forZe vs. Sinners, Preview & Prediction - Free 2/1 CS:GO

It is the first game of the Snow Sweet Snow 1 and both forZe and Sinners are looking for a bright start when they meet on Monday. According to the bookmakers, forZe has a better chance to secure a victory in this Best of 3 Swiss round 1 encounter.

forZe Team Stats and Latest Results

Following a rather unsuccessful ending of 2020, forZe opened 2021 with a 2-1 defeat to HellRaisers at the Vulkan Fight Series 2020. They got revenge for that loss with a 2-0 win at the DreamHack Open January 2021 Europe Closed Qualifier, and even though forZe also beat Anonymo, they lost to Spirit and Sprout in the main event. forZe won seven of the previous 14 matches.

During the last three months, forZe played well on Mirage (56.2% win rate), while they failed to impress on Dust2 (20.0%) and Overpass (25.0%). forZe will be playing this game with a new lineup as they parted ways with facecrack (0.91 rating). We don’t know the name of his substitution, but we do know that these four players will definitely play: almazer (0.97), FL1T (1.12), xsepower (1.06), and Jerry (1.04).

Sinners Team Stats and Latest Results

Sinners lost the Grand Final of the Vulkan Fight Series 2020 to Gambit and won $11,250 for 2nd place, while they secured a ticket for the European Development Championship 2 thanks to wins over GROND, Lyngby Vikings, and Lilmix. A couple of days ago, Sinners defeated Lilmix to book a ticket for this tournament, and in the meantime, they suffered elimination out of the OMEN WGR European Challenge 2021. Sinners won 11 of the last 15 games.

In the previous three months, Sinners won the only appearance on Overpass and were decent on Inferno (78.3%) and Vertigo (76.5%), while they were below average on Train (41.7%) and Mirage (44.4%). Since December 2020, Sinners are playing with the same lineup that appeared on 61 maps and recorded 40 wins and 21 losses. The team members are oskar (1.20), ZEDKO (1.09), beastik (0.99), SHOCK (0.98), and NEOFRAG (1.17).

forZe vs. Sinners H2H Record

These rivals have never met before.

forZe vs. Sinners Betting Preview

Although forZe has a better pedigree and is ten places ahead of Sinners in the CS:GO rankings, I would think twice before betting on them to get a win on Monday. They are not playing well lately, and they will play with a new team member, so I’d avoid backing them in this one. After elimination out of the OMEN WGR European Challenge 2021, Sinners can fully focus on making the playoffs here, and I am pretty sure they will put up a fight in their first game here. My safe bet would be Sinners to cover +1.5 handicap at -222 odds, but if you like riskier bets, you can back Over 2.5 maps.

The Pick: Over 2.5 Maps (-110 @GG.BET)