Match Prediction: Eternal Fire - Virtus.pro | CS2 (CS:GO)
PGL CS2 Major Copenhagen 2024Welcome to EGamersWorld.
The real Counter-Strike 2 festivities are heating up. In the heart of Denmark, the battles continue in the first ever world championship for Valve's new game, PGL CS 2 Major Copenhagen 2024.
We are still watching the action on the Elimination Stage, where 16 teams started the battle for 8 play-offs spots, but now there are 12 clubs left in the race: two teams have already left the tournament, and two have qualified for the play-offs.
Here we will talk more about the 2-1 basket, and more specifically about the match between Eternal Fire and Virtus.pro. The winner will go straight to the main stage of PGL CS2 Copenhagen Major 2024 and join MOUZ and Spirit, while the loser will get the last chance. Let's see who's going where.
Let's go.
Form Vp.
We start the match breakdown with an analysis of Vp's form. In this match they will play as favourites with odds to win at around 1.6.
At the beginning of last year Vp played in three TIR-A tournaments. These were BB Playlist. Urbanistic, BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023: European RMR A, and also BB Playlist. Freeddom. At the two "home" championships from BB Vp made it to the top 8, but at the European RMR everything was even less happy - top 14.
Then Vp made a breakthrough by winning at ESL Challenger Katowice 2023. The victory there allowed them to qualify for ESL Pro League Season 18.
Among the victories, CCT Online Finals #2 is also worth mentioning. They beat Team Spirit in the grand finals and earned $100,000, which is pretty good.
- Vp lineup: Jame, FL1T, fame, n0rb3r7, mir.
Before ESL Pro League Season 18 Vp visited Gamers8, where they didn't get further than the top 8, and Dunav Party LAN, where in the grand finals they got revenge for their defeat on CCT by Spirit.
In the first match of EPL Season 18, Vp's opponent was Team Liquid. The match, as expected, ended in a full-fledged, combative Bo3 with Vp winning 2-1.
Next up, VP played G2 Esports and legitimately Ledgeili, though they fought back and took the map. The defeat sent Vp to the lower grid, where they first beat Eternal Fire and then outplayed Liquid again, thus reaching the EPL play-offs.
Vp did not manage to play in the main stage. Vp lost their first match against 9z Team, which was a rather unexpected result. At the end of the EPL S18 Vp finished in the top 16.
Things are going well at the Roobet Cup. Vp won the first match against their compatriots from Spirit with a score of 2-1. Next up was a battle with Movistar Riders to qualify for the Roobet Cup 2023 play-offs, which ended 2-0 in Vp's favour, a solid 2-0.
The Roobet Cup 2023 itself was the pulse of Vp's triumph. They beat Monte 2-1 in the grand final, earning their first major win in a long time. Later there was Thunderpick World Championship 2023, where Vp also reached the final, but failed to beat FaZe and as a result - 0-2.
Before playing at BB Dacha Vp played at ESL Challenger Winter. There they reached the top 4, losing in the semi-finals to the future champions from Monte. BB Dacha itself was a very successful event for Vp: there they reached the finals and lost to Spirit 2-3 in a close series.
Just before the BLAST Premier: Spring Groups 2024, where Vp were partnered with BLAST, they played the ESL Challenger at DreamHack Atlanta 2023, where they won the championship, beating Apeks 2-0 in the Grand Final.
On their way to the Group D finals, Virtus.pro defeated BIG and Cloud9. The former 2-0, the latter 2-1. In the grand final of their group at BLAST Premier: Spring Groups 2024, Vp beat BIG again and again with a score of 2-0, thus earning themselves a place at the spring finals. Next up was IEM Katowice 2024, where Vp failed, finishing in the top 20.
Vp made it to PGL CS 2 Major Copenhagen, finishing in the top 2 at PGL Major Copenhagen 2024: European RMR A. In addition, they made it to IEM Dallas 2024.
Directly at the World Championship Long Competed from the Elimination stage. First lost to Imperia, but afterwards beat paiN and Heroic, leading them to a 2-1 score.
Mapple Vp.
The best map for Vp remains Ancient, where Vp won 3 maps out of 3 played. Among the frequently played maps is Overpass - where Vp have played 11 maps, of which they have won 9.
In the pool there is a good Anubis (3-1 on maps), Mirage (6 wins in 9 matches) and Inferno (7 wins in 11 games).
The worst choice for vp is Vertigo. It has 44% wins with 9 matches.
Eternal Fire
We continue the match analysis with the analysis of Eternal Fire's form. In this match the team will play in Underpassdog status, which they are not used to. The odds for a win here are around 2.3.
The 15th-ranked team in the world rankings has had difficulties during the season. Despite the huge number of matches, they have been able to achieve success occasionally.
At the beginning of the year Eternal Fire won ESL Pro League Season 17: European Conference, thus securing their place at EPL S17. The Main Event ended miserably - only top 20 and no group.
Participated in BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023: European RMR B. There they took TOP-14, which was not enough to reach the only Major of the season.
