Outsiders vs. FURIA Preview & Prediction- Free 3/16 CS: GO

The rivals will meet at the group stage (Group B) in the ESL Pro League Season 15 tournament this Wednesday. The tournament features 24 teams fighting for an ESL Pro League title and a top prize of $175,000. The Group Stage is composed of four groups of six teams playing in a round-robin format with the best-of-three series.

Outsiders Team Stats and Latest Results

Outsiders is currently ranked 6th in the global ranking. The team was previously named Virtus.pro with most of its players from Russia. Because of the sanctions imposed on Russian organizations, they were faced with significant challenges and came back with Outsiders (CS: GO Esports team from International). Nevertheless, it is just a matter of time before sanctions affect the individual players. Considering their performance in the last 8 matches, they won 6 and lost 2.

The team’s line-up consists of buster (1.05 player rating), Qikert (1.04), Jame (1.19), FL1T (1.17), and YEKINDAR (1.24).

FURIA Team Stats and Latest Results

FURIA is ranked 14th in the world ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 164 weeks. The Brazilian team won 5 out of their last 10 matches and has attained a win rate of 50.0% over the last 3 months. Their last match took place at the IEM Katowice tournament on February 20th and they lost to G2 Esports with a score of 1:2. Considering their performance in past events, they finished 3rd at the Battle of Betway 2021, 5-8th at the PGL Major Stockholm 2021, and 2nd at the ESL Challenger February 2022.

Map win statistics in the last 3 months show that their best-played card is Ancient (100.0%). They maintained an average win rate on Mirage (50.0%) and Overpass (50.0%) but failed to impress on Nuke (40.0%) and Inferno (0.0%). Their line-up consists of arT (0.96 player rating), KSCERATO (1.13), yuurih (0.92), drop (0.87), and saffee (1.15).

Outsiders vs. FURIA H2H Record

The line-up from Outsiders will perform under this name for the first time. Nevertheless, they have crossed paths on 8 occasions and Outsiders (previously Virtus.pro) won 5 times, including their last 3 encounters. FURIA has won in 3 out of the 8 H2H meetings.

Outsiders vs. FURIA Betting Preview

The favorite in this encounter is Outsiders. Nevertheless, there is no doubt the team will get it easy considering the surrounding situation. They have an advantage on 3 maps while FURIA has an advantage on 2 maps. A comparison of both teams' rosters also shows that Outsiders is the better side. We predict a win for Outsiders but we expect the Brazilian side to take 1 of the cards.

The Pick: Outsiders to win/ Over 2.5 maps.