Team Falcons vs SAW Prediction: Long-Awaited Victory for s1mple

Prediction for the ESL Challenger Katowice 2024 match, which will take place on October 25th. Who will turn out to be stronger? Check the teams' conditions! Several betting options are available.

Team Falcons

The Falcons are playing their second joint tournament with s1mple. In the Thunderpick World Championship 2024, the team faced 3DMAX and Virtus.pro. They lost both times and finished at the online stage. In Katowice, the Falcons team will meet in person and play from the same stall. S1mple has always done well in LAN tournaments and doesn't play online much. Maybe this is a chance for Oleksandr to make a comeback in Counter-Strike?

Team Falcons is in a bit of a tricky spot at the moment. In the last tournament, s1mple was the only player with a positive HLTV rating (1.17). His fellow pro players didn't do so well either: dupreeh 0.62, Maden 0.73, Magisk 0.82. S1mple fought hard to stay in the tournament with Virtus.pro, going all out on the second map with 3DMAX to prove his worth to the team. The other players have been going through their individual draws since the beginning of 2024. After the top three at IEM Katowice 2024, the Falcons are more often disappointing than impressive. In 2024, Team Falcons played 149 games and won just 66, with a win rate of less than 45%. From what we can see in the individual stats, the Falcons have a solid defense, but they're struggling a bit on the attack.

SAW

The Portuguese team has seen many changes. Arrozdoce and Berry have left the team. Which of the losses will have the biggest impact on SAW? We'll have to wait and see. The RMR in Shanghai is coming up, and before that, the Portuguese team will be training at ESL Challenger Katowice 2024.

Arrozdoce was the second-best player on the SAW roster. Analysts and professional CS:GO players had nothing but praise for him. He's been replaced by Ag1l from Rhyno Esports, a Portuguese team. Ag1l has never played at the top level in his career. His HLTV profile only includes four maps against top-10 teams. It looks like there won't be a replacement for BERRY in the coaching position. SAW played three challenging series at ESL Challenger League Season 48 Europe, though the opponents weren't the strongest. The main focus is on ewjerkz, SAW's main star.

The Portuguese team was in the top 10 on HLTV recently and made it to the semifinals of IEM Cologne 2024. Unfortunately, the team couldn't build on their success in Cologne. There was an internal conflict, which led to an RMR decision. SAW will struggle to compete at the top level without a second star. Even a match against Team Falcons will be a challenge.

Expert Betting Tips

The Falcons roster has always been strong offline, and with s1mple on board, it's even stronger in this area. And everyone's already rooting for the legendary sniper to succeed. We're looking forward to seeing s1mple claim his first victory of 2024 and to Oleksandr putting on a great show.