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Misfits finished third last time round but have had a real struggle in this edition; from finishing as what is practically the Best of the Rest, they’re currently sitting in the gulf between the middling teams and the worst teams. As a result, they’re in a spot where every match from here on is a must-win fixture simply because of how slim the margins are. Fnatic, who have been at their best so far, will provide an exhibit of just how fine.
Misfits Gaming vs Fnatic Match Prediction
Fnatic
I cannot make a mention of Fnatic without talking about Upset, who is currently operating at a KDA of 9.71 due to an average death rate of 0.92. This is a case of someone being a massive outlier, given his team’s average death rate after seven games currently sits at 11.1.
Outside of that, Fnatic’s metrics are a picture of dominance – an average tower difference of +2.4, a perfect win record when they’re leading at the 15-minute mark, and a damage per minute of 2279. They don’t generally start off on the front foot, as a first blood rating of 42.9% suggests, but there is enough in quality on the team to quickly sort that out. They’ve been dynamic, adaptive, and are already emerging as strong favorites to go on and clinch the summer title, having crashed out in the semi finals last summer.
Misfits Gaming
With the position they’re in, having won only three of their seven games, Misfits Gaming not only need victories but need them to be big and confidence boosting. Considering that they’ve only won against SK Gaming and Team BDS so far – aside from MAD Lions – the kind of explosive, game changing victory that I’m talking about may prove to be elusive against Fnatic.
Nevertheless, it is a must-win game and any sort of psychological boost they require will have to be derived from that fact. The long break might have helped too in terms of tightening some of their plays, but none of these little margins will mean anything if they can’t sort things out when it’s game time.
Primarily, they need to sort out their defensive game, where their average deaths rate of 15.1 is conspicuously higher than any other team’s in the season so far. On the flipside, there is one potential path they can focus on – when they get ahead at the 15-minute mark, they win every time. Their aggressive style is clearly seen in the fact that they’re currently doing 2086 damage per minute and perhaps focusing on that early assault – so long as there is more balance on the defensive side – may be an effective strategy against some of the bigger teams. Dictating that game early on brings benefits that they’re aware of, and perhaps this second half of the round robin stage will involve them playing to that strength a little more than before.
Misfits Gaming vs Fnatic Betting Prediction
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Fnatic hold all the cards in this fixture and it will be an upset if they lose this.
