Heroic vs. FURIA, Preview & Prediction - Free 4/10 CS:GO
Unlike the other semi-final tilt between Gambit and NIP, where the favorite is well-known, we expect a closer game between Heroic and FURIA when they meet at the ESL Pro League Season 13 on Saturday. The winning side will take on the better team from the clash between Gambit and NIP.
Heroic Team Stats and Latest Results
Even though they dropped out from the top 10 teams in the world, Heroic has an opportunity to return among the elite company with a win here and a place in the Grand Final. They have been dominant at the ESL Pro League Season 13 thus far, recording all five victories in the group stage and defeating NIP 2-0 in the Play-In. The bookies are already picturing Heroic alongside Gambit in the Grand Final here, but the Danish team needs to get past FURIA first. Heroic won 12 of the previous 16 matches.
In the span of the last three months, Heroic was invincible on Overpass (played four times) and was excellent on Nuke (83.3% win rate) and Vertigo (83.3%), while they were below average only on Train (40.0%). Heroic assembled its current team in late January and appeared on 37 maps with a record of 25 wins and 12 losses. The lineup is made of cadiaN (1.16 rating), refresh (1.03), stavn (1.10), TeSeS (1.11), and sjuush (1.09).
FURIA Team Stats and Latest Results
FURIA opened this tournament on a high note with three wins over TeamOne, Natus Vincere, and MIBR, without dropping a single map in the process. However, they lost the next two matches to Cloud9 and Gambit, but that didn’t prevent them from making the playoffs. The Brazilian team came from behind to beat FunPlus Phoenix in the first round of the playoffs and then defeated G2 and Astralis with authority. FURIA won seven of the last ten games.
When it comes to the maps in the previous three months, FURIA was undefeated on Train (played five times) and was decent on Vertigo (75.0%), while they didn’t impress on Nuke (30.0%) and Overpass (33.3%). Since February 2021, FURIA is playing with the same lineup that appeared on 27 maps with a record of 17 wins and ten losses. The team members are arT (1.03), yuurih (1.11), VINI (1.04), junior (0.99), and KSCERATO (1.13).
Heroic vs. FURIA H2H Record
These teams have met once so far, and FURIA won that clash at the IEM Global Challenge 2020 in December 2020.
Heroic vs. FURIA Betting Preview
It’s going to be an extremely close encounter that could go either way. Heroic was fantastic in the group stage, while it seems that FURIA is playing better as the tournament is nearing its end. So, I am not going to predict a winner of this game and I’ll go with Over 2.5 maps instead. After all, their only H2H duel produced a maximum of three maps.
The Pick: Over 2.5 Maps (+109 @GGBET)
