Gambit vs. G2, Preview, & Prediction - Free 7/11 CS: GO

The opponents will play the upper final of the IEM Cologne 2021 tournament this Sunday. This is an important match because it will determine which team will start the playoffs from the semis and who will start one round earlier.

Gambit Team Stats and Latest Results

Gambit is currently the best team in the world ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 52 weeks. The team has had the best performance since the year started and won top tournaments in CS: GO. They won the EPIC League CIS 2021 in June, IEM Summer 2021, and BLAST Premier Spring Final 2021. At the IEM Cologne 2021 tournament, they defeated mousesports (2-1) in the opening round and NIP (2-1) in the upper semifinals. In the last 8 matches, the Russian team has won 7 and lost 1 match. They have a win rate of 84.6%.

Map win rate in the last 3 months shows that the team has been impressive on Vertigo (93.3%), Mirage (78.9%), Inferno (75.0%), Dust2 (65.2%), Overpass (63.6%), and Ancient (60.0%). On the flip side, they won 3 matches and lost 5 on Train and achieved a 37.5% win rate. The team lineup consists of Hobbit (1.20), interz (0.99), Ax1Le (1.21), sh1ro (1.26), and nafany (1.09).

G2 Team Stats and Latest Results

G2 is ranked 3rd on the global ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 92 weeks. The European team qualified to the IEM Cologne 2021 tournament based on their display at the Road to Cologne EU and were placed in Group A with mousesports, Gambit, Liquid, NIP, Virtus.pro, BIG, and Complexity. They defeated Complexity (2-0) in the opening round and BIG (2-1) in the upper semi-finals. Considering other tourneys, G2 finished 3rd at both the IEM Summer 2021 Closed Qualifier, Flashpoint 3, and BLAST Premier Spring Final 2021. They have won 5 out of their last 8 matches and hold a win rate of 72.4%.

Map win rate in the last 3 months shows that the team has been impressive on Train (80.0%), Inferno (68.8%), Mirage (66.7%), Vertigo (60.0%), and Dust2 (53.3%). At the same time, there was an average performance on Nuke (50.0%) but a below-average display on Ancient (33.3%). The team lineup consists of JaCkz (0.93), NiKo (1.16), huNter- (1.14), AmaNEk (1.02), and nexa (1.04).

Gambit vs. G2 H2H Record

Head-to-head records show 6 meetings between the opponents. And in all the meetings, Gambit has won 5 wins including the last meeting at the IEM Summer 2021 where they won 2-0.

Gambit vs. G2 Betting Preview

Both teams are top-rated on the global rankings. Therefore, we expect an entertaining matchup that can go up to 3 rounds. Considering their map win rate, Gambit performs better on all maps except Nuke, which they dropped. At the same time, they have a win rate of 84.6 percent against G2’s 72.4% win rate. For this reason, we believe the Russian team will win.

The Pick: Gambit to win