SKADE cards:
- Overpass - 86% of wins.
- Nuke - 80% win rate.
- Inferno - 76% of wins.
- Ancient - 75% of wins.
I note that the Bulgarian team stopped playing on the Vertigo map.
Match statistics Copenhagen Flames — SKADE
As part of the last season, the teams had one meeting - at Funspark ULTI 2021 Europe Regional Series 3, the victory went to Copenhagen Flames (2:1).
Prediction for Copenhagen Flames vs SKADE
I won't be surprised that the Bulgarian team will impose their aggressive game on Inferno. However, I still doubt that SKADE will have enough potential to reach the final. Yes, and the Danes just got together and stopped uploading games, if you do not consider TIER-1. Therefore, here I propose to bet on the victory of the Copenhagen Flames team.
