Heroic vs. AGO Preview & Prediction- Free 4/02 CS: GO
The rivals will play their fourth round of the group stage (Group D) in the ongoing ESL Pro League Season 15 this Saturday. This is one of the most coveted events in CS: GO and features 24 teams battling for a top prize of $175,000. The Group Stage is composed of four groups of six teams playing in a round-robin format with the best-of-three series.
Heroic Team Stats and Latest Results
Heroic is ranked #5 in the world ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 102 weeks. The team looks pretty strong at the moment and has won 5 consecutive matches. In the group stage of the ongoing ESL Pro League Season 15 tournament, the Danish team has won all their first 2 matches. In the first match, they left no chance for Complexity - 16:14, 16:9, and in the second they defeated Astralis in an equal fight - 12:16, 19:16, 22:19. Considering their performance in past events, they won the Pinnacle Winter Series 3 and were awarded $40,000 plus a spot at the LAN Sweet LAN 2022. They also finished 13-16th at the IEM Winter 2021, 7-8th at the BLAST Premier World Final 2021, and 3-4th at the IEM Katowice 2022. Their win rate over the last 3 months stands at 80.0% and has won 8 out of their last 10 matches.
Map win statistics in the last 3 months show an impressive win rate on Vertigo (100.0%), Mirage (100.0%), Overpass (83.3%), and Inferno (66.7%). They failed to show a decent win rate on Nuke (50.0%) and Ancient (33.3%). The team’s line-up consists of sjuush (1.06 player rating), stavn (1.12), TeSeS (1.10), refrezh (1.02), and cadiaN (1.09).
AGO Team Stats and Latest Results
AGO is ranked #137 in the world ranking. In the group stage of the ongoing ESL Pro League Season 15 tournament, the team has won 1 match and lost 1. The team lost to Natus Vincere on Dust2 but imposed an equal fight on Mirage - 34:37. The next day, AGO completely outplayed Complexity - 11:26, 16:11, 16:12. Considering the team’s performance in past events, they finished 9-16th at the Malta Vibes Knockout Series 5, 16-18th at the Elisa Invitational Winter 2021, and 25-32nd at the Pinnacle Cup III. Over the last 3 months, the team has attained a win rate of 22.2% and won 2 out of their last 10 matches.
Map performance over the last 3 months shows an average win rate on Vertigo (50.0%) but failed to impress on Inferno (33.3%), Ancient (25.0%), Mirage (20.0%), Dust2 (0.0%), and Nuke (0.0%). Their line-up includes leman (1.02 player rating), F1KU (1.07), Furlan (1.05), ultimate (1.00), and mwlky (0.83).
Heroic vs. AGO H2H Record
Head-to-head has 7 meetings between the opponents. So far, Heroic has won in 5 matches while AGO has 2 wins. Their last encounter was at the group stage of the 2022 ESL Pro League Season 15 and Heroic won 2:1.
Heroic vs. AGO Betting Preview
Heroic is the favorite to win this matchup. They won all their last 5 matches, have a better win rate, better line-up, and impressive ranking. Based on this, it is unrealistic that AGO can fight Heroic yet. Heroic is in great shape and has an advantage in all the cards except Dust2, which they don't even practice. Therefore, we are predicting a win for the Danes.
The Pick: Heroic to win.
