Gambit vs. Heroic Preview & Prediction-Free 12/14 CS: GO

The opponents will cross paths at the Upper Bracket (opening round) of the ongoing BLAST Premier World Final 2021 tournament this Tuesday. Both teams fall among the top 10 teams on the global ranking and we should expect an interesting matchup when they meet. The winner will advance to the upper semi-finals while the loser will be dropped to the Lower Bracket.

Gambit Team Stats and Latest Results

Gambit is ranked 4th in the world ranking and has been among the top 30 teams in the world ranking for 74 weeks. The Russian team was invited to the ongoing BLAST Premier World Final 2021 based on their performance at the BLAST Spring Final '21. They won the BLAST Premier Spring Final 2021 and were awarded $225,000 plus a spot at the BLAST Premier World Final 2021. They also finished 3-4th at the PGL Major Stockholm 2021, won the V4 Future Sports Festival 2021, and finished 5-6th at the IEM Winter 2021. In the last 8 matches, the team won 6 games and hold a win rate of 74.1%.

Map win statistics in the last 3 months shows that the team has been impressive on Ancient (83.3%), Overpass (81.8%), Vertigo (77.8%), and Inferno (60.0%). Additionally, the team managed an average performance on Mirage (50.0%) and Dust2 (50.0%). The team has maintained 1 line-up for the last 14 months that consists of Hobbit (1.19), interz (0.98), Ax1Le (1.20), sh1ro (1.26), and nafany (1.07).

Heroic Team Stats and Latest Results

Heroic is ranked 5th in the world ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 86 weeks. The team qualified for the BLAST Premier World Final 2021 based on their performance at the ESL Pro League Season 13. The Danish team defeated Gambit at the finals of the ESL Pro League Season 13 and were awarded $200,000 and a spot at the BLAST Premier World Final 2021. Considering their performance in past events, the team finished 6-8th at the PGL Major Stockholm 2021 Challengers Stage, 3-4th at the PGL Major Stockholm 2021, and 4th at the BLAST Premier Fall Final 2021. They won 3 out of their last 8 matches and hold a win rate of 55.2%.

Map win statistics in the last 3 months shows that the team has been impressive on Dust2 (100.0%), Overpass (62.5%), Nuke (56.2%), and Inferno (55.6%). On the other hand, the team failed to show a decent win rate on Mirage (50.0%), Ancient (50.0%), and Vertigo (25.0%). Their line-up consists of cadiaN (1.09), refresh (1.04), TeSeS (1.10), sjuush (1.06), and stavn (1.12).

Gambit vs. Heroic H2H Record

Head-to-head statistics show 4 meetings between the opponents and both teams won in 2 matches. Their last encounter was at the BLAST Premier Spring Showdown 2021 and Gambit won 2:1.

Gambit vs. Heroic Betting Preview

Both teams fall in the top 10 in the world ranking but Gambit team is coming to this match in a better form than Heroic. Gambit won 6 out of their last 8 matches while Heroic only managed 3 wins. Considering their performance on the maps, Gambit leads on Dust2, Inferno, Overpass, Vertigo, and Ancient while Heroic has shown better performance in Nuke. Therefore, we are predicting a win for Gambit in this team but Heroic will snatch at least 1 map.

The Pick: Gambit to win/ Over 2.5 maps.