OG vs. FaZe, Preview & Prediction - Free 10/8 CS:GO
OG and FaZe will decide the winner of Group B at the IEM New York 2020 Europe when they face on Thursday, after winning their respective opening matches. Although OG is a slight favorite in this Best of 3 encounter, they never beat FaZe before.
OG Team Stats and Latest Results
OG is playing in a hot and cold form in recent weeks as they failed to connect three victories in the last three months and that lack of consistency could play a huge role at this tournament. They did manage to open the IEM New York 2020 Europe with a 2-0 victory over BIG after losing to Heroic at the ESL Pro League Season 12 Europe. OG won seven of the last 13 games.
When it comes to the maps in the past three months, OG was unbeaten on Overpass, but played only once on that map, while they displayed dominant performances on Inferno (81.8% win rate). On the other side, they failed to impress on Train (30.0%) and were below average on Nuke (41.9%) and Mirage (42.9%). OG is playing with the current lineup since August 2020 and played on 49 maps with a record of 25 wins and 24 losses. The team members are NBK- (1.03 rating), valde (1.11), Aleksib (1.03), ISSAA (1.11), and mantuu (1.11).
FaZe Team Stats and Latest Results
FaZe was in a disastrous form of six consecutive defeats but they managed to snap that negative run with three wins in a row over NiP, Complexity, and Heroic, dropping only one map along the way. The victory over Heroic in the opening game at the IEM New York 2020 Europe was quite pleasing as they allowed just 14 rounds in the process. FaZe lost seven of the previous 11 matches.
In the last three months, FaZe failed to record over 40.0% on any map, and their best results came on Dust2 (40.0%) and Mirage (40.0%), while they failed to get a win on Overpass and didn’t play well on Train (33.3%) and Inferno (33.3%). FaZe is still searching for the winning lineup after assembling the current one in August this year, but without success at the moment. The lineup consists of NiKo (1.11), rain (0.95), Kjaerbye (0.89), coldzera (0.93), and broky (1.09). They appeared together on 25 maps with a record of nine wins and 16 losses.
OG vs. FaZe H2H Record
These rivals have met twice before, and FaZe won both matches, not allowing a single map along the way. The most recent H2H duel was at the ESL Pro League Season 11 Europe in April this year when FaZe recorded a 2-0 win.
OG vs. FaZe Betting Preview
Even though they never won a map against FaZe, OG is a slight favorite in this encounter, but I am not going to bet on the winner here by any means. I do think OG is good enough to finally get one map against FaZe, and I believe this is the proper time to do it. I expect to see a lengthy affair with a lot of ups and downs from each rival, but this clash should be settled on three maps.
