Sprout and K23 will meet at ESL Challenger League Season 42. The game will start on the 28th of September at 18:00 UK time.
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Sprout has been competing against more vigorous opponents in recent times and has lost 1-2, while K23 has played against rather weaker opponents. The teams have already met each other this year, and then the “sprouts” proved their superiority. In our opinion, the European mix feels more comfortable on many cards than the Russians, so we’ll take their win.
Total Maps – Total Maps Over 2.5
The previous match between the teams ended with a score of 2-1.
Sprout is in the top 30 of the world rankings, but does not usually participate in tier-1 tournaments. The team has been unable to develop a winning streak lately, even on the tier-2 stage, and has been alternating between successes and defeats. In three of the last four meetings, they lost and only won against SAW (2-1).
Immediately after that, the “sprouts” failed to cope with Bad News Eagles, losing 1:2, while at the decisive Nuke took only six rounds. Now it’s safe to say that their best map is Ancient, as in the last three months they haven’t lost on it, but the rest of the maps remain questionable.
K23 are located outside of the top 40, but they are still able to surprise. They are a strong tier-2 team, which sometimes finds the strength and produces a decent series of victories. Not long ago the team overcame its crisis and after four losses in a row had a successful streak of three games.
The Russians beat BIG Academy (2:1), and For The Win (2:0) and gained 2:1 against HONORIS. To be fair, it should be noted that the level of their opponents left much to be desired, so their results should not be taken seriously.
In our opinion, the teams will take to the field with the following line-ups:
Sprout: Staehr, Zyphon, lauNX, refrezh, slaxz-.
K23: FinigaN, Raijin, X5G7V, clax, xsepower.
lauNX from Sprout and xsepower from K23 are our highlighted players in the match.
Who won the last meeting between these clubs?
Sprout took the victory at IEM BEIJING with a score of 2:1.
Where will this fixture be played?
The match will be played online.
Which bookmaker has the best odds for this game?
We recommend checking out the odds for Sprout vs K23 at 22Bet.