CAROLINA CORE vs. BIRMINGHAM SALVO; 4:30AM BST/5:30AM CEST

FINAL

CS:S

FZA

FIFA

DOAF

DOAM

SCORE

Carolina Core

7

2

1

5

5(0)

20

Birmingham Salvo

11

5

0

4

0(1)

21

The second semi-final tonight is the Carolina Core vs. the Birmingham Salvo. The hopes of the United Kingdom rest with the Birmingham Salvo, looking to continue their dominating run of form over from the match agains the Mexico City Furia. In their way will be the North American champions, the Carolina Core.

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Game Order

FIFA

Counter-Strike: Source

Dead or Alive Female

Forza

Dead or Alive Male

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Let's take at look at both team's recent results in the world finals so far

Counter-Strike: Source will be a key matchup tonight..

Goodeh's Predictions

FINAL

CS:S

FZA

FIFA

DOAF

DOAM

SCORE

Carolina Core

0

0

0

0

0

0

Birmingham Salvo

0

0

0

0

0

0

These following statistics and headlines were collected, compiled and written by Paul "ReDeYe" Chaloner. Records are given by Wins-Loss (points differential)

cCarolina Core	Head-to-Head	Birmingham Salvo
17-16 (+72)	Franchise Record	5-2 (+21)
23.28	Average Points per Game	23.46
15-17 (-11)	FIFA 08	2-5 (-3)
16-17 (-2)	Counter-Strike: Source	5-2 (+18)
25-8 (+60)	Dead or Alive Male	2-5 (-8)
17-16 (+8)	Dead or Alive Female	3-0 (+9)
11-4 (+17)	Forza Motorsport 2	1-2 (+1)

Fast Facts

Forza
Salvo won their first ever CGS Forza race in the 1/4 finals.
GEL has won his last 3 and 4 of his last 5 races.
GEL has won more races than any other Forza driver ( 8 ).

FIFA
Bazza has only won once in 2008, against ChrisyB 2-1 and only twice ever.
Bazza is the youngest player on the team and the youngest left in the World Final.
Anomaly has won his last 3 matches and 5 of his last 6.
Anomaly has lost 6 matches on penalties.
Bazza has never won a penalty shoot out either.
Bazza lost 3-1 to Anomaly in the World Final 2007 (when Anomaly played for Chicago).
Anomaly is one of only 2 players who can still win a 2nd World Title.

CSS
Salvo's 12-6 was only their second defeat in CGS ever, oddly, the only other time they lost was also a 12-6 defeat (to London).
Salvo's defeat ended a 5 game winning run.
Core have won just 3 of their last 8 CSS matches and only won 10-8 on all 3 occasions.

DOA
Even with 3 wins, Sarah Lou is now the most succesful of all Euro/UK players in DOAF.
Sarah Lou is the only girl left with a 100% record in DOA F left in the World Final.
Messy won only his second ever CGS match in the Quarter finals.
Offbeat has more wins in CGS than any other player including Master.
Offbeat has won his last 5 matches and his last 3 by 5-1 each time.
Mystik has won just twice in the last 7 matches.
Mystik doesnt like Stairs... Especially ones without rails.
Franchise
This is the battle between the European and North American Champions.
Neither side has met before.
Carolina come in to this match having won their last 3 matches.
Birmingham are also on a 3 match unbeaten run.
Birmingham lost at this stage in 2007 to Chicago (25-17).
Carolina won at this stage last year against Berlin (22-21).
Ironically, both of these teams have beaten Berlin 22-21...
Birminghams average age is 20 years and 7 months.
Carolina are slightly older with an average age of 21 years and 8 months.
Carolina has played 33 franchise matches, a CGS record.
Carolina have also scored more points than any other team in CGS history (768 ).
If played second, this will be the 131st ever Franchise match.