Virtus.pro vs. K23, Preview & Prediction - Free 11/2 CS:GO
Virtus.pro is an absolute favorite in this Best of 3 encounter when they face K23 in the Round of 16 matchup of the Betway Nine to Five on Monday. The winner of this duel will go on to meet one of the playoff invitees in the quarter-finals, which will be known later.
Virtus.pro Team Stats and Latest Results
Virtus.pro showed dominant displays in the group stage of the Betway Nine to Five and recorded all three victories over LDLC, Izako Boars, and Lilmix, dropping only one map in the process and finishing with the best +48 round difference. They are also playing fine at the LOOT.BET Season 8, where they will face forZe in the quarter-finals. Virtus.pro won each of the previous 19 matches.
Over the course of the last three months, Virtus.pro was invincible on Train (played six times) and dominated on Dust2 (87.5% win rate) and Mirage (85.7%), while their “weakest” displays came on Vertigo (66.7%). Virtus.pro assembled its squad in September 2020 and appeared on 54 maps with a record of 44 wins and ten losses. The lineup is made of SANJI (1.04 rating), buster (1.17), qikert (1.17), Jame (1.25), and YEKINDAR (1.28).
K23 Team Stats and Latest Results
K23 barely made it to the playoffs at this tournament despite winning a couple of opening matches over Galaxy Racer and Copenhagen Flames. They lost the next two games to Heretics and ALTERNATE aTTaX, and even lost the opening map in the deciding tilt against c0ntact, but managed to win in the end. K23 lost the last two matches at the IEM Beijing-Haidian 2020 Europe Closed Qualifier. K23 lost eight of the last 13 games.
During the previous three months, K23 was decent on Mirage (70.0%) and Overpass (61.5%), while they were below average on Train (42.9%) and Dust2 (43.8%). Since August this year, K23 is playing with the current lineup that appeared on 77 maps with a record of 41 wins and 36 losses. The team members are mou (1.09), neaLaN (0.98), Keoz (1.03), n0rb3r7 (1.10), and kade0 (0.90).
Virtus.pro vs. K23 H2H Record
These rivals have met on three occasions so far and Virtus.pro won all three H2H duels, including the most recent one at the IEM New York 2020 CIS a few weeks ago.
Virtus.pro vs. K23 Betting Preview
Virtus.pro is the hottest team in the CS:GO tour at the moment, and I don’t think an average K23 team has the slightest chance to make an upset here. Not only they can win, but they cannot even win a map, as they never did it before against Virtus.pro. I am backing the favorites to win this one with ease and cover -1.5 handicap along the way.
