Liquid vs. Gambit Preview & Prediction-Free 12/16 CS: GO
These teams will meet at the upper semi-finals of the BLAST Premier World Final 2021 tournament this Thursday. The winner of this match will advance to the upper final while the loser will be dropped to the lower bracket. The prize pool of this event adds up to $1,000,000 and will be shared among the 8 teams.
Liquid Team Stats and Latest Results
Liquid is ranked 12th in the world ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 156 weeks. The team got a spot at this prestigious event based on their BLAST Ranking. Meanwhile, they defeated Natus Vincere (2:1) at the Upper Bracket (opening round) and advanced to the upper semis. Considering their performance in past tournaments, they came third at the IEM Fall 2021 North America, finished 12-14th at the PGL Major Stockholm 2021, and 7-8th at the IEM Winter 2021. In the last 8 matches, they won 4 matches and hold a win rate of 60.0%.
Map win statistics in the last 3 months shows that the team has attained an impressive performance on Overpass (100.0%), Vertigo (66.7%), and Mirage (55.6%). On the other hand, they failed to attain a win rate on Inferno (46.2%), Nuke (42.9%), and Dust2 (20.0%). Liquid has maintained one line-up for the last 10 months that consists of FalleN (1.01), NAF (1.15), EliGE (1.16), Stewie2K (1.03), and Grim (1.03).
Gambit Team Stats and Latest Results
Gambit is ranked 4th in the world ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 75 weeks. At the ongoing BLAST Premier World Final 2021 tournament, they defeated Heroic (2:0) at the upper bracket (opening round) to advance to the upper semis. Their performance in past events is as follows; they finished 3-4th at the PGL Major Stockholm 2021 and received $140,000, won the V4 Future Sports Festival 2021 and received $171,770, then finished 5-6th at the IEM Winter 2021 and were awarded $10,000. In the last 8 matches, the team won 6 and hold a win rate of 75.0%.
Map win statistics in the last 3 months shows that the team has been impressive on Ancient (83.3%), Overpass (81.8%), Vertigo (80.0%), and Inferno (66.7%). On the flip side, they failed to show a decent win rate on Mirage (50.0%) and Dust2 (50.0%). Their line-up consists of Hobbit (1.19), interz (0.98), Ax1Le (1.20), sh1ro (1.26), and nafany (1.08).
Liquid vs. Gambit H2H Record
The opponents have only crossed paths on 1 occasion. They met at the ESL Pro League Season 14 and Gambit won 2:1.
Liquid vs. Gambit Betting Preview
Liquid won 4 out of their last 8 matches while Gambit is coming to this game after winning 6 out of their last 8 games. Considering their performance on the maps, Liquid has shown better performance on Mirage, Nuke, and Overpass while Gambit leads on Dust2, Inferno, Vertigo, and Ancient. Therefore, we are predicting a win for Gambit but Liquid will take at least 1 card.
The Pick: Gambit to win/ Over 2.5 maps.
