Prediction on match CS2 Checkmate - Team NKT

Checkmate and Team NKT will compete for the right to become the winner of ARD MESA League Season 2 Finals. Everything depends only on the Mongolian team, which started the new season very confidently. Yes, and in the current realities, Checkmate is able to close the grand final with a dry score, since Team NKT is a level lower.

Checkmate Form

The 79th team in the world ranking managed to qualify for the PGL Major Antwerp 2022 Asia RMR, literally rushing through the tournament bracket. As for MESA League Season 2, the team lost only once, and it happened last year. To round it up, I just don't see any reason why Checkmate would lose this final.

Latest Checkmate results:

• Victory over Team NKT with a score of 2:0.
• Victory over D13 with a score of 16:10.
• Victory over ARAVT with a score of 16:6.
• Victory over Wings Up with a score of 16:11.
• Victory over Rare Atom with a score of 2:0.

Best Checkmate Cards:

• Inferno - 100% win rate.
  

At the same time, the team has a difficult relationship with Nuke, Vertigo and Ancient.

Team NKT kit

The 162nd team in the world ranking, on the contrary, did not make it to the PGL Major Antwerp 2022 Asia RMR, having failed in the same qualification. And in general, the team has never been famous for big victories, including over Checkmate. Therefore, I doubt that Team NKT will be able to go further than one map in this final.

Latest Team NKT results:

• Victory over ARAVT with a score of 2:0.
• Defeated by Checkmate with a score of 0:2.
• Victory over ARAVT with a score of 2:0.
• Lost to ARAVT with a score of 7:16.
• Defeated by D13 with a score of 8:16.

As for the maps, it's hard to be objective given the small sample size. However, the team will definitely not play Mirage and Ancient.

Match stats Checkmate – Team NKT

As part of the current season, the teams held four meetings:

• Checkmate won at Funspark ULTI 2021: Asia Playoffs 2 with a score of 2:0.
• Team NKT's victory at eXTREMESLAND Festival 2021 with a score of 2:1.
• Checkmate's victory in MESA League Season 2: Regular Season with a score of 2:1.
• Checkmate's victory in MESA League Season 2 with a score of 2:0.

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Prediction for the match Checkmate – Team NKT

A very unambiguous game in terms of understanding, since the Mongolian team must take an easy victory and loot a lot of money. However, I don't believe that Team NKT will take more than one map, if at all. Therefore, here I propose to bet on the victory of the Checkmate team with Handicap (-1.5).