Grayhound Gaming and Bad News Eagles will meet in the second semi-final of ESL Challenger Melbourne 2023. The winner will play someone from the Movistar Riders - ECSTATIC pairing, which is quite The International ereally.
Apparently, in front of their home stands, the Australian squad caught the right vibe by closing out two games in the group. On the other hand, Bad News Eagles actually qualified for the play-offs, which you wouldn't expect from the legends of the Majors.
So here I would lean on the card from Grayhound Gaming, because with such a game the Kosovars can make fun of the audience, who clearly remember shooting dead VERTEX players.
Grayhound Gaming uniforms
The world's 26th ranked team qualified for IEM Dallas 2023 without too much trouble, in passing winning the BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023 Asia RMR and getting two wins over Mongols from TheMongolz.
As for Long Songpeg at home ESL Challenger Melbourne 2023, Grayhound Gaming handled EG Black quite well, showing a good side.
What's more, in the next match, the Australian team shut down Complexity Gaming in class, building on their winning streak. All in all, the team is clearly on fire, and who knows what will happen in the play-offs.
Grayhound Gaming's latest results:
- A 2-1 win over TheMongolz.
- A 2-0 win over VERTEX.
- 2-1 win over VERTEX.
- 16-10 win over EG Black.
- 16-11 win over Complexity Gaming.
Grayhound Gaming's best scores:
- Ancient - 89% wins.
- Nuke - 71% wins.
- Inferno - 71% wins.
- Mirage - 60% wins.
- Vertigo - 57% wins.
It should be remembered that the Australian squad still doesn't play on the Overpass map.
Bad News Eagles form
The 23rd ranked team in the world performed well in the main stage of the BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023 Europe RMR A, suffering one loss to 1WIN and also outplayed FaZe Clan.
Moreover, the Kosovo team managed to mark a victory over GamerLegion, thanks to which they qualified for the Paris Major "legends".
However, things took a turn for the worse in the group stage of ESL Challenger Melbourne 2023 where Bad News Eagles managed to defeat Movistar Riders, but also narrowly defeated VERTEX and Rare Atom.
The latest Bad News Eagles results:
- A 2-0 win over FaZe Clan.
- Defeated GamerLegion 2-1.
- Beat VERTEX 16-10.
- Defeat by Movistar Riders 11-16.
- 2-1 win over Rare Atom.
Bad News Eagles top scorers:
- Inferno - 62% wins.
- Mirage - 62% wins.
- Vertigo - 55% wins.
- Ancient - 50% wins.
- Overpass - 50% wins.
In turn, the Kosovo team has not played on the Nuke map for a long time.
Grayhound Gaming - Bad News Eagles encounter statistics
The teams have not met before.
Grayhound Gaming vs Bad News Eagles preview
It is difficult to imagine what will happen in the majors if Bad News Eagles play like that now. There's not much to say about the Aussies as Grayhound Gaming are just playing their game.
It is clear that it will be quite difficult for the Australian team in this match, as the opponent is good in terms of shooting. However, with such stands, the Bad News Eagles could wobble.
Therefore, in this case, I would recommend to bet on the Forum on the cards (+1.5) for the Grayhound Gaming team.
