G2 vs. Virtus.pro, Preview and Prediction-Free 8/26 CS: GO

G2 and Virtus.pro. will play their last match of Group B this Thursday. At the ESL Pro League Season 14, the first place will start at the quarters while the second and third placed teams in each group will start at the playoff round 1.

G2 Stats and Latest Results

G2 is ranked third on the world ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 99 weeks. Nevertheless, we expect this ranking to change because the European team has lost all their matches at the group stage of the ongoing ESL Pro League Season 14. They lost to Sinners, OG, and Complexity and this means that they have failed to progress to the playoffs. Nevertheless, they displayed an exceptional performance at the IEM Cologne 2021 where they finished 2nd and BLAST Premier Spring Final 2021 where they finished 3rd. Considering their performance in the last 8 matches, they won 4 matches. Meanwhile, they hold a win rate of 52.6%.

Map performance in the last 3 months shows that the team has been impressive on Inferno (66.7%). They were average on Mirage (50.0%) but failed to impress on Nuke (42.9%), Dust2 (40.0%), Vertigo (37.5%), and Ancient (33.3%). The team has a line-up that consists of JaCkz (0.93), NiKo (1.16), huNter- (1.13), AmaNEk (1.01), and nexa (1.03).

Virtus.pro Stats and Latest Results

Virtus.pro is ranked fifth on the world ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 175 weeks. The team hasn’t been so good at the ongoing ESL Pro League Season 14 because they have only won 1 out of their 3 games at the group stage. They lost to OG (0-2) in the first round, forZe (1-2) in the second round, but bounced back to win the third round when they played Spirit. Meanwhile, they finished 5-6th at the IEM Cologne 2021 tournament which concluded in July. Out of their last 8 matches, they have won 4 matches and have a win rate of 52.2%.

Map statistics in the last 3 months shows that the team has been impressive on Ancient (100.0%), Train (100.0%), and Inferno (69.2%). They attained an average performance on Vertigo (50.0%) but failed to show a good performance on Overpass (46.2%), Dust2 (43.8%), and Mirage (12.5%). Their team line-up consists of SANJI (0.95), buster (1.07), Qikert (1.05), Jame (1.16), and YEKINDAR (1.14).

G2 vs. Virtus.pro H2H Record

There are 3 head-to-head records between the opponents and G2 won all the matches. The last meeting was at the DreamHack Masters Spring 2021 and G2 won 2-0.

G2 vs. Virtus.pro Betting Preview

G2 is on the downswing because they have lost all their matches at the group stage. On the other hand, Virtus.pro won 1 out of their last 4 matches. Considering the map performances, both teams have shown deplorable performances. In this matchup, we predict G2 to bounce back and win because they have a better win rate.

The Pick: G2 to win.