Vitality vs. Spirit, Preview & Prediction - Free 11/6 CS:GO
Vitality is a strong favorite in this Best of 3 encounter when they take on Spirit in the Group A upper bracket quarter-final of the IEM Beijing-Haidian 2020 Europe on Friday. The winner of this duel will go on to meet the better side of the clash between FaZe and OG in the Upper final.
Vitality Team Stats and Latest Results
Vitality climbed up to 2nd place in the CS:GO tour despite losing the Grand final at the DreamHack Open Fall 2020 to Heroic, while they earned $21,500 and 2344 RMR Points for their efforts. The French side connected three victories over Complexity and twice against BIG at the BLAST Premier Fall Series 2020 and secured a ticket for the main event along with $25,000. Vitality won ten of the previous 12 matches.
In the last three months, Vitality was unbeaten in seven appearances on Overpass and displayed strong performances on Dust2 (75.0% win rate), while they were below average only on Nuke (38.5%). Vitality assembled its squad in August this year and appeared on 58 maps with a record of 35 wins and 23 losses. The lineup is made of shox (1.04 rating), RpK (0.98), apex (0.99), ZywOo (1.27), and misutaaa (0.98).
Spirit Team Stats and Latest Results
Spirit finished the IEM New York 2020 CIS in the 3rd place and earned $4,000 along with 2188 RMR Points, while they reached the quarter-finals here with three victories over FATE, North, and Sprout, coming from behind in the latter one. Following three consecutive losses at the ESL Pro League Season 12 Europe, Spirit improved its form and now is playing very well. Spirit won 11 of the last 15 games.
During the previous three months, Spirit was strong on Train (80.0%), Overpass (75.0%), and Mirage (72.7%), while they were average just on Inferno. Spirit also assembled its lineup in August and appeared on 67 maps with a record of 42 wins and 25 losses. The team members are chopper (1.04), mir (1.25), sdy (1.07), iDISBALANCE (1.10), and magixx (1.07).
Vitality vs. Spirit H2H Record
These rivals have met on seven occasions before, and Vitality is leading the all-time series 5-2. However, Spirit won the latest two H2H duels, at the ESL Pro League Season 11 Europe and at the ESL Pro League Season 12 Europe in September 2020.
Vitality vs. Spirit Betting Preview
Even though Vitality is a better-ranked team and clear favorite here, it’s evident that Spirit knows how to play against them, and with two wins in the last two H2H games, I’d avoid betting on the French team here. Vitality is playing a maximum of three maps frequently in the past few weeks and considering that both aforementioned Spirit’s wins in H2H duels were 2-1, I am going with Over 2.5 maps rather than betting on the winner.
