Invictus vs. HZ, Preview & Prediction - Free 10/2 CS:GO
One of the biggest favorites to win the Perfect World Asia League Fall 2020, Invictus, is facing the only team without a victory in the group stage – HZ. Although Invictus already secured their place in the playoffs and don’t have an imperative to win here, it would be embarrassing for them to lose to HZ in this Best of 3 encounter.
Invictus Team Stats and Latest Results
Invictus did win four of the previous six matches, but the most recent defeat to Bren was quite surprising and they will be eager to return to the winning ways against sorry HZ. Invictus has a 5-2 record at the Perfect World Asia League Fall 2020 so far, and only TIGER and TYLOO are ahead of them in the standings, so the playoff spot is pretty secured. Invictus won seven of the previous 11 matches.
During the past three months, Invictus displayed excellent performances on Dust2 (85.7% win rate) and Train (77.8%), while they have been playing well on Mirage (64.7%). On the other hand, they didn’t play well on Vertigo (20.0%). Invictus is playing with the current lineup since September 2020 and has played on 30 maps with a record of 16 wins and 14 losses. The lineup consists of bottle (1.04 rating), DeStRoYeR (1.01), xiaosaGe (1.08), Viva (1.08), and flying (1.11).
HZ Team Stats and Latest Results
HZ is in a disastrous form of eight straight defeats and is the only side at the Perfect World Asia League Fall 2020 without a victory yet. They lost all seven matches they played thus far, including the most recent one to TIGER, winning just 17 rounds in the process. HZ lost nine of the last 13 games.
When it comes to the maps in the previous three months, HZ was decent on Train (66.7%) and Mirage (60.0%), while they played below expectations on Dust2 (16.7%), Vertigo (25.0%), and Inferno (33.3%). Since September 2020, HZ is playing with the same five team members and played on 27 maps so far with a record of nine wins and 18 losses. The team members are splashske (0.99), spielz (0.90), Bobosaur (0.98), nephh (1.08), and Roninbaby (1.15).
Invictus vs. HZ H2H Record
These rivals have met once before, and it was at the Asia Champions League in June this year, when Invictus secured a comfortable 3-0 victory, not allowing more than 12 rounds per map along the way.
Invictus vs. HZ Betting Preview
HZ will be desperate to finally record its first victory at the tournament, but that is not going to happen against Invictus, who swept them the last time they met. HZ expectedly lost in straight maps to TIGER in the previous round, and I think they will suffer another 2-0 defeat on Friday, so feel free to back Invictus to cover -1.5 handicap at decent odds.
