Prediction on match CS2 GamerLegion - sAw

GamerLegion and SAW meet in the quarterfinals of CCT North Europe Series 4. This is an interesting match, as it is difficult to pick a favourite.

However, there is a feeling that the Portuguese team is a bit weaker, as the latter has shown a bit more problems in the distance. Moreover, SAW managed to have problems in the game against Sangal, almost giving away Inferno.

So here, having looked at the situation, I would look more closely at the GamerLegion team's victory. After all, the lads don't usually have any problems with stability, and they've been wanting to punish the Portuguese for a long time.

GamerLegion form

Ranked 27th in the world, they easily qualified for the BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023 Europe RMR back in February with three shutout victories.

The European side went on to reach the semi-finals of the European Development Championship 7 and also won the Elisa Invitational Winter 2023 with a cool play-off performance.

As for the start of playoffs in CCT North Europe Series 4, GamerLegion managed to overlook ECSTATIC and confidently shut out the Danes.

GamerLegion's latest results:

• A 1-2 defeat to 9INE.
• 2-0 win over Partizan.
• Victory over Movistar Riders 2-0.
• Beat Copenhagen Flames 2-0.
• Beat ECSTATIC 2-0.

Top GamerLegion cards:

• Inferno - 86% wins.
• Vertigo - 82% wins.
• Ancient - 71% wins.
• Overpass - 58% wins.
• Nuke - 50% wins.

It is worth remembering that the European squad does not appear on the Anubis map.

SAW form

The 28th ranked team in the world almost completely failed in the group stage of ESL Pro League Season 17, where the victory over Imperial Esports made up for three devastating defeats.

From there, the Portuguese squad returned to their native element, managing to beat Believe in ESL Challenger League Season 44 Europe. As for the start to the CCT North Europe Series 4 playoffs, SAW marked a win over Sangal, but that's not drawing any attention.

SAW's latest results:

• A 2-1 win over Imperial Esports.
• A 0-2 loss to BIG.
• A 0-2 loss to Movistar Riders.
• 2-0 win over Believe.
• 2-0 win over Sangal.

Top SAW cards:

• Vertigo - 89% wins.
• Inferno - 67% wins.
• Nuke - 62% wins.
• Ancient - 55% wins.
• Anubis - 50% wins.

In turn, the Portuguese team gives up the Mirage card.

GamerLegion - SAW encounter statistics

The teams played two meetings within the last season:

• SAW's 2-0 win in open qualification for IEM Road to Rio 2022.
• SAW's 2-0 win at the Elisa Invitational Fall 2022.

Interestingly, both times the teams played on the Ancient map.

GamerLegion vs SAW

First of all, the Portuguese will be banned the weakest map GamerLegion, which is an automatic minus in the account of SAW. Moreover, the Portuguese are very inconsistent right now, given their failure at ESL Pro League Season 17. Yes, and the nature of the meeting is a principled format for SAW's opponent. Therefore, in this case, I would recommend betting on GamerLegion to win.