Virtus.pro vs. G2 Preview & Prediction- Free 2/25 CS: GO

The rivals will cross paths in the quarter-final of the IEM Katowice 2022 tournament this Friday. This event is one of the biggest and most awaited in the professional scene of the Counter-Strike: Global Offensive tournament. The playoff is played in the Single-elimination bracket, Quarterfinals and semi-finals are played in best-of-three while the Grand final will be a best-of-five series. The winner in this duel will play against Natus Vincere in the next round, and the loser will exit the tournament.

Virtus.pro Team Stats and Latest Results

Virtus.pro is ranked 4th in the world ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 201 weeks. At the group stage of the ongoing IEM Katowice 2022 tournament, the CIS team defeated Copenhagen Flames (2:0) and NIP (2:1) but lost to Heroic (0:2). Since they finished 2nd at the group stage, they advanced to the quarter-finals. Considering their performance in past events, the team finished 5-8th at the PGL Major Stockholm 2021, 3-4th at the IEM Winter 2021, and won the ESL Challenger February 2022. They have attained a win rate of 81.8% over the last 3 months and won 6 out of their last 8 games.

Map win statistics in the last 3 months shows an excellent win rate on Dust2 (100.0%), Overpass (100.0%), Ancient (100.0%), and Inferno (100.0%). On the other hand, they failed to impress on Mirage (50.0%) and Vertigo (40.0%). Their line-up consists of buster (1.06 player rating), Qikert (1.05), Jame (1.16), FL1T (1.09), and YEKINDAR (1.15).

G2 Team Stats and Latest Results

G2 is ranked 5th in the world ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 54 weeks. At the ongoing IEM Katowice 2022, the team lost their first match against fnatic (1:2) but bounced back to defeat Liquid (2:0), FURIA (2:1), and Astralis (2:1). The team was part of the IEM Winter 2021 which ended in December 2021, finished 3-4th and were awarded $20,000. They also finished 5-6th at the BLAST Premier World Final 2021 and 4-6th at the BLAST Premier Spring Groups 2022. They won 6 out of their last 8 games and hold a win rate of 68.8%.

Map performance over the last 3 months shows an impressive performance on Dust2 (80.0%), Inferno (70.0%), Vertigo (66.7%), and Mirage (55.6%). They had an average win rate on Ancient (50.0%) but failed to impress on Nuke (42.9%). The team’s line-up includes huNter- (1.13), NiKo (1.22), JACKZ (0.95), Aleksib (0.97), and m0NESY (1.14).

Virtus.pro vs. G2 H2H Record

Head-to-head statistics show 14 meetings between the opponents. The advantage in this confrontation is on the side of G2, which has eight victories. Their last encounter was at the ESL Pro League Season 14 in August 2021 and Virtus.pro won 2:1.

Virtus.pro vs. G2 Betting Preview

G2 is the favorite to win this upcoming meeting based on the fact that they hold impressive stats on the maps and have performed exceptionally well this season. They lead on 4 maps while Virtus.pro has not lost on 3 cards this season. At the same time, G2 has a 3-match win streak. These stats show that this match can go either way and it would be more reliable to predict the total number of maps played. Therefore, we are predicting over 2.5 maps.

The Pick: Over 2.5 maps.