Scarlett vs. trigger Prediction on February 9, 2024

Match info

Group Stage of the IEM Katowice 2024 (Intel Extreme Masters Katowice 2024) event in Poland for StarCraft II is going to be played fast. On Day 2, we’ll see the all-Canadian duel between Sasha “Scarlett“ Hostyn and Yoon “trigger“ Hong, which will start on Friday, February 9, at 2 p.m. local time at the International Conference Centre.

Meeting statistics

With 14 meetings between them since their first meeting in March 2021, Zerg player Sasha “Scarlett“ Hostyn (a member of Shopify Rebellion) and Protoss player Yoon “trigger“ Hong (a member of BASILISK) have a 10-1-3 head-to-head record going into this match in favor of the former. That includes two victories from last year: at the HomeStory Cup XXIV at the beginning of December and before that, at the ESL Open Cup #172 Americas.

Prior to Intel Extreme Masters Katowice 2024, neither player has demonstrated much in terms of form. At the beginning of January, “Scarlett“ finished 19th–22nd at WardiTV 2023, while “trigger“ finished 15th–16th in the most recent Premier-tier event, Master’s Coliseum 7.

Match analytics

With bookmaker eSports’ pricing it at almost 3.00, “trigger“ is predicted to struggle on Friday. Since November 2022, he hasn’t defeated “Scarlett“ once. He’ll be facing a player who has a 61.8% overall victory percentage while playing Zerg against Protoss.

“Scarlett“ prevailing with a correct score of 2-0 seems like a reasonable bet. Loot.bet set odds of 2.22 on such an outcome.

Results of the forecast

Successful forecast. Scarlett vs. trigger 2:0