Virtus.pro vs. forZe, Preview & Prediction - Free 12/11 CS:GO
Virtus.pro is an absolute favorite in this Best of 3 encounter when they take on forZe in the Group A winners' match of the DreamHack Open December 2020 on Friday. The winner of this match will secure its place in the playoffs, while the losing side will have another chance in Round 3.
Virtus.pro Team Stats and Latest Results
Following a lot of success at tournaments such as the IEM New York 2020 CIS (1st place) and LOOT.BET Season 8 (2nd place), Virtus.pro won a trophy and a whopping $500,000 for winning the Flashpoint 2. They beat Cloud9, Gen.G, MAD Lions, BIG, fnatic, and OG in the Grand final to get a title. That win over OG wasn’t easy as Virtus.pro came from behind to clinch it. Thanks to excellent performances of late, they climbed up to 11th position in the CS:GO rankings, and they are looking to break into the top 10 at this tournament. Virtus.pro opened the DreamHack Open December 2020 with a 2-0 victory over XSET. Virtus.pro won ten of the previous 13 matches.
During the last three months, Virtus.pro was strong on Train (83.3% win rate), Inferno (77.3%), and Dust2 (76.2%), while their “weakest” displays came on Vertigo (70.0%) and Overpass (70.0%). Virtus.pro assembled its current squad in September 2020 and appeared on 89 maps with a record of 67 wins and 22 losses. The lineup is made of SANJI (0.99 rating), buster (1.12), qikert (1.11), Jame (1.19), and YEKINDAR (1.19).
forZe Team Stats and Latest Results
forZe, on the other hand, is struggling lately and they dropped out from the top 30 in the world after failing to win consecutive games for a month and a half. The Russians didn’t record a noticeable result at recent tournaments as they usually suffered early eliminations. They were in jeopardy of suffering the third straight loss as they lost the opening map of the first game at the DreamHack Open December 2020 to Espada but managed to bounce back and secure a win. forZe lost ten of the last 14 games.
In the last three months, forZe was above average on Inferno (60.0%), Mirage (54.5%), and Train (54.5%), while they disappointed on Overpass (16.7%) and Dust2 (20.0%). forZe is also playing with the same lineup since September this year and appeared on 84 maps with a record of 40 wins and 44 losses. The team members are facecrack (0.95), almazer (1.01), FL1T (1.14), xsepower (1.12), and Jerry (1.00).
Virtus.pro vs. forZe H2H Record
These rivals have met on 19 occasions before, and Virtus.pro leads the all-time series 11-8. Virtus.pro is on a three-game winning run, while they won the most recent encounter at the LOOT.BET Season 8 in November this year.
Virtus.pro vs. forZe Betting Preview
Even though six of the last seven Best of 3 H2H duels produced a maximum of three maps, I will avoid betting on Over in this one because forZe has been woeful in the past couple of months. I am not sure they are good enough to take a map to one of the hottest teams in the CS:GO right now, but on the other hand, I am not brave enough to back Virtus.pro to cover a -1.5 spread. That’s why I am going with a sure shot and I am backing the favorites to get a straight win.
The Pick: Virtus.pro to win (-312 @GG.BET)
