Virtus.pro - Heroic: prediction for the playoffs PGL Major Stockholm 2021 Champions Stage

Heroic and Virtus.pro will meet in the quarterfinals of PGL Major Stockholm 2021. Both teams made it through the Challengers Stage and also made it through the Legends Stage.

In the Challengers Stage, Heroic finished 3 wins and 2 losses. The Danes defeated TYLOO, MOUZ and Movistars Riders, but lost to Copenhagen Flames and Entropiq.

Virtus.pro went through that stage a little easier, they have victories at paiN Gaming, Movistar Riders and Team Spirit, but defeat by Virtus.pro.

In the playoff battle, Virtus.pro defeated Vitality, MOUZ and FaZe Clan, but lost to Natus Vincere and Gambit Esports.

Heroic, in turn, have already gained a solid form in the Major, they have victories over strong Vitality, mediocre Astralis, snatched the victory from Copenhagen Flames, but lost to Natus Vincere.

What did Heroic and Virtus.pro show for PGL Major: Stockholm 2021, namely, what maps and results?!

Heroic results in Major

• Inferno: victory in the match with TYLOO with a score of 16:12
• Inferno (Opponent's Pick): Win 16: 7 vs. Movistar Riders
  
  
• Nuke: win the match against MOUZ with a score of 16:11
• Nuke (Your Pick): Win the Copenhagen Flames with a 16:11 score
• Nuke (own peak): defeat against Entropiq with a score of 14:16 (!!!)
• Nuke (Your Pick): Win 16-4 Copenhagen Flames
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• Vertigo (Opponent's Peak): 7:16 loss to Copenhagen Flames

• Overpass (Your Pick): Win a match against Movistar Riders with a score of 16:14
• Overpass (Desider): Lost against Copenhagen Flames with a score of 12:16
• Overpass: win the match with Vitality with a score of 16:12
• Overpass (Desider): Win against Copenhagen Flames with a score of 16:11
  

• Mirage (Desider): lost to Entropiq with a score of 4:16

• Ancient (Opponent's Peak): Win a match against Entropiq with a 16:10 score
• Ancient: defeat in the match with NAVI with a score of 11:16
• Ancient: defeat Copenhagen Flames with a score of 13:16
• Ancient: victory in the match with Astralis with a score of 16: 7

Bans Heroic these cards

Mirage [6]
Dust 2 [7]
Ancient [2]
Inferno
Overpass
Nuke [2]
Vertigo [4]

Virtus.pro results in this Major

Inferno: victory in the match with paiN Gaming with a score of 16:14 (!!!)
Inferno (own pick): victory in the match with Team Spirit with a score of 16: 7
Inferno (his pick): beat MOUZ with a score of 16: 3
Inferno (his peak): defeat in the match with FaZe Clan with a score of 13:16
Inferno: victory in the match with Vitality with a score of 16:14 (!!!)

Vertigo: win the match against Movistar Riders with a score of 16:12
Vertigo: defeat in the match with Gambit Esports with a score of 14:16 (!!!)
Vertigo: victory in the match with MOUZ with a score of 22:18 (!!!)

Mirage (own peak): defeat in the match with FaZe Clan with a score of 14:16 (!!!)

Ancient (Opponent's Peak): Lost 6:16 to FaZe Clan
Ancient (Opponent's Pick): Lost the match against Team Spirit by a score of 12:16
Ancient (Opponent's Pick): Lost 3:16 to MOUZ
Ancient (Opponent's Peak): Win the match against FaZe Clan with a score of 16:14

Overpass: victory in the match with Team Spirit with a score of 19:15 (!!!)
Overpass: defeat in the match with NAVI with a score of 4:16
Overpass: victory in the match with FaZe Clan with a score of 16:11

Virtus.pro bans these cards

Nuke [9]
Dust 2 [5]
Ancient [4]
Overpass [3]
Vertigo
Mirage

Virtus.pro try not to play 3 maps: Nuke, Dust 2, Ancient, they have huge problems with Ancient in terms of winrate, objectively speaking, they were partially lucky in the match with FaZe Clan, they made a comeback, they are unlikely to repeat this in the playoffs. So, we have troubles with Vertigo, Nuke and Ancient. Heroic was very often banned for this Major by Dust 2, Mirage and Vertigo.

The strong side of Virtus.pro is the combat Inferno, a good win rate on Overpass, the very incomprehensible Vertigo and Ancient.

Heroic's strong point is Nuke, which Virtus.pro simply have to ban, but the Danes can also play decently on Overpass. I doubt very much that Heroic will want to play Inferno with Virtus.pro.

Bookmakers give odds of 1.56 for Heroic and 2.46 for Virtus.pro. Purely because of the huge problems with the map-pool and substitution right before the tournament, I believe in the Danes, they should deal with the "bears" without any problems, but troubles may arise on the conditional Inferno or Vertigo.

Prediction: Heroic will outplay Virtus.pro in the quarterfinals of PGL Major Stockholm 2021 - odds 1.56