FURIA vs. Liquid, Preview & Prediction - Free 9/13 CS:GO
Liquid is a slight favorite when they take on FURIA in the third round of the ESL Pro League Season 12 North America on Sunday. Both teams have a 2-0 record after the opening two games and are firm favorites to reach the playoffs at this tournament.
FURIA Team Stats and Latest Results
FURIA beat Liquid in the Grand final of the DreamHack Open Summer 2020 North America despite trailing 1-0. They cashed in $35,000, but couldn’t make it to another Grand final as Evil Geniuses stopped them in the semis of the ESL One Cologne 2020 North America. FURIA added $12,500 for their efforts at that tournament, while the Brazilians beat Cloud9 and Triumph in the opening two games at the ESL Pro League Season 12 North America. They won eight of the previous ten matches.
In the last three months, FURIA was invincible on Overpass, although they played only once on that map, and played well on Mirage (60.0%) and Train (60.0%). FURIA’s weakest displays came on Nuke (50.0%), but that is a pretty respectable record. FURIA’s current lineup consists of HEN1 (1.12 rating), arT (1.11), yuurih (1.13), VINI (1.01), and KSCERATO (1.11). They appeared on 44 maps together and have a record of 25 wins and 19 losses.
Liquid Team Stats and Latest Results
I mentioned that Liquid lost the Grand final to FURIA at the DreamHack Open Summer 2020 North America, and then lost another final to Evil Geniuses on five maps at the ESL One Cologne 2020 North America. For those two second places, Liquid earned $50,000 in prize money, which is not bad at all. Liquid defeated Chaos and 100 Thieves to open this tournament with a pair of wins. They won eight of the last 11 games.
During the previous three months, Liquid dominated on Overpass (83.3%) and played well on Vertigo (63.6%) and Nuke (61.5%), while they didn’t have the best of luck on Dust2 (40.0%). Liquid is playing with a relatively new lineup that assembled in August this year and played together on 29 maps with a record of 19 wins and ten losses. The team members are NAF (1.10), EliGE (1.17), Stewie2K (1.03), Twistzz (1.10), and Grim (1.26).
FURIA vs. Liquid H2H Record
These rivals have met on nine occasions, and FURIA leads the all-time series 7-2. The most recent H2H clash produced a maximum of three maps, and FURIA secured a 2-1 victory.
FURIA vs. Liquid Betting Preview
Even though FURIA has an advantage in H2H duels, I am not going to bet on the winner of this match because it’s too close and it could go either way. Three of the last five H2H encounters produced a maximum of three maps, including the latest one, and that’s why I am going with Over 2.5 maps here.
