Match Prediction: Iron Branch - B8 | Counter-Strike (CS2)
Esport Tour 2022: Series #2In one of the quarterfinals of the Esport Tour 2022 Series 2, Iron Branch and B8 Esports will face each other. The teams will compete for reaching the semi-finals. Since the playoffs are held in the single-elimination bracket, the participants of the meeting have no right to make a mistake. I will pay attention to both teams and, based on various facts, I will come to the conclusion which bet will look the most logical here.
Iron Branch Game Uniform
Now Iron Branch is on the 67th place in the list of the best CS:GO teams according to HLTV. The team had a good practice of performing on the professional stage in June. The team took part in two matches of the ongoing Esport Tour 2022 Series 2, as well as in three confrontations within ESEA Advanced Season 41 Europe and played in two matches of ESEA Spring 2022 Cash Cup Season 6 Europe. In five of the seven matches played, they won, which indicates a good playing form of the team. The level of the opponents they defeated was not as high as that of B8 Esports (if you rely solely on the indicators of the HLTV portal), however, this result is also not good.
History of recent Iron Branch meetings
ESEA Advanced Season 41 Europe
Iron Branch 1-2 FLET
Iron Branch 2-0 Nexus
Iron Branch 1-2 FTW
Esport Tour 2022 Series 2
Iron Branch 2-0 EC Brugge
Iron Branch 2-1 777
ESEA Spring 2022 Cash Cup 6 Europe
Iron Branch 2-0 INDE IRAE
Iron Branch 2-1 Nemiga
Best Iron Branch cards
Dust 2 - 100.0%
Mirage - 66.7%
Inferno - 66.7%
Vertigo - 60.0%
Nuke - 0.0%
Overpass - 0.0%
B8 Esports uniform
B8 Esports in the world ranking compiled by the HLTV portal went not far from their opponents and took the 62nd line. Their win rate is about the same as Iron Branch's in June matches and even in terms of the number of matches they played almost the same number, namely eight meetings. It is noteworthy that, just like in the case of the Iron Branch, the level of opponents was significantly lower than what the team ahead expects. Neither Entropiq Prague, nor Coalesce, nor Anonymo and Nexus and other bands could compete seriously.
B8 Esports match history
ESEA Advanced Season 41 Europe
B8 Esports 1-2 UNGENTUM
B8 Esports 2-0 Entropiq Prague
B8 Esports 1-2 Nemiga
B8 Esports 2-1 Coalesce
Esport Tour 2022 Series 2
B8 Esports 2-0
B8 Esports 2-1 Nexus
B8 Esports 1-2 Tricked Esports
CEE Champions 2022
B8 Esports 1-2 SC
Best B8 Esports cards
Nuke - 88.9%
Dust 2 - 75.0%
Vertigo - 50.0%
Overpass - 50.0%
Ancient - 50.0%
Inferno - 33.3%
Conclusion
The circumstances in which the teams played throughout June and their game form are almost identical and it would be almost impossible to find differences between the teams, but here the statistics of the best maps of Iron Branch and B8 Esports come to the rescue. Iron Branch have been playing incredibly well on Dust 2 and haven't lost a single game in the last 7 games they've played, but their performance on Nuke is very disappointing and has a 0% win rate. The team played there only twice, but in fact, according to the statistics, this is their worst map along with Overpass. B8 Esports, in turn, oppose their opponents with excellent Nuke with a rate of 88.9% of matches won and a good Dust 2 with a rate of 75% of wins. It is noteworthy that they played Nuke 9 times and such statistics indicate that this is their best map, and the team played Dust 2 four times. If Iron Branch bans Nuke, then Overpass, on which they also have a 0% win rate, will not get away from the team, and on this Berlin map, B8 Esports play better than their opponents.
I believe that in this case, B8 Esports will win the victory, although not the easiest one, with an exact score of 2-1. Experts from bookmakers, like me, consider B8 Esports not the clearest favorite and estimate their chances at about 53%, which is equivalent to a coefficient of 1.75. The strengths of the teams, as we noticed, are almost equal and at the peak of the maps I showed that both teams will have to perform worthily at least on one of the maps. What does this tell us? That's right - the game should go on an equal footing and with a high probability it will take place on all three maps. Experts from bookmakers estimate the passage of the market Total over 2.5 cards at 50%, which equates to a coefficient of 1.87. This is the market I would prefer to bet on.
Final bet: Total over 2.5
Bookmakers & Statistics
At the moment, the majority of bookmakers unanimously see the team B8 as the favorite of the game with average odds on a victory in the sum of 1.551. Iron Branch chances to prevail are evaluated with average odds 5.093 by bookmakers.
What are the successes of the teams in the last games
Last Matches | Iron Branch | B8 |
5 matches (wins) | 3 | 3 |
10 matches (wins) | 7 | 6 |
Gamblers will definitely be interested in the statistics of personal meetings between the teams. The teams played 0 matches with each other before. And Iron Branch won 0 times while B8 correspondingly became the winner 0 times.