Virtus.pro vs. forZe, Preview and Prediction-Free 8/22 CS: GO

Favourites Virtus.pro plays forZe at the group stage this Sunday. Both teams are placed in Group B of the ongoing ESL Pro League Season 14 tournament and will clash for a spot at the playoffs.

Virtus.pro Stats and Latest Results

Virtus.pro is ranked 5th on the world ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 174 weeks. They finished 5-6th at the IEM Cologne 2021 and IEM Summer 2021. Virtus.pro also finished second at the EPIC League CIS 2021 in May and was awarded $7,000 plus 1500 RMR points. At the ongoing ESL Pro League Season 14 tournament, they lost their first match when they played OG but are optimistic to win this upcoming match. Meanwhile, the team has a win rate of 52.2% and has won 4 out of their last 8 matches.

Map performance in the last 3 months shows that the team has been impressive on Ancient (100.0%), Train (100.0%), and Inferno (66.7%). They achieved an average performance on Overpass (50.0%) but failed to give a decent win rate on Dust2 (43.8%), Vertigo (25.0%), and Mirage (22.2%). The team line-up consists of SANJI (0.95), buster (1.07), Qikert (1.06), Jame (1.16), and YEKINDAR (1.14).

forZe Stats and Latest Results

forZe is ranked 18th on the world ranking. This is one of the best teams in the ESL Pro League Season 14 tournament and we expect them to progress to the playoffs and possibly get a huge chunk of the prize pool which is $750,000. They have displayed impressive performances in different tournaments. They won the Domination League Season 2 in July and received $22,000 and were third-placed at the ESEA Premier Season 37 Europe where they received $6,500 plus a chance to play at the ESEA Premier S38. In their last 8 matches, they won 7 matches and has a win rate of 73.5%.

Map statistics in the last 3 months shows that the Russian team has been impressive on Mirage (88.0%), Overpass (76.9%), Inferno (66.7%), Ancient (60.0%), and Dust2 (54.5%). They won 3 matches and lost 6 on Nuke to achieve a win rate of 33.3%. The team line-up consists of almazer (1.06), FL1T (1.14), Jerry (1.06), zorte (1.12), and KENSI (1.05).

Virtus.pro vs. forZe H2H Record

There are 18 head-to-head records between the opponents. Out of these meetings, Virtus.pro has won 22 maps while forZe won 20 maps. At the same time, there have been 3 overtimes.

Virtus.pro vs. forZe Betting Preview

This is a perfect definition of over 2.5 match. Both teams are in great form and the winning side will take 2 maps as the loser takes 1 map. Virtus.pro has a 25 per cent win rate on Vertigo while forZe leads on Dust2, Mirage, Nuke, Overpass, and Ancient. Head-to-head stats also indicate that these teams are in almost equal form. For this reason, we will avoid predicting the winning side and go for over 2.5 maps.

The Pick: Over 2.5 maps