Vitality vs. Sprout Preview & Prediction- Free 3/16 CS: GO

This Wednesday, the rivals will clash at the Group B in ESL Pro League Season 15 tournament. This event features 24 teams fighting for an ESL Pro League title and a top prize of $175,000. Group winners will progress to the quarter-finals while the 2nd and 3rd placed teams in each of the 4 groups will start from the first round of playoffs.

Vitality Team Stats and Latest Results

Vitality is ranked #8 in the global ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 104 weeks. The French team started the year on a positive note and finished 3rd at the BLAST Premier Spring Groups 2022. Nevertheless, they failed to advance to the playoffs of the IEM Katowice 2022 after winning 1 out of their 3 matches at the group stage. Additionally, they won the IEM Winter 2021 in December and were awarded $100,000. Considering their performance in the last 10 matches, they won 5 matches and have a win rate of 58.3%.

Map win statistics in the last 3 months show an impressive performance on Nuke (75.0%) and Inferno (57.1%). On the other hand, the team failed to impress on Dust2 (50.0%), Vertigo (50.0%), Mirage (40.0%), and Overpass (0.0%). Their roster includes apEX (1.03), ZywOo (1.31), misutaaa (1.00), dupreeh (1.17), and Magisk (1.03).

Sprout Team Stats and Latest Results

Sprout is currently ranked #30 in the world ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 14 weeks. Their last match took place at the FantasyExpo EU Champions Spring 2022 DACH Closed Qualifier on 13th March and they defeated No Limit Gaming with a score of 2:0. Considering their performance in past events, they finished 13-16th at the IEM Katowice 2022 Play-In, 9-12th at the Elisa Invitational Winter 2021, and 9-12th at the Thunderpick Bitcoin Series 2022. They have attained a win rate of 65.4% over the last 3 months and won 8 out of their last 10 matches.

Map win statistics in the last 3 months show an impressive performance on Dust2 (77.8%), Vertigo (66.7%), Overpass (66.7%), Ancient (60.0%), and Mirage (60.0%). On the other hand, the team failed to impress on Inferno (42.9%) and Nuke (40.0%). Their current line-up consists of Spiidi (1.03 player rating), slaxz- (1.12), raalz (0.98), Staehr (0.97), and Marix (1.01).

Vitality vs. Sprout H2H Record

Head-to-head statistics show 11 meetings between the teams. Vitality has won 8 times while Sprout won in 3 encounters. Their last meeting was at the IEM Fall 2021 Europe in September 2021 and Vitality won 1:0.

Vitality vs. Sprout Betting Preview

Sprout has been impressive of late and won 8 out of their last 10 matches. At the same time, they have attained a better win rate (65.4%) over the last 3 months compared to Vitality (58.3%). A comparison of their performance on the maps shows that Vitality leads on 2 maps while Sprout has an advantage on 5 maps. Besides, Sprout performs on all maps and has more than a 50%-win rate in 5 of them. There is no doubt that Sprout has the advantage and will dominate this matchup. The only advantage that Vitality has is its global ranking.

The Pick: Sprout to win.