FURIA vs. Heroic, Preview & Prediction - Free 12/17 CS:GO

We don’t have a clear favorite in this Best of 3 encounter when FURIA face Heroic in the Group B elimination match of the IEM Global Challenge 2020 on Thursday. The winner of this duel will get another opportunity to make the playoffs, while the losing side will suffer elimination out of the tournament.

FURIA Team Stats and Latest Results

FURIA is not in good form in the past few weeks, as they struggled against European. The Brazilians did defeat Liquid to book a ticket for the BLAST Fall Finals, but they disappointed at the main event with two losses to G2 and Natus Vincere to end the tournament in 5th position and with $15,000 in the pocket. They lost the opening game at the IEM Global Challenge 2020 to Natus Vincere. FURIA won seven of the previous 13 matches.

During the last three months, FURIA was decent on Inferno (75.0% win rate), Train (75.0%), and Vertigo (75.0%), while they were below average only on Overpass (42.9%). FURIA is playing with the same squad since September this year and appeared on 66 maps with a record of 40 wins and 26 losses. The team members are HEN1 (1.14 rating), arT (1.02), yuurih (1.17), VINI (1.01), and KSCERATO (1.13).

Heroic Team Stats and Latest Results

Heroic came to this tournament after excellent performances at the DreamHack Open Fall 2020, where they beat Endpoint, BIG, Sprout, NiP, and in the Grand final, Vitality, to earn $33,000 and a ticket for the IEM Global Challenge 2020. They weren’t very good since, and their latest appearance was at the DreamHack Masters Winter 2020 Europe earlier in December. Heroic surprisingly lost 2-0 to Liquid in the opener here. Heroic won 13 of the last 19 games.

In the previous three months, Heroic played well on Nuke (76.5%) and Vertigo (66.7%), while they failed to impress on Inferno (38.5%). Heroic also assembled its lineup in September 2020 and appeared on 76 maps with a record of 42 wins and 34 losses. The lineup is made of cadiaN (1.14), b0RUP (0.93), niko (1.03), stavn (1.15), and TeSeS (1.13).

FURIA vs. Heroic H2H Record

These rivals have never met before.

FURIA vs. Heroic Betting Preview

Both teams have been in a disappointing form of late and I have no idea which one will get a win here. Although I am leaning toward the Danish team, I will avoid backing the winner, and I am going with Over 2.5 maps instead. Considering it’s an elimination game, I expect a great fight from each side and plenty of rounds on both ends.

The Pick: Over 2.5 Maps (-112 @GG.BET)