Sprout and 00NATION will compete for the second ticket to the playoffs of ESL Challenger Valencia 2022 at DreamHack from their group. Both teams managed to beat FURIA, as well as lose to Outsiders. However, face to face, I am more impressed by the Brazilians, who at least had time to warm up a few hours earlier. In turn, I do not believe much in the prospects of Sprout, since the team literally has nothing to offer.
Sprout form
The 32nd team in the world ranking recently failed at the ESL Pro League Season 16 Conference and ESL Challenger League Season 41 Europe, showing terrible CS at both championships.
It is logical that at the start of ESL Challenger Valencia 2022 at DreamHack from Sprout, no one expected anything. However, the Danish-German team managed to surprise with a victory at FURIA. Although then the team returned to the original, without a chance of losing to the Outsiders.
Latest Sprout results:
- Defeated by Movistar Riders with a score of 0:2.
- Victory over SINNERS with a score of 2:1.
- Defeated by SAW with a score of 1:2.
- Victory over FURIA with a score of 16:10.
- Lost to the Outsiders with a score of 8:16.
Best Sprout cards:
- Inferno - 91% of wins.
- Nuke - 60% win rate.
- Vertigo - 57% of wins.
- Overpass - 50% of wins.
- Ancient - 50% win rate.
At the same time, the Danish-German team has recently abandoned the Mirage card.
Form 00NATION
The 31st team of the world ranking had an unsuccessful start in the group stage of ESL Challenger Valencia 2022 at DreamHack, where they lost to Outsiders, even though they took 11 rounds on Inferno.
Nevertheless, the Brazilian team showed a really cool game in the derby, closing FURIA without a chance. This victory is partly the merit of the opponent, but it cannot be denied that so far 00NATION looks much more interesting than in the first half of the season.
Latest 00NATION results:
- Victory over ex-UYU with a score of 2:0.
- Victory over TeamOne with a score of 2:1.
- Victory over Brazen with a score of 2:0.
- Lost to the Outsiders with a score of 11:16.
- Victory over FURIA with a score of 2:0.
Best 00NATION cards:
- Overpass - 89% of wins.
- Vertigo - 86% of wins.
- Ancient - 78% of wins.
- Mirage - 67% of wins.
- Inferno - 60% of wins.
At the same time, the team from Brazil continues to refuse the Dust 2 map.
Sprout – 00NATION meeting statistics
As part of the current season, the teams held one meeting - at IEM Katowice 2022 Play-In, the victory went to 00NATION (2:0).
Prediction for Sprout vs 00NATION match
Looking back, Sprout could not beat the Brazilians last season, who played under a different tag. Now, I continue to be skeptical about the game of the Danish-German team, because they have performed too poorly in recent weeks.
In turn, 00NATION plays well on Overpass, Ancient and Vertigo, leaving only Inferno to the opponent. In addition, the factor of the last meeting speaks for the Brazilians, which certainly helped the guys to call out. Therefore, here I would recommend betting on the victory of the 00NATION team.
