Evil Geniuses vs MAD Lions: EG are still out of shape

While most of the eyes of eSports fans are fixed on The International 10, CS:GO is slowly beginning to warm up its fans for the major. BLAST Premier: Fall Showdown 2021 will be the last tournament featuring tier-1 teams before the CS:GO, the year’s main event. Which teams will clinch places in the BLAST Premier Fall Final 2021?

On October 15, Evil Geniuses and MAD Lions will battle it out in the BLAST Premier: Fall Showdown 2021. Which team will be the strongest to advance?

Evil Geniuses have managed to qualify for the upcoming majors. At the last RRM Tournament, the team finished fifth with 1,875 points. Despite this, the Evil Geniuses still look very weak. The team does not have a single map with a win rate higher than 50%. On almost all the maps, they have had very few games played in the last three months. Only Inferno had a decent number of games, but the overall win rate of 46% looks weak. In addition, the entire team’s win rate is packed on teams from their region, which practically devalues that win rate. As for the maps, it is not quite clear what Evil Geniuses will pick. They have favoured Inferno and Mirage in recent times, but their current opponent also quotes these two maps very highly. Mirage is generally MAD Lions’ most popular map. Furthermore, the European squad has a decent win rate on both maps, worrying Evil Geniuses. It’s clear that the Evil Geniuses have a higher individual level, but they obviously won’t have it easy.

MAD Lions have been looking good in the past three months. The team climbed up the leaderboard considerably, got a good win rate on maps, and currently, the team is without a single map with a win rate below 60%, which looks very powerful. Of course, MAD Lions can’t boast serious opponents, and the majority of their victories were over T3 teams, but still, they were victories and no defeats. Not so long ago, the team got a slot in the closed qualification for DreamHack, which, considering the participants’ good composition of the participants can also be credited to themselves. If you look at the Europeans’ maps, they will have an excellent chance to win their pick because Evil Geniuses do not play Overpass and Ancient. Evil Geniuses haven’t played a single match on these maps in the last three months and usually ban them depending on the opponent. Still, here MAD Lions play both maps well, and Evil Geniuses will have to play on a very uncomfortable map, which they are likely to lose. On the other hand, the opponent’s pick will be comfortable enough for MAD Lions to put up a good fight and even take a 2-0 lead.

Evil Geniuses have the advantage in individual skill and that if you look at the names and not the team’s play in recent months. With their experience and skill, Evil Geniuses could win the match. Still, the maps will be too comfortable for the MAD Lions in this encounter, and I do not believe that the Americans will counter something to their opponents.

The bookmakers are offering odds of 2.48 on a MAD Lions win with a handicap (-6.5), which looks like a great option. You can also take Total Under 2.5 maps for 1.75.