Matchförutsägelse: Bad News Eagles - Eternal Fire | Counter-Strike (CS2)

Bad News Eagles and Eternal Fire will meet as part of the first round of IEM Road to Rio 2022 European RMR A. Frankly speaking, it is difficult for me to assess the real prospects of the Kosovar team, since it has not appeared on the TIER-1 scene for a long time.

In turn, Eternal Fire has recently shown itself as part of the ESL Pro League Season 16, and, in general, has gained good conditions. Honestly, both teams deserve to get to the Major. And given the level of competition, they are worth waiting for in Brazil.

And yet, in this case, I am more inclined to choose in favor of the Turkish team, which, it seems to me, is now in excellent shape and definitely more interesting compared to the opponent.

Bad News Eagles Uniform

The 31st team in the world rankings made a controversial comeback after a month-long vacation, as they failed in the qualifiers for Flow FiReLEAGUE 2022, and also took only 3-4th place in the Tipsport Prague Cup 2022.

However, further on the Kosovar team began to gain momentum a little, improving their game. Hence, two victories in the group at the ESL Challenger League Season 42 Europe, a confident exit to the Elisa Invitational Fall 2022 playoffs, as well as the Tipsport Prague Cup 2022 Finals championship.

Still, I would not consider the Bad News Eagles to be such a cohesive team, since since the Major in Belgium, they have begun to play a little weaker.

Latest Bad News Eagles results:

• Victory over the Falcons with a score of 2:0.
• Victory over SINNERS with a score of 2:1.
• Victory over ECLOT with a score of 2:0.
• Victory over Endpoint with a score of 2:1.
• Victory over Sprout with a score of 2:1.

Best Bad News Eagles cards:

• Inferno - 78% of wins.
• Nuke - 75% win rate.
• Mirage - 75% of wins.
• Ancient - 71% of wins.
• Vertigo - 50% of wins.

At the same time, the Kosovar team continues to refuse the Overpass map.

Eternal Fire Form

The 18th team in the world ranking made it to the IEM Road to Rio 2022 for Europe through open qualifiers, where they had to get in shape along the way.

Immediately after that, the Turkish team failed in the playoffs of CCT Central Europe Series 1, but managed to qualify for ESL Challenger Rotterdam 2022 and BLAST Premier Fall Showdown 2022 Europe.

If we talk about fresh results, then last week Eternal Fire visited the group stage of ESL Pro League Season 16, where until the very end it claimed a place in the playoffs. Still, the team played decently, having managed to slam Team Liquid.

Latest Eternal Fire results:

• The victory over Team Liquid with a score of 2:0.
• Victory over 0to100 with a score of 16:5.
• Victory over MOUZ with a score of 2:1.
• Victory over Movistar Riders with a score of 2:0.
• Victory over SINNERS with a score of 2:1.

Best Eternal Fire maps:

• Dust 2 - 80% of wins.
• Nuke - 80% win rate.
• Vertigo - 70% of wins.
• Inferno - 64% of wins.

In turn, the Turkish team has not been playing on the Ancient map for a long time.

Bad News Eagles - Eternal Fire Meeting Statistics

As part of the current season, the teams have played one meeting - at PGL Major Antwerp 2022 Challengers Stage, the victory went to Bad News Eagles (16:14).

Prediction for the match Bad News Eagles — Eternal Fire

It is difficult to predict which map will appear in the series, but from the point of view of the Turkish team, it is worth trying to persuade the opponent to Vertigo. However, even without that, I am inclined to believe that Bad News Eagles did not have time to reach the peak of their form, while Eternal Fire played well at the end of the group stage of ESL Pro League Season 16.

In general, if the Kosovar team got such a close victory at PGL Major Antwerp 2022, and now it looks a little weaker, then it makes sense to play on the contrary. Therefore, in this case, I would recommend betting on the victory of the Eternal Fire team.