Gambit vs. Vitality Preview & Prediction-Free 12/18 CS: GO

The opponents will cross paths in the upper final of the ongoing BLAST Premier World Final 2021 tournament this Saturday. The winner of this match will progress to the Grand final while the loser will be dropped to the lower bracket. The best team of the tournament will take $500,000.

Gambit Team Stats and Latest Results

Gambit Team is ranked 4th in the world rankings and has been among the top 30 teams for 75 weeks. The Russian team was invited to this tournament based on their performance at the BLAST Spring Final '21. So far, they have defeated Heroic (2:0) at the Upper Bracket (opening round) and Liquid (2:1) at the upper semi-finals. The team aims to make it to the grand final and battle for the top prize of $500,000. Considering their performance in past events, the team finished 3-4th at the PGL Major Stockholm 2021, won the V4 Future Sports Festival 2021, and 5-6th at the IEM Winter 2021. The team also won 6 out of their last 8 games and holds a win rate of 75.9%.

Map win statistics in the last 3 months shows that the team has been impressive on Overpass (83.3%), Ancient (83.3%), Vertigo (72.7%), and Inferno (71.4%). They also managed an average performance on Mirage (50.0%) and Dust2 (50.0%). Gambit has maintained 1 line-up since the beginning of the year that consists of Hobbit (1.19), interz (0.98), Ax1Le (1.20), sh1ro (1.26), and nafany (1.08).

Vitality Team Stats and Latest Results

Vitality Team is the second-best team in the world ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 116 weeks. The French team was invited to the BLAST Premier World Final 2021 tournament based on their BLAST Ranking. So far, the team hasn’t lost any map and is projected to make it to the finals. They have defeated Astralis (2:0) and G2 (2:0). Considering the team’s performance in past events, they finished 5-8th at the PGL Major Stockholm 2021, came second at the BLAST Premier Fall Final 2021, and won the IEM Winter 2021. They won 7 out of their last 8 matches and hold a win rate of 72.4%.

Map win rate in the last 3 months shows that the team has been impressive on Dust2 (80.0%), Vertigo (77.8%), Mirage (75.0%), and Nuke (69.2%). On the flip-side, they failed to impress on Inferno (50.0%) and Overpass (40.0%). Their roster consists of shox (1.03), apEX (1.03), ZywOo (1.32), misutaaa (1.01), and Kyojin (0.93).

Gambit vs. Vitality H2H Record

Head-to-head record between the opponents shows 3 meetings and Vitality won in all the matches. Their last encounter was at the IEM Winter 2021.

Gambit vs. Vitality Betting Preview

Vitality is coming to this match sailing on a 5-match win streak while Gambit has a 2-match win streak. There is no doubt that Vitality is currently on an upswing because they recently won the IEM Winter 2021 and have not lost any map at the ongoing BLAST Premier World Final 2021. Considering their performance on the maps, the team leads on 4 maps while Gambit has shown better performance on 3 maps. Therefore, it is worth considering Vitality’s victory.

The Pick: Vitality to win.