Team Spirit vs Copenhagen Flames

Spirit ranked #22 from Russia are clashing against team Copenhagen Flames ranked #61 from Denmark in the Home Sweet Home Cup 2 that has 16 teams competing for the prize pool of $40,000. This tournament is played online, and this is the best of 3 quarter-final type of match.

Map highlights in the last three months for Spirit: Dust2 is at 73,3% win rate on 15 played maps - WON/TIED/LOST - 11/0/4, Nuke 73,7% on 15 played maps 11/0/4, Mirage 71,4% on 21 played maps 15/0/6, Train 63,6% on 11 played maps 7/0/4, Inferno 63,2% on 19 played maps 12/0/7, Overpass 60,0% on five played maps 3/0/2, and Vertigo with 40,0% win rate on five played maps 2/0/3.

They played 23 maps in April and won. 16, converted, they played 11 matches and won eight. In March, they played 27 maps and won 17; in other words, they played 19 games and won 13. During February, they played 37 maps and won 26, converted, they played 17 games and won 14. In January, they played four maps and won two, converted, they played two games and won one.

Map performance in the previous three months for CF: Inferno is at 78,6% win rate on 14 played maps - WIN/DREW/LOSS - 11/0/3, Overpass 70,0% on ten played maps 7/0/3, Nuke 55,6% on 18 played maps 10/0/8, Dust2 50,0% on four played maps 2/0/2, Train 50,0% on 12 played maps 6/0/6, Mirage 41,7% on 12 played maps 5/0/7, and Vertigo with 40,0% win rate on five played maps 2/0/3.

They played five maps in April and won three, converted, they played three matches and won two. During Marche, they played 23 maps and won eight; in other words, they played ten games and won three. In February, they played 30 maps and won 22, converted, they played 16 games and won 12. In January, they played 17 maps and won ten.

OK, so this is a nice medium-tier tourney, and with 40k in the prize pool, it is worth fighting for. Today we have team Spirit who is 2nd in Group A with two wins, one loss, and +40 round difference, while on the other side, we have CPF who are 2nd in Group D with two wins, one loss, and +2 round difference. The winner here will advance to clash against the winner of Nordavind VS BIG, which will be hell'va' match. The odds heavily favor Spirit with 1,20 while on CF they are 3,80. I mean looking at the map stats, Spirit leads in all maps except Inferno where CF is better with 4%. I will go with Spirit -1,5 handicap here with a big bet.

Good luck to all who bet, and don't forget to gamble responsibly!