VP.Prodigy vs. fnatic Rising, Preview, & Prediction - Free 9/29 CS: GO

The opponents will cross paths at the group stage of the WePlay Academy League Season 2 this Wednesday. The top 4 teams in this event will play at the Season 2 LAN Finals while the rest will exit with cash prizes.

VP.Prodigy Team Stats and Latest Results

VP.Prodigy Team is ranked 162nd in the world ranking. Since their return in March this year, the Russian team has undergone significant challenges. They won 2 out of the 7 matches at the WePlay Academy League Season 1 and finished 6th. At the same time, they finished 12-14th at the IronWar Grand Prix 2021, 15-16th at the Pinnacle Fall Series 1 Regionals, and 3-4th at the ESEA Autumn 2021 Cash Cup 1 Europe. Considering their performance in the last 8 matches, they failed to win any match and has a win rate of 23.1%.

Map performance in the last 3 months shows that the team failed to show a decent win rate. They have attained 42.9% on Vertigo, Overpass (33.3%), Nuke (33.3%), Mirage (16.7%), Ancient (14.3%), and Dust2 (0.0%). Their line-up includes RuFire (0.79), r3salt (0.98), cheerful (1.01), lom1k (1.07), and Xerison (0.72).

fnatic Rising Team Stats and Latest Results

fnatic Rising is ranked 90th in the world ranking. The European team is coming to the WePlay Academy League Season 2 tournament after finishing 4th at the WePlay Academy League Season 1 and 3rd at the WePlay Academy League Season 1 Finals. This shows that they have achieved some progress in the tournament and expect to improve from where they left. At the Season 1 LAN Finals, they were awarded $15,000. Considering their performance over the last 8 matchups, they won 4 games and has a win rate of 55.6%.

Map performance over the last 3 months shows that the team has been impressive on Inferno (80.0%) and Dust2 (66.7%). They achieved an average win rate on Overpass (50.0%), Nuke (50.0%), and Ancient (50.0%) but failed to impress on Vertigo (40.0%). Meanwhile, the team line-up consists of Kevve (0.79), Peppzor (1.00), kst (0.99), regali (1.20), and Banjo (1.06).

VP.Prodigy vs. fnatic Rising H2H Record

Both teams have met on 2 occasions and every team has 1 win to their side.

VP.Prodigy vs. fnatic Rising Betting Preview

There is no doubt that VP.Prodigy is the underdog in this matchup and we don't expect much from them. The Russian side lost all their last 8 matches and failed to attain a 50% win rate in any of the maps. On the other hand, fnatic Rising has a huge lead on Dust2, Inferno, and Overpass. For this reason, we are predicting a win for fnatic Rising.

The Pick: fnatic Rising to win.