forZe vs. Marten, Preview, & Prediction - Free 9/26 CS: GO

The opponents meet at the quarter-finals of the ongoing Gjirafa50 Masters League Season 2 tournament this Sunday. The winner of this match will get a spot at the LAN Finals. forZe is the favourite side to win this match.

forZe Team Stats and Latest Results

forZe Team is ranked 14th on the world ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 128 weeks. The Russian team won the Domination League Season 2 in July and were awarded $22,000. At the same time, they finished 3-4th at the Pinnacle Cup II tournament and 9-12th at the ESL Pro League Season 14. At the group stage of the ongoing Gjirafa50 Masters League Season 2, they won all their first 3 matches and automatically advanced to the playoffs. Considering the team’s performance in the last 8 matches, they have won 6 matches and have a win rate of 76.0%.

Map performance in the last 3 months shows that the team has been impressive on Mirage (94.7%), Overpass (75.0%), Inferno (62.5%), Dust2 (57.1%), and Ancient (55.6%). On the other hand, they failed to impress on Nuke (37.5%). The team line-up consists of almazer (1.06), FL1T (1.14), Jerry (1.06), zorte (1.12), and KENSI (1.06).

Marten Team Stats and Latest Results

Marten is ranked 142nd on the world ranking. They were inactive for the better part of the year until August when they featured at the King of Adria 2021 and finished 3-4th. At the same time, they won 3 out of their 5 matches at the group stage of the Gjirafa50 Masters League Season 2 and progressed to the playoffs. They defeated 4glory (2-1) and XGC (2-0) but lost to Trasko (0-2) and 1shot (1-2). Their win rate stands at 50.0%.

Map performance in the last 3 months shows that the team has been impressive on Mirage (100.0%) and Ancient (100.0%). On the flip side, they failed to impress on Dust2 (33.3%), Inferno (0.0%), and Vertigo (0.0%). The team line-up consists of Maki (0.90), Katalic (1.18), HOLMES (1.07), IDZUO (0.97), and gi (1.09).

forZe vs. Marten H2H Record

Both teams have never clashed in any tournament and this will be their first encounter.

forZe vs. Marten Betting Preview

forZe has won 4 out of their last 5 matches while Marten won 2 matches out of their last 5. Considering their performance on the maps, forZe leads on Dust2, Inferno, Nuke, Overpass, and Ancient while Marten has a better performance on Mirage. And since forZe won all their group stage matches, we tend to believe they are the better side to win.

The Pick: forZe to win.