Heroic vs. Vitality, Preview and Prediction-Free 8/18 CS: GO
The opponents will meet at the group stage of the ESL Pro League Season 14 this Wednesday. So far, Vitality has won their first 2 matches while Heroic has played and won 1 match. This is a tough match and can go either way.
Heroic Stats and Latest Results
Heroic is ranked 8th on the global ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 70 weeks. So far, they have displayed an excellent performance at the group stage of the ESL Pro League Season 14. They defeated Bad News Bears (2:0) and expect to get their next win when they meet Vitality. Considering their performance in other tournaments, they won the ESL Pro League Season 13 and finished 4th at the Flashpoint 3, 9-12th at the IEM Summer 2021, and 7-8th at the IEM Cologne 2021. They won 4 out of their 8 matches and holds a win rate of 53.8%.
Map statistics in the last 3 months indicates that the Danish team has been impressive on Nuke (81.8%), Ancient (75.0%), and Overpass (60.0%). On the flip-side, they were not well-trained on Mirage (28.6%) and Inferno (0.0%). They have maintained one line-up since February that consists of cadiaN (1.11), refrezh (1.01), stavn (1.12), TeSeS (1.11), and sjuush (1.09).
Vitality Stats and Latest Results
Vitality is ranked 9th on the global ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 99 weeks. They have been invited to the ESL Pro League Season 14 as a partner team and have so far displayed excellent performance. They defeated ENCE (2:0) in the first round and Bad News Bears (2:0) in the second round. This means that they are 3 wins away from qualifying for the playoffs. At the same time, they won 3 out of their 5 matches at the IEM Summer 2021 and finished 3-4th. In the last 8 matches, the French team managed to win 6 matches and holds a win rate of 68.8%.
Map statistics in the last 3 months indicates that the team has been impressive on Cobblestone (100.0%), Vertigo (80.0%), Overpass (75.0%), Inferno (75.0%), Mirage (60.0%), and Nuke (60.0%). On the other hand, they failed to impress on Dust2 (33.3%). The team line-up consists of shox (1.03), apEX (1.03), ZywOo (1.32), misutaaa (1.00), and Kyojin (0.96).
Heroic vs. Vitality H2H Record
There are 7 head-to-head records between the opponents. Out of these meetings, Heroic has 4 wins while Vitality has managed to win in 3 encounters. The last meeting was at the Flashpoint 3 and Heroic won 2:0.
Heroic vs. Vitality Betting Preview
This is a definition of over 2.5 maps. When rival teams are playing well and are on a positive run, it is often difficult to predict the winner. Both teams have almost equal performance as seen on the head-to-head statistics. At the same time, they all won their last 2 matches. Therefore, we expect to see more than 2 maps in this matchup which is also attractive for bettors. For this reason, we expect over 2.5 maps.
The Pick: Over 2.5 maps.
