Heroic vs. Liquid, Preview, & Prediction - Free 9/10 CS: GO
The opponents will clash at the quarter-finals of the ESL Pro League Season 14 this Friday. In this match, the winner will meet Natus Vincere or ENCE at the Semi-finals. The loser will be eliminated from the tournament.
Heroic Team Stats and Latest Results
Heroic is ranked 7th on the world ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 73 weeks. At the group stage of the ongoing ESL Pro League Season 14, they won all their first matches and only lost 2 maps. They defeated Bad News Bears (2-0), Spirit (2-0), Vitality (2-1), ENCE (2-0) and Astralis (2-0). At the same time, they won the ESL Pro League Season 13 and were awarded $200,000. They finished 4th at the Flashpoint 3 and 7-8th at the IEM Cologne 2021. Out of their last 8 matches, the Danish team has won 6 matches and has a win rate of 77.8%.
Map statistics over the last 3 months indicates that the team has been impressive on Vertigo (100.0%), Inferno (75.0%), Overpass (75.0%), Nuke (66.7%), and Ancient (66.7%). On the other hand, they failed to show a decent performance on Mirage (33.3%). The team line-up consists of cadiaN (1.10), refrezh (1.04), stavn (1.12), TeSeS (1.11), and sjuush (1.09).
Liquid Team Stats and Latest Results
Liquid is ranked 13th on the world ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 142 weeks. At the group stage of the ongoing ESL Pro League Season 14, they won 4 out of their 5 rounds and came second in Group D. This means that they had to start at the playoffs round 1 where they defeated fnatic (2-0) to advance to the quarter-finals. At the previous ESL Pro League Season 13, they were eliminated by G2 at the playoffs round 1. At the same time, they won the cs_summit 8 in May and were awarded $17,000 plus 1600 RMR Points after defeating FURIA at the grand final. Considering their performance in the last 8 matches, they have won 6 matches and lost 2. Meanwhile, their win rate stands at 66.7%.
Map statistics over the last 3 months shows that the team has been impressive on Inferno (100.0%)and Overpass (100.0%) but attained an average win rate on Dust2 (50.0%), Mirage (50.0%), and Nuke (50.0%). They failed to impress on Vertigo (33.3%). The team line-up consists of FalleN (1.02), NAF (1.15), EliGE (1.16), Stewie2K (1.03), and Grim (1.04).
Heroic vs. Liquid H2H Record
Head-to-head shows 1 meeting between the opponents. They met at the IEM Global Challenge 2020 and Liquid won 2-0.
Heroic vs. Liquid Betting Preview
Two in-form teams will meet at the quarter-finals of ESL Pro League Season 14 this Friday. So far, Heroic has won their last 5 matches while Liquid has a 4-match win streak. Considering the map performance, Heroic leads on Nuke, Overpass, and Ancient. On the other hand, Liquid has displayed better performance on Dust2, Mirage, Inferno, and Vertigo. Based on the fact that Heroic won the previous ESL Pro League Season 13 and had an impressive performance at the group stage, we believe they will overcome Liquid but this match will go for more than 2 rounds.
The Pick: Heroic to win/ Over 2.5 maps