Vitality vs. Dignitas, Preview, & Prediction - Free 10/03 CS: GO
The opponents will play their fourth round of the group stage this Sunday. By this time, Vitality have won all their first 3 games while Dignitas won 2 out of their 3 matches. In this tournament, 8 teams will advance to the playoffs and the overall winner will take $27,500 plus 2500 RMR Points.
Vitality Team Stats and Latest Results
Vitality is third in the world ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 105 weeks. The French team has won all their matches at the ongoing IEM Fall 2021 Europe. They have defeated MAD Lions (16:2), Sprout (16:14), and OG (16:9). They finished 9-12th at the IEM Cologne 2021 and came second at the ESL Pro League Season 14. In the last 8 matches, they won 7 matches and hold a win rate of 80.0%.
Map statistics over the last 3 months shows that Vitality has displayed a decent performance on Overpass (88.9%), Inferno (85.7%), Mirage (70.0%), Nuke (66.7%), and Vertigo (66.7%) but failed to impress on Dust2 (20.0%). The French team has played 1 squad since April that includes shox (1.03), apEX (1.03), ZywOo (1.31), misutaaa (1.01), and Kyojin (0.96).
Dignitas Team Stats and Latest Results
Dignitas is ranked 33rd in the world ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 15 weeks. They lost their first round of the group stage when they played ENCE (14:16) but bounced back to defeat MAD Lions (16:9) and Sprout (16:12). Meanwhile, the Swedish team won the Nordic Masters Fall 2021 - BLAST Premier Qualifier, finished 5-8th at the Pinnacle Fall Series 1, and won 1 out of their 3 matches at the REPUBLEAGUE TIPOS Season 2. Out of their last 8 matches, they won 5 matches and have a win rate of 70.0%.
Considering map performance, they attained an excellent win rate on Inferno (100.0%) and had a 71.4% win rate on Nuke, Vertigo (60.0%), and Mirage (57.1%). Meanwhile, they failed to impress on Overpass (40.0%), Dust2 (33.3%), and Ancient (0.0%). The team line-up consists of f0rest (1.11), friberg (0.90), Lekr0 (1.09), hallzerk (1.09), and HEAP (1.06).
Vitality vs. Dignitas H2H Record
Head-to-head record has 2 meetings between the opponents and Vitality won all the matches. The last encounter was at the Blast Premier Spring 2020 Europe Showdown and they won 2-1.
Vitality vs. Dignitas Betting Preview
In the last 10 matches, Vitality lost only 1 match while the Swedish side (Dignitas) lost 4 matches. At the same time, Vitality has a better win rate and also leads on Mirage, Overpass, and Vertigo while Dignitas has a better win rate on Inferno, Nuke, and Dust2. Based on these stats, we believe the French side has a better chance.
The Pick: Vitality to win.
