FURIA vs. Liquid, Preview & Prediction - Free 11/29 CS:GO
Only one team can advance to the BLAST Fall Finals and earn $25,000 when FURIA takes on Liquid in the semi-finals of the BLAST Premier Fall 2020 Showdown on Sunday. There is no Grand final in this qualification tournament, so we’re going to see a big battle between the old rivals.
FURIA Team Stats and Latest Results
FURIA had a lot of success at recent tournaments as they won both ESL Pro League Season 12 North America and IEM New York 2020 North America after defeating 100 Thieves in the Grand final and earning over $100,000 with a ticket for the IEM Global Challenge 2020 + 2500 RMR Points for their efforts. They didn’t experience the best of times at the BLAST Premier Fall Series 2020 where they suffered a couple of losses to G2 and MIBR, but come this far at this tournament thanks to victories over Isurus and Virtus.pro. FURIA won 11 of the previous 14 matches.
When it comes to the maps in the last three months, FURIA displayed strong performances on Train (80.0% win rate), Inferno (73.3%), and Vertigo (71.4%), while their “weakest” displays came on Nuke (53.8%). FURIA assembled its current squad in August 2020 and appeared on 53 maps with a record of 35 wins and 18 losses. The lineup is made of HEN1 (1.18 rating), arT (1.03), yuurih (1.20), VINI (0.99), and KSCERATO (1.14).
Liquid Team Stats and Latest Results
Liquid wasn’t as successful at both ESL Pro League Season 12 North America and IEM New York 2020 North America where they failed to display good results, but they are playing fine at this tournament. After losing the opening map to MAD Lions, Liquid managed to get a win and then surprisingly destroy MIBR 2-0. Liquid won nine of the last 12 games.
In the previous three months, Liquid impressed on Overpass (83.3%) and was strong on Dust2 (75.0%) and Mirage (70.0%), while they were below average only on Vertigo (42.9%). Liquid is also playing with the current lineup since August this year and appeared on 56 maps with a record of 36 wins and 20 losses. The team members are NAF (1.17), EliGE (1.23), Stewie2K (0.99), Twistzz (1.06), and Grim (1.10).
FURIA vs. Liquid H2H Record
These rivals have met on 11 occasions before, and FURIA leads the all-time series 9-2. They won the last three duels including the most recent one at the IEM New York 2020 North America in October this year after coming from behind.
FURIA vs. Liquid Betting Preview
We don’t have a clear favorite in this game even though FURIA is a better-ranked team and the H2H tradition is clearly on their side. I will not dare to predict a winner of this encounter as it could go either way and considering the stakes are high – a ticket for the BLAST Fall Finals, I expect to see a great battle from old rivals. Four of the last seven H2H duels produced a maximum of three maps, so I am going with another three-map game on Sunday.
The Pick: Over 2.5 Maps (-111 @GG.BET)
