KOVA Esports vs SKADE

KOVA ranked #77 from Finland are clashing against SKADE ranked #42 from Bulgaria in the Europe Minor Open Qualifier 3 - ESL One Rio 2020 that has 16+ teams competing for the prize pool of 2 spots in Closed Qualifier. This tournament is played online, and this is best of 1 quarter-final type of match.

KOVA map performance in the previous three months: Nuke is at 66,7% win rate on three played maps - WINS/TIES/LOSSES - 2/0/1, Dust2 50,0% on four played maps 2/0/2, Mirage 50,0% on four played maps 2/0/2, Overpass 50,0% on two played maps 1/0/1, and Vertigo with 0,0% win rate on one played map.

They played one map in February and won, while during January, they played ten maps and won six, converted, they played five matches and won three. During December, they played one map and lost, while in November, they played two maps and lost both.

SKADE map highlights in the last three months: Inferno is at 81,5% win rate on 27 played maps - WON/DREW/LOSE - 22/0/5, Overpass 69,2% on 13 played maps 9/0/4, Dust2 64,3% on 14 played maps 9/0/5, Mirage 58,8% on 17 played maps 10/0/7, Train 52,2% on 23 played maps 12/0/11, and Nuke with 30,0% win rate on 20 played maps 6/0/14.

In February, they played two maps and won one. During January, they played 39 maps and won 22, converted, they played 18 games and won 11. In December, they played 54 maps and won 33; in other words, they played 21 games and won 14. In November, they played 19 maps and won 12, converted, they played eight games and won six.

OK, so this tournament is well underway, and we have reached the playoffs. KOVA played against Japaleno and won with 16-14 on Dust2, while SKADE won against Demolition Crew with 16-12 on Inferno. Head-to-head the score is 1-1, with the last game going to SKADE (ex Bpro). I will go with SKADE to win with a small margin.

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