Vitality vs. Dignitas Preview & Prediction- Free 4/17 CS: GO
This Sunday, the sides will meet at the first round of the PGL Major Antwerp 2022 Europe RMR A tournament. PGL is back hosting the 2022 major in Bucharest that will feature the best CSGO teams in the world and a massive $1,000,000 prize pool. In this event, there are sixteen teams playing in a Swiss System Format Elimination and the best-of-one format.
Vitality Team Stats and Latest Results
Vitality is ranked #11 in the global ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 108 weeks. The French team qualified for this tournament based on their performance at the PGL Major Stockholm 2021. Their last match took place on March 28, 2022, and they lost to SKADE with a score of 0:2. The team introduced 2 new players plus a coach from Astralis in the winter but this strategy is yet to materialize. The team failed to overcome the group stage both at the IEM Katowice 2022 and ESL Pro League Season 15. Over the last 3 months, the team attained a win rate of 50.0% and won 4 out of their last 10 games.
Map win statistics in the last 3 months show an impressive performance on Inferno (70.0%-win rate) and Dust2 (66.7%). On the flip-side, they failed to impress on Vertigo (50.0%), Nuke (33.3%), Mirage (0.0%), and Overpass (0.0%). Their current line-up consists of apEX (1.03 player rating), misutaaa (1.00), ZywOo (1.31), dupreeh (1.08), and Magisk (1.06).
Dignitas Team Stats and Latest Results
Dignitas is ranked #36 in the world ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 25 weeks. The team qualified for this tournament based on their performance at the open qualifiers. Their last match took place at the Pinnacle Cup III tournament which ended on March 29, 2022, and Dignitas lost to Copenhagen Flames with a score of 1:2. They finished 5-8th at the Elisa Invitational Winter 2021, 5-8th at the Thunderpick Bitcoin Series 2022, and 5-8th at the Pinnacle Winter Series 3. Meanwhile, they attained a win rate of 51.6% and has won 4 out of their last 10 matches.
Map win statistics in the last 3 months show an impressive win rate on Vertigo (62.5%), Overpass (60.0%), and Nuke (53.8%). They managed an average performance on Inferno (50.0%) but failed to impress on Mirage (42.9%) and Ancient (40.0%). Their current line-up consists of f0rest (1.08 player rating), friberg (0.90), Lekr0 (1.07), HEAP (1.07), and hallzerk (1.08).
Vitality vs. Dignitas H2H Record
Head-to-head shows 3 meetings between the rivals and Vitality has won in all the matches. Their last encounter was at the group stage of the 2021 Intel Extreme Masters Season XVI Fall Europe on October 03, 2021.
Vitality vs. Dignitas Betting Preview
Vitality has dominated during their last 3 H2H matches. Nevertheless, this should not be a guarantee in the upcoming matchup because the team hasn’t attained the required level of teamwork over the last 3 months. Dignitas has an advantage on 5 maps while Vitality leads in only 2 cards. When we compare both teams’ roster, Vitality is the better side and will win.
The Pick: Vitality to win.
