Players vs. Liquid Preview & Prediction- Free 3/27 CS: GO

The rivals will play their fifth and final round of the group stage in the ESL Pro League Season 15 tournament this Sunday. This event features 24 of the best teams invited to participate and battle it out for the tremendous prize pool amounting to $823,000. Group winners advance to the quarter-finals while 2nd and 3rd placed teams in each group go to the first round of playoffs. Group stage matches take the best-of-three series.

Players Team Stats and Latest Results

Players team ranks #4 in the world ranking. Due to the ongoing invasion of the Russian government to Ukraine, the team has lost sponsors and for that reason cannot represent its organization. Nevertheless, she has been impressive at the group stage of the ESL Pro League Season 15 and 2 out of their first 3 rounds of the group stage. They defeated Party Astronauts (2:0) in the first round BIG in the third round without losing a single map. Players team last 10 matches has a win rate of 66.67 %.

Their best-played map is Mirage (100%). Additionally, they attained an average performance on Inferno (50%) and Ancient (50%). Their roster is dominated by Russian nationalities and includes interz (1.04 player rating), sh1ro (1.35), nafany (0.93), Ax1Le (1.23), and HObbit (1.15).

Liquid Team Stats and Latest Results

Liquid is ranked #31 in the world ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 129 weeks. About 2 months ago, the team underwent a significant transformation and 3 players were introduced. At the ongoing ESL Pro League tournament, they have defeated BIG (2:0) and GODSENT (2:0) but lost the third round to Movistar Riders with a score of 1:2. Considering their performance in past events, they came 4th at the BLAST Premier World Final 2021 and 13-16th at the IEM Katowice 2022. Meanwhile, they won 5 out of their last 10 games and hold a win rate of 46.2%.

Map win statistics in the past 3 months show excellent performance on Dust2 (100.0%) and Mirage (57.1%). On the other hand, they failed to impress on Vertigo (50.0%), Inferno (40.0%), and Ancient (25.0%). Team Liquid has a line-up that includes nitr0 (0.96 player rating), NAF (1.15), EliGE (1.16), shox (0.96), and oSee (1.12).

Players vs. Liquid H2H Record

Teams had no previous encounters and will meet for the first time.

Players vs. Liquid Betting Preview

Both teams have already progressed to the playoffs after 3 rounds. The upcoming match will be a passing game but that doesn’t mean they will not put forward their best performances. A comparison of their performance on the maps shows that Players lead in 5 cards. Besides, Players have a relatively better roster than their opponents. Even though Players look much stronger, we expect Liquid to snatch 1 of the maps.

The Pick: Players to win/ Over 2.5 maps.