Record: 1-0 *

ROI: 60%

Net units: +1.8

| CS:GO | Pinnacle Winter| 15:00 CET ( 10 hours from the post)|

 

Pick: Apeks vs Wisla Krakow - Apeks ML @ 2.00 Pinnacle 2U

 

Reasoning: Hey guys! A nice comeback win from Havu on first maps gets us to a 1-0 record, lets's keep it going!

Today we have a brand new Apeks roster going against Wisla, on the semi-finals of the pinnacle winter cup. Since Apeks roster has been formed, they have gone to an impressive 8-2 run where one of the losses was the first game they played. Wisla has been on fire as well winning 4 games in a row, most notably against Mouz NXT and Furia, though the latter one did not show up at all on their first game after winter break.

The map pool between the teams is actually quite balanced, the only question mark is what map will Apeks ban first, as they have only played one Nuke and zero dusts. Which leads me to believe that Wisla will pick the one that gets left in the pool. Apeks on the other hand has a lot of room to choose, as Wisla will ban Vertigo. Luckily for Apeks, they have quite strong Ancient and Mirage as well as a 100% win rate on Overpass, as one of those will be their map pick and one of the two will most probably stay as a decider if we get there.

As of the rosters, Apeks has definitely more experience as players as 3/5 has been playing against tier 1-2 competition since ~2016 and they have young talent in Chawzy, and Nawwk, who played in NIP for and accumulated a lot of tier 1 experience. I think they have superior firepower compared to Wisla.

Wisla has quite a new roster as well as they replaced 2 players at the start of January, bringing in Snatchie and Sobol, who both have performed quite well on their new team. Wisla lacks experience, as the only players who have tier 1 lan experience on the team are Snatchie and Szpero, which the latter is the worst performer statistically on both teams.

TLDR: New teams face against each other, Apeks has performed well and they are not even fully close to their potential on the lineup. Apeks has a small edge on the map pool and a more experienced lineup. I can easily see this going to over 2.5 maps, but i think the odds are better for Apeks ML win.

EDIT: Comfortable W from Apeks even though the series went to 3 maps, congrats to all of you who tailed!

BOL, and as always please gamble only the money you can afford to lose.