In the middle of the year, Eternal Fire showed their best form. The Turks finished in the top 4 twice, but did so at TIR-B tournaments. They broke into the top four at CCT North Europe Series #7 and Thunderpick World Championship 2023: European Series #1.
- Eternal Fire roster: XANTARES, Calyx, MAJ3R, Wicadia, woxic.
Before the ESL Pro League Season 8 Long Round, MAJ3R's team played on CCT Central Europe and Pinnacle Cup V. Both championships ended for them on top 8.
Eternal Fire played their debut match at ESL Pro League Season 18 against Cloud9. They played as the number two and got a natural result: 0-2, but with 11 and 12 rounds respectively.
In the first match of the lower grid Eternal Fire played against 9INE. The Turks were clearly on form, as they managed to run over a pretty tough competitor without much difficulty. The match ended with a score of 2-0 in favour of Eternal Fire. As a result, the ESL Pro League Season 18 run ended very well: the team barely qualified for the play-offs of the tournament, where they managed to win two series. EF left Astralis and BIG behind, but Ledge and Natus Vincere.
EF later made the Top 16 at Roobet Cup 2023, where they finished Top 16 and Top 2 at PARI, Please. In 2024, Eternal Fire attended PGL Major Copenhagen 2024: European Qualifier B, where they placed Top 2, advancing to European RMR A.
IEM Katowice 2024 started with the Play-In stage. By the way, they passed it very easily: 13-1 against BB Team and 2-0 against Rebels Gaming allowed them to get into the group stage. In the first match of the group stage they also easily defeated Falcons (13-9; 13-6), and then showed a very cheerful CS in the match against the top-2 team of the world FaZe Clan, but Ledge were defeated on three maps (1-2). At the end of IEM Katowice 2024 Eternal Fire took the top 12, and then started to play at PGL Major Copenhagen 2024: European RMR A.
At the qualifying tournament, the Turks finished in the top 8, which gave them the opportunity to qualify for PGL CS 2 Major Copenhagen 2024, which is true in the first stage.
At PGL CS 2 Major Copenhagen 2024 Eternal Fire are feeling very good so far. The Turks have 2 wins and 1 loss: they beat Mongolz and Pain, but lost to Heroic 0-2 in the match for the next stage. However, they succeeded in their next attempt: they defeated GL with a score of 2-1.
Eternal Fire debuted in the legends stage with a surprise win against Vitality. However, in the second round they lost to MOUZ, which brought them to a 1-1 score, but the next round was truly sensational: 13-1 against FaZe Clan and a 2-1 score for the Turks.
Eternal Fire mappool
The best map is Nuke. There are 4 matches and 4 wins.
Anubis (7 matches, 85% wins), Mirage (4 matches, 75% wins) are very good. Vertigo - 71% wins in 7 matches, Inferno and Overpass - 3 wins in 5 matches.
History of head-to-head meetings between Vp and Eternal Fire
The last time the teams played each other was back in the year 23 and Vp won that time.
Predicted result Eternal Fire - Vp at PGL CS2 Copenhagen Major
In this match I expect a close game, as both teams are skilled in CS2. But if I have to pick a winner, my choice is Eternal Fire. The way they've looked over the past few months inspires nothing but respect. And the victory over FaZe, absolutely defeated - only strengthens my faith in the Turkish club. However, it will not be easy and probably everything will end on three maps.
Bottom line: victory of Eternal Fire.
Eternal Fire vs Virtus.pro in the PGL Major: Copenhagen 2024 playoffs. The Turks have come a long way and deserve to go further.
Eternal Fire - yesterday they surprised and defeated FaZe Clan 13:1 on Overpass, before that they had a close defeat against MOUZ 11:13 and a win against Vitality 13:10. Crazy shooting and aggressive play is paying off. Overall, 13:1 against FaZe on Overpass is very important ahead of the match with Virtus.pro, as this map may end up in the map pool.
Virtus.pro - the tournament for them started with a 6:13 defeat to Imperial, followed by victories over paiN Gaming and Heroic. I did not believe in the "bears" against the Danes, but they had no problems at all in this match.
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I expect to see all 3 cards, bookmakers mark VP as the favourite, but I think the Turks from Eternal Fire have a great chance to confidently demolish and make it to the playoffs with a 3-1 stat. I believe in XANTARES and company.
Prediction: Eternal Fire will beat Virtus.pro for odds of 2.25
Bookmakers & Statistics
All bookmakers have agreed that Eternal Fire is the favorite. This can be noticed because odds on them are 1.968. This number in the favor of Virtus.pro amounts 3.303. Respectively, the last ones are the underdogs of the upcoming match.
Team statistics in recent matches
Last Matches | Eternal Fire | Virtus.pro |
5 matches (wins) | 3 | 4 |
10 matches (wins) | 7 | 8 |
We will also remind you of the statistics of matches that the teams played with each other. The teams played 2 matches with each other before. In these battles Eternal Fire got 1 victories while Virtus.pro managed to take 1 matches.