FaZe vs. Liquid, Preview & Prediction - Free 2/12 CS:GO
Liquid is a favorite in this Best of 3 encounter when they face FaZe in the Group C upper bracket semi-final of the BLAST Premier Spring Groups 2021 on Friday. The winning side will progress to the Upper final and take on a better team from a clash between Natus Vincere and MIBR, while the loser will go down to the Lower bracket.
FaZe Team Stats and Latest Results
FaZe is not among the best teams in the CS:GO anymore, and they are in jeopardy of dropping out of the top 20 teams in the rankings, with a potentially unsuccessful campaign at this tournament. They played just four games in 2021and lost three of them. FaZe suffered a couple of losses to mousesports and MIBR at the cs_summit 7. Although they won the opening game at the SteelSeries Invitational 2021 over Nordavind, FaZe lost the next one to OG. FaZe lost seven of the previous nine matches.
In the last three months, FaZe played well on Nuke (66.7% win rate), while they didn’t taste a victory on Mirage (played five times) and Dust2 (played five times). FaZe is playing with a new lineup since February 2021 and appeared on only three maps with a record of one win and two losses. The team members are olofmeister (0.88 rating), rain (0.97), coldzera (0.98), Twistzz (0.99), and broky (1.02).
Liquid Team Stats and Latest Results
Unlike FaZe, who is going through a rough period, Liquid is playing its best CS:GO in years, and they climbed up to the 5th position in the rankings. The American team closed 2020 with 2nd place at the IEM Global Challenge 2020, where they beat Heroic, FURIA, and BIG to reach the Grand Final. Although they lost to Astralis in three maps, Liquid earned $100,000 for 2nd position. In 2021, Liquid played only four matches at the BLAST Premier Global Final 2020 and finished in 4th place with $50,000 in the pocket after losing to Natus Vincere in the Lower final. Liquid lost eight of the last 15 games.
When it comes to the maps in the previous three months, Liquid was decent on Dust2 (60.0%), while they didn’t impress on Mirage (33.3%) and Vertigo (33.3%). Liquid assembled its current squad in January this year and appeared on eight maps with a record of four wins and four losses. The lineup consists of FalleN (1.03), NAF (1.12), EliGE (1.08), Stewie2K (0.94), and Grim (1.05).
FaZe vs. Liquid H2H Record
These rivals have met on four occasions so far, and the series is currently tied at 2-2. Liquid won the opening two H2H duels, while FaZe won the latest two, including the most recent one at the BLAST Premier Spring Series 2020 in February last year.
FaZe vs. Liquid Betting Preview
FaZe is not playing well and it’s clear that they are not the force they once were, so I think that Liquid shouldn’t have problems securing a win on Friday. Still, I believe ForZe will have a chance because Liquid also didn’t play a lot of matches lately, and they could display a bit of rustiness. That’s the only reason I am not backing Liquid to get a 2-0 victory. I am going with them to get a straight win, though.
The Pick: Liquid to win (-233 @PINNACLE)
