Nemiga vs. forZe Preview & Prediction- Free 2/13 CS: GO

The opponents will cross paths at the Swiss round 4 in the Thunderpick Bitcoin Series 2022 tournament this Sunday. Both teams have a 2-1 record and this means that the winner will advance to the playoffs while the loser will exit the tournament. The prize pool of this tournament adds up to $75,000 and the winner will be awarded $40,000.

Nemiga Team Stats and Latest Results

Nemiga is ranked 44th in the world ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 1 week. At the group stage of the ongoing Thunderpick Bitcoin Series 2022 tournament, the CIS team has defeated HEET (2:0) and Savage (2:0) but lost to SKADE (0:2). The team is also part of the ongoing Malta Vibes Knockout Series 6 and has won all their first 2 matches. Considering their performance in past events, they finished 12th at the ESEA Premier Season 39 Europe, 5th at the ESEA Premier Season 39 Europe Relegation, and 9-12th at the ESL Challenger League Season 40 Europe. In the last 8 matches, they won 5 games and hold a win rate of 55.2%.

Map win statistics in the last 3 months shows that the team attained a decent win rate on Vertigo (62.5%), Nuke (61.5%), and Dust2 (57.1%) but failed to impress on Inferno (50.0%), Mirage (50.0%), and Overpass (40.0%). The team’s roster consists of Jyo (1.07), boX (1.04), iDISBALANCE (1.14), BELCHONOKK (0.98), and Chill (0.93).

forZe Team Stats and Latest Results

forZe is ranked 19th in the world ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 43 weeks. The Russian team won their first 2 matches at the group stage of the ongoing Thunderpick Bitcoin Series 2022 tournament but could not hold their positive start of the tournament when they met Dignitas and lost 2:0. Considering their performance in past events, they won the Exeedme Revolution 2021 and were awarded $21,250 plus +50% of crowdfunding. At the same time, the team finished 17th at the ESEA Premier Season 39 Europe and 3-4th at the Malta Vibes Knockout Series 5. Over the last 3 months, they attained a win rate of 57.1% and won 5 out of their last 8 matches.

Map performance over the last 3 months indicates that the team was impressive on Inferno (63.6%), Nuke (62.5%), Dust2 (60.0%), Mirage (56.2%), and Overpass (55.6%). On the other hand, they failed to impress on Ancient (46.7%), and Vertigo (0.0%). The team has maintained 1 line-up over the last 3 months and includes Jerry (1.06), zorte (1.13), shalfey (1.08), KENSI (1.06), and Norwi (0.97).

Nemiga vs. forZe H2H Record

Head-to-head statistics has 3 meetings between the opponents and the advantage is on the side of forZe who won all the matches. Their last encounter was at the StarLadder CIS RMR 2021 in July 2021 and they won 2:0.

Nemiga vs. forZe Betting Preview

forZe is the favorite to progress to the playoffs of the Thunderpick Bitcoin Series 2022. They have a better position in the global ranking and have also attained a better win rate over the last 3 months. When we compare both teams’ performance on the maps, forZe leads on 4 maps (Dust2, Inferno, Overpass, and Ancient) while Nemiga has an advantage on 3 maps (Mirage, Nuke, and Vertigo). Therefore, we are predicting a win for the Russian side.

The Pick: forZe to win.