Liquid vs. FaZe Preview & Prediction- Free 2/17 CS: GO
The rivals will cross paths at Group B upper bracket quarter-final in the IEM Katowice 2022 tournament this Thursday. The group stage is composed of two groups of eight, and each group is played in GSL format. All matches are played in the best-of-three series. The winner in this duel will progress to the upper semi-finals while the loser will be dropped to the lower bracket.
Liquid Team Stats and Latest Results
Liquid is ranked 54th in the world ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 129 weeks. Their drop in the world ranking is linked to the fact that they were inactive in January 2022. They last featured at the BLAST Premier World Final 2021 which ended on 18th December 2021 and finished 4th. The team came back at the BLAST Premier Spring Groups 2022 this month and finished 10-12th. They also finished 5-6th at the BLAST Premier Fall Final 2021, and 7-8th at the IEM Winter 2021. Considering their performance in the last 8 matches, they won 3 matches and hold a win rate of 40.0%.
Map win statistics in the last 3 months shows that the team has performed dismally on Inferno (33.3%), Mirage (0.0%), and Ancient (0.0%). The team has a line-up that consists of nitr0 (0.80), EliGE (1.16), NAF (1.15), shox (0.86), and oSee (1.01).
FaZe Team Stats and Latest Results
FaZe is ranked 9th in the world ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 51 weeks. The European team has been invited to this tournament based on their performance at the IEM Katowice 2022 Play-In where they finished 1-4th. They were part of the BLAST Premier Fall Final 2021 and received $15,000 for finishing 5-6th. The team also finished 9-12th at the IEM Winter 2021 and 1-3rd at the BLAST Premier Spring Groups 2022. They won 6 out of their last 8 games and have a win rate of 61.5%.
Map win statistics in the last 3 months shows that the team has been impressive on Inferno (85.7%), Dust2 (66.7%), and Nuke (60.0%) but failed to impress on Overpass (50.0%), Mirage (25.0%), and Ancient (0.0%). Their line-up consists of rain (1.10), broky (1.09), Twistzz (1.13), karrigan (0.90), and jks (0.99).
Liquid vs. FaZe H2H Record
Head-to-head statistics show 2 meetings between the opponents and FaZe has won in all the encounters.
Liquid vs. FaZe Betting Preview
FaZe won their last 5 matches while Liquid has only won 1 out of their last 4 matches. At the same time, they have shown quite an impressive performance on the maps. FaZe has an advantage on Dust2, Inferno, Nuke, Overpass, and Mirage. The European team also has a stronger line-up and win rate than the opponent and will, therefore, win this matchup.
The Pick: FaZe to win.
