Heroic vs. Spirit, Preview, & Prediction - Free 7/09 CS: GO

Heroic and Spirit will be playing at the upper bracket Group B this Friday. The IEM Cologne 2021 tournament will be played in LAN mode and the two teams will play at the quarterfinals of the upper bracket. The winning team in this game plays FaZe or Astralis.

Heroic Team Stats and Latest Results

Heroic is ranked 4th on the global ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 64 weeks. The Danish team finished 1-2nd at the DreamHack Masters Spring 2021 Europe Closed Qualifier, won the ESL Pro League Season 13 and finished 3-4th at the DreamHack Masters Spring 2021. On the other hand, they failed to progress to the consolidated final of Flashpoint 3 after losing 2-1 to NIP. At the IEM Summer 2021, they failed to progress to the playoffs after they were defeated by Evil Geniuses and NiP. Out of the last 8 matches, she won 4 matches and lost 4. They have maintained a win rate of 68.4% in the last 3 months.

Map win rate in the last 3 months shows that the team has been impressive on Dust2 (100.0%), Ancient (100.0%), Nuke (84.6%), Vertigo (75.0%), Train (66.7%), and Mirage (60.0%). On the other hand, they had an average win rate on Inferno (50.0%, and Overpass (50.0%). They have maintained one lineup since February that consists of cadiaN (1.10), refrezh (1.04), stavn (1.12), TeSeS (1.11), and sjuush (1.09).

Spirit Team Stats and Latest Results

Spirit is ranked 14th on the global ranking. They qualified to the IEM Cologne 2021 based on their performance at the Play-In where they defeated MIBR (22: 18) and Sprout (2-1). At the recently concluded StarLadder CIS RMR 2021 which ended on July 4th, they managed to finish fourth and were awarded $12,000 plus 1750 RMR points. At the EPIC League CIS 2021, they finished position 4 and were awarded $5,000 plus 1300 RMR points. In the last 8 matches, they won 5 and lost 3. Their map win rate is 59.3%.

Map statistics in the last 3 months indicate that the team has been impressive on Dust2 (84.2%) and Overpass (75.0%). They had an average win rate on Mirage (50.0%) and Ancient (50.0%) but failed to impress on Nuke (40.0%), Train (33.3%), and Inferno (27.3%). Their lineup includes chopper (1.02), mir (1.20), sdy (1.12), degster (1.17), and magixx (1.04).

Heroic vs. Spirit H2H Record

The head-to-head record shows that the opponents have met on 5 occasions and Heroic won in 3 matches. The last meeting was at the IEM Katowice 2021 in February 2021 and Spirit won 2-0.

Heroic vs. Spirit Betting Preview

This is an interesting match to bet on because both teams have good world rankings. Nevertheless, we expect Heroic to win based on their map's statistics. They lead on Mirage, Inferno, Nuke, and Vertigo. Spirit has a better execution on Dust2 and Overpass. For this reason, we predict Heroic to progress to the upper semi-final of the IEM Cologne 2021.

The Pick: Heroic to win