Heroic vs. Vitality, Preview & Prediction - Free 8/30 CS:GO
Heroic will take on Vitality in the Grand final of the ESL One Cologne 2020 Europe on Sunday, August 30. The teams are fighting for the trophy and $150,000 of prize money, while the losing side will have to settle with $50,000. NiP and G2, who were stopped in the semi-final, won $25,000 apiece.
Heroic Team Stats and Latest Results
Heroic opened the ESL One Cologne 2020 Europe with a 2-0 win over FaZe, and even though they lost the next match to G2, they got their revenge in the semis. The Danish team responded with wins over fnatic and Complexity and then defeated G2 2-1 to make it to the Grand final. Heroic won eight of the previous ten matches, and are on a three-game winning streak.
In the last three months, Heroic has been in an excellent form on Mirage (73.7%), Nuke (70.0%), and Train (69.2%). In fact, they played pretty well on all the maps except for Dust2 (22.2%), on which they lost two of nine games. Heroic’s current lineup consists of cadiaN (1.06 Rating), b0RUP (1.01), niko (1.12), stavn (1.13), and TeSeS (1.11). This lineup played together on 73 maps since May 2020 and has a record of 46 wins and 27 losses.
Vitality Team Stats and Latest Results
Vitality also recorded four victories and one loss to make it to the Grand final of this tournament. They didn’t have problems with Heretics in the opener but lost to Astralis in the following match. It looked like that loss shook Vitality up and they bounced back with three wins in a row without dropping a single map along the way against FaZe, Sprout, and NiP. The French side won 12 of the last 13 games.
During the last three months, Vitality was invincible on Vertigo, failing to lose in five matches, while they also displayed strong performances on Overpass (87.5%) and Nuke (69.2%). On the other hand, Vitality was below average only on Mirage (45.5%). Vitality’s lineup hasn’t changed in the previous 60 maps and it consists of shox (1.11 rating), RpK (1.07), apex (1.03), ZywOo (1.37), and misutaaa (0.97).
Heroic vs. Vitality H2H Record
These rivals have faced four times before, and Vitality won all four meetings so far. The latest H2H duel occurred at the cs_summit 6 Europe when Vitality secured a 2-1 victory.
Heroic vs. Vitality Betting Preview
Vitality seems a bit closer to the win, and I am giving them a slight advantage mainly because of the H2H record and the fact that they never lost to Heroic. In case you don’t prefer to bet on the winner and you like backing the totals, you should consider backing Over 3.5 maps because three of four H2H duels (Best of 3) produced a maximum of three maps. This is a Bets of 5 matchup, and although backing Over 3.5 maps at -222 odds might not seem attractive, betting on Over 4.5 maps at +200 certainly is. Still, I am going with Vitality to win.
The Pick: Vitality to win (-123 @PINNACLE)
