FaZe vs. Evil Geniuses, Preview and Prediction-Free 8/28 CS: GO
The opponents meet for their second round of the group stage this Saturday. At the ESL Pro League Season 14, the top 3 teams at the group stage will progress to the playoffs. The overall winner of the tournament takes $175,000 plus a spot at the BLAST Premier World Final 2021.
FaZe Stats and Latest Results
FaZe is placed fourth on the world ranking. They were part of the IEM Cologne 2021 in July where they finished 3-4th and were awarded $80,000. The European team also finished 7-8th at the BLAST Premier Spring Final 2021 and 13-16th at the Flashpoint 3. Meanwhile, they have won 6 out of their last 8 matches and has a win rate of 53.8%. They recently lost to Natus Vincere (0-2) and Astralis (0-2).
Map statistics in the last 3 months shows that the team has been impressive on Vertigo (100.0%), Mirage (66.7%), and Ancient (60.0%). They attained an average performance on Inferno (50.0%) and Dust2 (50.0%) but failed to impress on Nuke (42.9%) and Overpass (25.0%). They have played one line-up since June that consist of karrigan (0.87), olofmeister (0.93), rain (1.10), Twistzz (1.13), and broky (1.08).
Evil Geniuses Stats and Latest Results
Evil Geniuses is ranked 23rd on the world ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 110 weeks. The North American team has been deplorable since the year started. The best performance they have displayed was at the Snow Sweet Snow 3 where they finished 3-4th and received $4,000. Meanwhile, they finished 9-12th at the IEM Cologne 2021 Play-In and 7-8th at the BLAST Premier Spring Final 2021. Out of their last 8 matches, they have won 1 and lost 7 matches. Their win rate stands at 30.0%.
Considering their map performance in the last 3 months, Evil Geniuses has displayed a decent performance on Mirage (66.7%) but failed to impress on Inferno (40.0%), Overpass (25.0%), Dust2 (20.0%), and Nuke (0.0%). The team line-up consists of MICHU (1.00), Brehze (1.12), CeRq (1.08), oBo (1.05), and daps (0.71).
FaZe vs. Evil Geniuses H2H Record
Head-to-head records show 2 meetings between the opponents and each side has 1 win. Their last meeting was at the IEM Cologne 2021 Play-In where FaZe won on Mirage (16:12).
FaZe vs. Evil Geniuses Betting Preview
The opponents have displayed different performances in the last 10 matches. While FaZe won 7 out of their last 10 matches while Evil Geniuses won 3 matches. For this reason, we can authoritatively say that Evil Geniuses is on the downswing and we don’t expect any good result, especially when they play in-form FaZe. Therefore, we predict a win for FaZe.
The Pick: FaZe to win.
