fnatic Rising vs. VP.Prodigy, Preview, & Prediction - Free 7/20 CS: GO

The opponents meet at the second round of the group stage. VP.Prodigy has been projected to win but we expect fnatic Rising to give them a tight challenge.

fnatic Rising Team Stats and Latest Results

fnatic recently unveiled the lineup for their new team “fnatic Rising” with Peppe "Peppzor" Borak as the main players. The team also has Kevin "Kevve" Bohlin who will work together with Peppzor to help fight for the $100,000 at the WePlay Academy prize. Only 4 teams will progress to the WePlay Academy League Season 1 Finals.

The team lineup consists of Kevve, Peppzor, kst, prosus, and regali. Kevve was transferred from TEAM5, Peppzor is from the main team’s substitute squad while kst was featured in VELOX’s main team in March this year. Meanwhile, prosus came from ex-ALTERNATE aTTaX.

VP.Prodigy Team Stats and Latest Results

VP.Prodigy is ranked 153rd on the global ranking. The team narrowly lost their first round of the WePlay Academy League Season 1 to Young Ninjas (14: 16). Other than that, the team also lost to Young Ninjas at the Pinnacle Cup II in June. Considering other tournaments, the Russian team failed to win any match at the Shadow League Season 1. Out of the last 4 matches, VP.Prodigy won 1 match and lost 3. They have a win rate of 25.0%.

Map win statistics in the last 3 months show that the team was impressive on Vertigo (100.0%). On the other hand, they failed to impress on Dust2 (33.3%), Overpass (0.0%), and Ancient (0.0%). The team lineup consists of RuFire (0.71), BloodyK (0.89), r3salt (0.89), cheerful (0.86), and lom1k (1.15).

fnatic Rising vs. VP.Prodigy H2H Record

Both teams have never met in any tournament and this will be their first head-to-head encounter.

fnatic Rising vs. VP.Prodigy Betting Preview

Even though VP.Prodigy has played some games and registered 100% on Vertigo and a 33% win rate on Dust2, we cannot overwrite their opponent who is yet to play a match. fnatic Rising has a relatively new lineup with experienced players such as Peppzor and Kevve who were drawn from the main team. Besides, VP.Prodigy has shown a deplorable performance on other maps such as Overpass, Vertigo, and Ancient. We believe fnatic Rising will win but VP.Prodigy has a chance to take one map.

The Pick: fnatic Rising to win/ Over 2.5 maps