Nemiga vs. forZe, Preview & Prediction - Free 2/22 CS:GO

Nemiga is a slight favorite in this Best of 3 encounter when they meet forZe in the quarter-final of the European Development Championship 2 on Monday. The winner of this duel will take on a better side from the clash between Budapest Five and Movistar Riders in the semi-final.

Nemiga Team Stats and Latest Results

Nemiga concluded 2020 with a pair of defeats to Gambit and sAw at the DreamHack Open December 2020. They opened the new year with a 2-0 victory over NAVI Junior at the Vulkan Fight Series 2020, after which they lost the next two games. The Belarusian team didn’t play a single game in the last two weeks, and is on a three-game winning run after beating TPT, Young Ninjas (both in the group stage of this tournament), and LDLC. Nemiga lost nine of the previous 17 matches.

When it comes to the maps in the last three months, Nemiga won the only appearance on Overpass and has been above average on Inferno (54.5% win rate), while they failed to get a victory on Train (played twice) and were below average on Mirage (40.0%). Since December 2020, Nemiga is playing with the same squad that appeared on 25 maps with a record of 12 wins and 13 losses. The lineup consists of mds (0.97 rating), Jyo (1.06), speed4k (0.91), boX (1.01), and lollipop21k (1.20).

forZe Team Stats and Latest Results

forZe has been more active in 2021 than Nemiga and played over 15 matches to date. They have been relatively successful at the Snow Sweet Snow 1, where they defeated Sinners, EC Kyiv, EXTREMUM, and Winstrike, before FunPlus Phoenix stopped them, so forZe settled with 5th place and $4,000. The Russian side lost the opening game of the European Development Championship 2 to Lyngby Vikings but responded with wins over ex-ETHEREAL and Lyngby Vikings. forZe won six of the last 12 games.

In the previous three months, forZe played well on Dust2 (60.0%) and Mirage (60.0%), while they didn’t impress on Overpass (20.0%) and Train (28.6%). forZe is playing with a new lineup since February this year and appeared on 11 maps with a record of six wins and five losses. The team members are almazer (0.98), FL1T (1.17), Jerry (1.06), zorte (1.18), and KENSI (1.14).

Nemiga vs. forZe H2H Record

These rivals have met on 11 occasions before, and Nemiga leads the all-time series 7-4. They are on a six-game winning streak and won the most recent clash at the Nine to Five 6 in late November 2020.

Nemiga vs. forZe Betting Preview

Even though I am leaning toward Nemiga in this one because of the better H2H record, I am going to avoid betting on the winner. Nemiga didn’t play in the last two weeks while forZe is in a competitive rhythm, so this can be crucial here. Despite the fact that only three of nine Best of 3 H2H encounters produced a maximum of three maps, I am backing Over 2.5 maps. This one could go either way.

The Pick: Over 2.5 Maps (+108 @GG.BET)