FaZe vs. fnatic, Preview and Prediction-Free 8/29 CS: GO

The opponents meet at the third round of the group stage this Sunday. In this tournament, there are 4 groups and the top 3 teams in every group advance to the playoffs. The overall winner gets $175,000 and a chance to play at the BLAST Premier World Final 2021.

FaZe Stats and Latest Results

FaZe is ranked 4th on the global ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 130 weeks. At the ongoing ESL Pro League Season 14, they defeated mousesports (2-1) at the first round of the group stage. In this match, mousesports was more prepared on Overpass and Inferno. At the same time, they finished 3-4th at the IEM Cologne 2021 and 5-6th at the Gamers Without Borders 2021. They have won 6 out of their last 8 matches and have a win rate of 57.1%.

Map statistics in the last 3 months shows that the team has been impressive on Vertigo (100.0%), Mirage (66.7%), and Inferno (57.1%). On the other hand, there was an average performance on Ancient (50.0%) and Dust2 (50.0%) but failed to give an impressive performance on Nuke (42.9%) and Overpass (40.0%). The team line-up consists of karrigan (0.87), olofmeister (0.95), rain (1.10), Twistzz (1.13), and broky (1.08).

fnatic Stats and Latest Results

fnatic is placed 65th on the global ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 22 weeks. Their drop in the global ranking has been attributed to their performance in recent tournaments. They won 1 out of their 5 matches at the ESL Pro League Season 13 and finished 17-20th. Similarly, they finished 5-8th at the Spring Sweet Spring 2 and 13-16th at the IEM Summer 2021. At the ongoing ESL Pro League Season 14, they lost their first match to Natus Vincere (0-2) but bounced back to win the second round against BIG (2-1). Out of their last 8 matches, they won 1 match and had a win rate of 20.0%.

Map win rate over the last 3 months indicates that the team has displayed an average performance on Overpass (50.0%), Inferno (50.0%), and Nuke (50.0%). On the other hand, they failed to win any match on Dust2 (0.0%), Mirage (0.0%), Vertigo (0.0%), and Ancient (0.0%). Their line-up includes KRIMZ (1.07), ALEX (0.93), Brollan (1.10), Jackinho (0.97), and mezii (1.15).

FaZe vs. fnatic H2H Record

There are no head-to-head records between the two teams and this will be their first encounter.

FaZe vs. fnatic Betting Preview

FaZe is the better side to win this match based on the fact that they have a better ranking, better win rate and good performance on the maps. FaZe leads on Dust2, Mirage, Inferno, Nuke, and Ancient. fnatic only has a better performance on Overpass. We are predicting a win for FaZe.

The Pick: FaZe to win.