G2 vs. fnatic Preview & Prediction- Free 3/11 CS: GO

The opponents will clash for their third round of the group stage (Group A) this Friday. The ESL Pro League Season is one of the most valued and features 24 best teams invited to participate and earn an ESL Pro League title. The prize pool adds up to $823,000. The Group Stage is composed of four groups of six teams playing in a round-robin format with the best-of-three series.

G2 Team Stats and Latest Results

G2 is ranked 3rd in the world ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 56 weeks. At the ongoing ESL Pro League Season 15 tournament, the team has defeated Looking For Org (2:0). Considering their performance in past events, they finished 5-6th at the BLAST Premier World Final 2021, 4-6th at the BLAST Premier Spring Groups 2022, and 2nd IEM Katowice 2022. They were awarded $180,000 at the IEM Katowice 2022. The team attained a win rate of 64.7% over the last 3 months and won 6 out of their last 8 matches.

Map win statistics over the last 3 months show that the team's best-played consists of Vertigo (100.0%-win rate), Inferno (66.7%), Dust2 (66.7%), and Ancient (66.7%). On the other hand, they failed to impress on Mirage (50.0%) and Nuke (42.9%). The team has a roster that includes NiKo (1.22 player rating), huNter- (1.13), JACKZ (0.94), m0NESY (1.16), and AMANEK (1.35).

fnatic Team Stats and Latest Results

fnatic is ranked 16th in the world ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 25 weeks. The European team has begun their run at the ongoing ESL Pro League Season 15 tournament on a bad note. They lost their first match to NIP (2:0) and are currently rock-bottom in Group A. Nevertheless, there are 4 more games to the playoffs and we should expect an improvement. They finished 5-8th at the Pinnacle Winter Series 1, 9-12th at the IEM Katowice 2022, and 2nd at the PGL Major Antwerp 2022 Europe RMR Open Qualifier 4. They have won 4 out of their last 8 games and hold a win rate of 41.2%.

Map win statistics in the last 3 months show a decent win rate on Inferno (66.7%). They managed an average performance on Nuke (50.0%) but failed to impress on Overpass (42.9%), Ancient (33.3%), Mirage (30.0%), and Vertigo (0.0%). The team’s line-up includes ALEX (0.97 player rating), mezii (1.11), Peppzor (1.00), poizon (0.99), and Banjo (1.04).

G2 vs. fnatic H2H Record

Head-to-head statistics show 21 meetings between the opponents. So far, fnatic has won 12 times while G2 has managed 9 wins. Their last encounter was at the group stage of 2022 Intel Extreme Masters Season XVI Katowice in February and fnatic won 2:1.

G2 vs. fnatic Betting Preview

fnatic has defeated G2 in all their last 3 H2H encounters and this should not be neglected when predicting the outcome. Nevertheless, G2 seems to be currently in good shape and has won 6 out of their last 8 games while fnatic only managed 4 wins from their last 8 matches. A comparison of their performance on the maps shows that fnatic has a huge lead on Inferno while G2 has an advantage on 4 maps. Therefore, we are predicting a win for G2 but we believe fnatic will snatch 1 map.

The Pick: G2 to win/ Over 2.5 maps.