Team Spirit and Sprout will meet in the quarterfinals of the ESL Challenger League Season 43: Europe. The Danish team lost something in the results, showing a boring and monotonous game.
It is clear that the "dragons" do not extract anything from this championship, simply finishing the season. And yet, in fact, Team Spirit is two heads stronger than Sprout, which she managed to prove in the fall.
Therefore, here I do not see any intrigue, only if the "dragons" themselves do not want to go on vacation a little earlier. In all other cases, Sprout has no logical options to win.
Team Spirit Uniform
The eleventh team in the world ranking performed well at IEM Rio Major 2022, where they again reached the playoffs. There, the Russian team still lost to Heroic, but managed to fight.
As for the start of the ESL Challenger League Season 43: Europe, here Team Spirit managed to outplay HEET, although it was hard. However, the French have recently become overwhelmed, so it's too early to judge the "dragons".
Team Spirit latest results:
- Defeat from Outsiders with a score of 14:16.
- Victory over Sprout with a score of 2:0.
- The victory over Team Liquid with a score of 2:1.
- Defeat from Heroic with a score of 0:2.
- Victory over HEET with a score of 2:1.
Best Team Spirit maps:
- Nuke - 86% of wins.
- Ancient - 86% of wins.
- Vertigo - 80% of wins.
- Dust 2 - 57% win rate
At the same time, the Russian team continues to ban the Inferno map.
Sprout form
The nineteenth team in the world ranking managed to reach the semi-finals of Elisa Masters Espoo 2022, but there, quite naturally, they lost to BIG and left the tournament.
On the other hand, the Danish team had a great start at the ESL Challenger League Season 43 Europe, where they got two victories. And yet, Sprout got its problems where it didn’t follow, failing at ESL Meisterschaft Autumn 2022 and CCT North Europe Series 2.
Latest Sprout results:
- Victory over 1WIN with a score of 2:0.
- Defeated by BIG Academy with a score of 1:2.
- Defeat from ALTERNATE aTTaX with a score of 1:2.
- Victory over ONYX Talents with a score of 2:0.
- Defeat from ECLOT with a score of 0:2.
Best Sprout cards:
- Ancient - 64% of wins.
- Inferno - 60% of wins.
- Overpass - 58% of wins.
- Vertigo - 53% of wins.
In turn, the Danish team consistently refuses the Dust 2 map.
Match statistics Team Spirit — Sprout
Within the framework of the current season, the teams held two meetings:
- Sprout win at IEM Road to Rio 2022 Europe RMR A with a score of 16:12.
- Team Spirit's victory at IEM Rio Major 2022 with a score of 2:0.
And in the last match the abyss was just huge.
Prediction for the match Team Spirit — Sprout
Given the latest results, Sprout frankly falls short. Moreover, the Danes also have problems, because they are asked to leave slaxz-. Otherwise, everything depends on the motivation of the "dragons", which on paper should cope. Therefore, in this case, I would recommend betting on the victory of Team Spirit with a score of 2:0.
