In one of the quarter-finals that will take place as part of the ESL Challenger League Season 42 North America, Evil Geniuses and Vendetta will fight against each other. This match will be more interesting than the rest, since here the participants of the meeting are more or less equal in strength and it may not be so easy to decide on a favorite. Nevertheless, experts from bookmakers were able to decide on a team that is likely to win this confrontation. In their opinion, this is the Evil Geniuses Black team, the Evil Geniuses academic roster. Their probability of winning according to the bookmakers is 58%, which is equivalent to a winning odds of 1.60. We will figure out how it would be best to place here and analyze the strength of the participants in the meeting.
Evil Geniuses Black Game Uniform
RUSH with its teammates is in the top 70 best teams in the world and is ranked 66th in the top by HLTV. The team showed good results in the group stage of ESL Challenger League Season 42 North America and reached the playoffs without any problems. In Group B, he took 3rd place, losing only to MIBR and Team oNe. At the initial stage of the event, the team could not beat Team oNe and MIBR, but defeated such opponents as Kari, Brazen, Mythic, Davenport University and Unjustified. At the end of September, Evil Geniuses Black also took part in CCT North America Series 1, where they took 9-16th place, losing in the first fight against Davenport University.
EG Black's best card is Inferno. There, for 10 performances, the team won in 80% of cases. Vertigo has a win rate of 100%, but only a couple of matches were played there, and therefore such an assessment cannot be called objective. The top 3 is closed by Nuke with not the brightest indicator of 60%. On Mirage, Overpass and Dust 2, it is better for the team not to play, since the percentage of wins there is 57.1%, 50% and 20%, respectively.
History of last meetings Evil Geniuses Black
ESL Challenger League Season 42 North America
- Evil Geniuses Black 2-1 Kari
- Evil Geniuses Black 2-0 Brazen
- Evil Geniuses Black 2-0 Mythic
- Evil Geniuses Black 2-0 Davenport University
- Evil Geniuses Black 0-2 Team oNe
- Evil Geniuses Black 2-0 Unjustified
- Evil Geniuses Black 0-2 MIBR
Evil Geniuses Black Card Statistics
- Vertigo (2 cards) - 100%
- Inferno (8 cards) - 80%
- Nuke (5 cards) - 60%
- Mirage (7 cards) - 57.1%
- Overpass (6 cards) - 50%
- Dust 2 (5 cards) - 20%
Vendetta Game Uniform
The fact that Vendetta is worse than Evil Geniuses Black can be seen with the naked eye. The team does not have star and experienced players of the RUSH level, they are ten positions lower in the world ranking, namely at 78th place, and the arsenal in the map pool is not as good as that of their opponents. The only thing where Vendetta could agree with EG Black was in a good start of their performances at ESL Challenger League Season 42 North America. In the group stage, the roster got into Group A and took 2nd place there. The team lost there only in the fight against ATK, which are on a different level of the game, and won the fight against the rest of the participants of the event. Strife, Detonate, Iron Blood, Nouns, NHOP and Victorium could not resist them. It's fair to say that all but Nouns are weaker opponents than Evil Geniuses Black.
As for the mappool itself, the team plays well there on several maps, but it will be difficult to name a favorite map directly. The best performances are on Nuke, where the win rate is 75%, but only 4 matches were played there, which is less than in the case of, for example, Mirage, Overpass and Ancient, where the win rate is 62.5%, 60% and 50% respectively. On Inferno, Dust 2 and Vertigo the win rate is 50%, 25% and 0%. Of the cards in common with EG Black, they only have Nuke. Mirage and Overpass like Vendetta, but they prefer not to play EG Black, but the story with Vertigo and Inferno is the opposite.
History of recent Vendetta meetings
ESL Challenger League Season 42 North America
- Vendetta 2-1 Strife
- Vendetta 2-0 Detonate
- Vendetta 2-0 Iron Blood
- Vendetta 2-0 Nouns
- Vendetta 1-2ATK
- Vendetta 2-1 BHOP
- Vendetta 2-1 Victorum
Vendetta Card Statistics
- Nuke (4 cards) - 75%
- Mirage (8 cards) - 62.5%
- Overpass (5 cards) - 60%
- Ancient (6 cards) - 50%
- Inferno (2 cards) - 50%
- Dust 2 (4 cards) - 25%
- Vertigo (1 card) - 0%
Conclusion
Based on what could be seen in the team analytics, it is noticeable that both teams have an expanded arsenal of cards to play, and the meeting will certainly take place at the place for battles where both participants will be quite comfortable. Due to this circumstance, I believe that alternative markets should not be used here. Both teams can impose a strong fight, but in the end, Evil Geniuses Black will have to win this fight and go to the upper bracket semi-finals. Vendetta can relax due to inexperience, especially considering that they have the right to make mistakes, since the playoffs of the ESL Challenger League Season 42 North America are held in the double-elimination bracket. The odds for the favorite to win here are quite generous and this is enough not to use alternative markets.
Final bet: Evil Geniuses Black to win at odds of 1.60
