Vitality vs. FaZe, Preview & Prediction - Free 3/13 CS:GO
Vitality is a favorite in this Best of 3 encounter when they take on FaZe in the opening match of Group B at the ESL Pro League Season 13 on Saturday. Alongside these two sides, mousesports, ENCE, G2, and NIP are also playing in this group.
Vitality Team Stats and Latest Results
Vitality dropped to 5th position in the CS:GO rankings after a series of bad displays. Following a victorious campaign at the BLAST Premier Fall 2020 Finals, where they won $225,000 and a ticket for the BLAST Premier Global Final 2020, they disappointed at the IEM Global Challenge 2020, BLAST Premier Spring Groups 2021, and IEM Katowice 2021. Their biggest achievement in that period was 3rd place at the BLAST Premier Global Final 2020. Vitality lost eight of the previous 14 matches.
In the last three months, Vitality was above average only on Nuke (62.5% win rate), while they had a negative record on Mirage (33.3%) and Inferno (42.9%). Since December 2020, Vitality is playing with the same squad that appeared on 36 maps and recorded 18 wins and 18 losses. The lineup consists of shox (1.02 rating), RpK (0.97), apex (1.02), ZywOo (1.27), misutaaa (1.04).
FaZe Team Stats and Latest Results
FaZe didn’t play a single game in the last 20 days and their loss to FURIA at the IEM Katowice 2021. They took part in the cs_summit 7, SteelSeries Invitational 2021, BLAST Premier Spring Groups 2021, and IEM Katowice 2021, and failed to record a noteworthy result. FaZe lost seven of the last 11 games and dropped to 17th place in the rankings.
When it comes to the maps in the previous three months, FaZe won the only appearance on Overpass and was decent on Inferno (66.7%), while they lost all three appearances on Train and disappointed on Mirage (20.0%). FaZe assembled its current lineup in January this year and appeared on 24 maps with a record of ten wins and 14 losses. The team members are karrigan (0.99), rain (0.99), coldzera (0.96), Twistzz (1.06), and broky (0.99).
Vitality vs. FaZe H2H Record
These rivals have met on nine occasions so far, and FaZe is leading the all-time series 5-4. They won the last two encounters, including the most recent one at the IEM Beijing-Haidian 2020 Europe in November 2020.
Vitality vs. FaZe Betting Preview
Even though Vitality failed to impress lately, they still have a better team than FaZe, so I am backing the favorites in this one. I expect to see some rustiness from each side, given they didn’t play in the previous 20 days, but Vitality has the quality to get an edge on Saturday and open the tournament with a victory.
The Pick: Vitality to win (-145 @PINNACLE)
