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This summer's main tournament - BLAST.tv Austin Major 2025 - is gaining momentum with a long line-up of Stage 3 matches. Our betting tips dedicated to this very Stage 3 continue as well.
Why is Stage 3 important? Because it's the top 16 of the best teams in the world. The entire Counter-Strike 2 elite is coming into the battle: G2, MOUZ, NaVi, Aurora, MongolZ and, of course, Vitality. We will talk about the latter in more detail, because they have the honour to open the new stage of CS2 Major. Opening with a match against Legacy.
With our betting tip for the match Vitality - Legacy we will try to understand who of the pair will be stronger and whether the surprises will continue at this Major-tournament, which has already managed to bring a lot of sensations.
Let's go.
How the bookies view it: Vitality favourite
Before Long Sogpeg prediction tip for the match Vitality - Legacy, let's find out who is the favourite of the pair. In fact, this is a rhetorical question, because it is obvious that the clear favourite here is Vitality.
Bookmakers give an average odds of 1.1 for Vitality's victory. There is no need to dispute the situation, as Vitality is the main contender to win the whole tournament, not to mention some bo1 matches. But this bo1 is the main snag of the tourney. Here's a quick recap.
Vitality form. What result can be expected from Vitality
We open the analysis of the match Vitality - Legacy with the analysis of Vitaltiy's form.
After the triumphant Paris Major a Vitality said goodbye to Dupreeh, and flameZ took his place. The "newcomer" Vitality has already had time to adapt and looks good: the young Israeli has KDA 1.09 and this is the third result of the team. He, by the way, started his ascent on the big stage with OG.
- Vitality roster: apEX, ZywOo, mezii, ropz, flameZ.
In their debut match at IEM Cologne 2023 Vitality only confirmed their status as one of the main favourites of Group B. OG tried, but were defeated 16-6 by Mirage and 16-13 by Anubis.
After defeating OG, Vitality took on MOUZ, who were dealt an even bigger blow by the Bees, 16-4 and 16-5.
In the match for seeding in the play-offs Vitality met another top club - G2 Esports. A nerve-wracking game where Vitality pulled out a 19-17 win on Inferno in the extra time, but then lost 10-16 to Vertigo and 8-16 to Mirage.
Starting the play-offs from the first round stumbled Cloud9. "Cloud9 tried to fight back and almost succeeded on the second map, but ZywOo and company were undeterred: 16-11 Mirage and 19-17 Inferno. However, this was the end of Vitality's stay at the tournament: they met ENCE in the semi-finals and lost with 1-2 score and dropped out of the championship.
The top 4 at IEM Cologne did not embarrass Vitality at all, on the contrary - it fuelled them. Before the end of the year they pocketed 3 more wins at title tournaments: they took revenge on ENCE in the Gamers8 Grand Final and beat FaZe twice at BLAST tournaments (Fall Final 2023 and World Final 2023).
Before playing at PGL CS2 Copenhagen Major 2024: European RMR B played BLAST Premier: Spring Groups, where they passed the group stage without any problems and at IEM Katowice 2024, where they failed very unexpectedly, finishing top-12.
At the PGL CS2 Copenhagen Major 2024: European RMR B Vitality stomped GamerLegion and Heroic without any problems, giving up a total of 5 rounds in two maps. And then it was worse - a loss by C9, but a win over ENCE allowed Vitality to reach the Major.
Vitality attended the first Major tournament of the season - PGL CS2 Copenhagen Major 2024, where they managed to reach the top 4, but Ledge and FaZe Clan. Later they played at ESL Pro League Season 19, where they again started very cheerfully and easily made it to the grand finals, but there they were swept by MOUZ.
At the IEM Dallas 2024 Long Season, they started with a very difficult win over Monte, and then closed G2 Esports dry. But in the match for seeding in the play-offs quite unexpectedly Ledge and 9z Team with a score 0-2. The play-offs IEM Dallas 2024 started much more confidently, closing Heroic with 2-0. Then a confident win over Spirit, but a loss to G2 Esports in the grand finals.
Before appearing at Esports World Cup 2024, Vitality attended Blast Premier: Spring Final, where they reached the Top 4. At EWC 2024, Vitaltiy Long Sogpeg started off with a solid win over M80, which allowed them to go straight into the play-offs.
At the "Major in Riyadh" Vitality finished in the top 8, which is hardly a good result. They were quickly rehabilitated by winning the Intel Extreme Masters Cologne 2024. At the end of the season they visited PW Shanghai Major 2024, where they reached the main stage, but failed against FaZe in the first round.
Long Cologne 2025 season started with an appearance at BLAST Bounty Season 1, where they managed to reach the final stage, but not beyond the first round: defeat by Eternal Fire and final top 8.
At IEM Katowice 2025 Vitality started their performance right from the group stage. They defeated 3DMax and FaZe in turn, which gave them passage to the final of Group A and a slot in the play-offs. Then they defeated Vp with the score 2-0, thanks to which they got straight to the semi-finals. In the semi-finals, they handled a pretty chippy MongolZ, and in the grand finals they ate Spirit, swatting the best team in the world 3-0.
At ESL Pro League Season 21 Vitality made it through the group stage with a 3-0 win. Next up were wins over Liquid (2-0), MongolZ (2-1) and a triumph in the grand final against MOUZ (3-0).
At BLAST Open Lisbon 2025 Long Sogpeg started with a clean win against Astralis (2-0). Followed with a win against Vp with a similar 2-0 score. In the play-offs seeding match they beat MOUZ 2-0. In the grand final match they beat Spirit (2-1). In the grand final, they defeated MOUZ 3-2.
At IEM Melbourne 2025, Vitality won Group B and progressed straight to the semi-finals. In the grand final match, they ran over The MongolZ without a chance, closing the match with a 13-3 score on two maps. In the grand final against Falcons Vitality showed a real masterclass, beating Falcons 3-2 in one of the best grand finals in history.
At BLAST Rivals Season 1, Vitality won Group A by first slamming Wildcard 2-0 and then beating MOUZ 2-1. In the match to advance to the grand finals, Vitality defeated Spirit 2-0. In the grand finals, they defeated Falcons again, becoming the champion of 5 S-tier tournaments in a row. And after that they won 6 (!) S-tier tournaments in a season, becoming the champions of IEM Dallas 2025.
Legacy form. What result can be expected from Vitality
We continue the analysis of Legacy vs Vitality match with the analysis of Legacy form.
They managed to take TOP-16 at CCT East Europe Series #1 and CCT North Europe Series #7. Later they finished in the top 40 at Thunderpick World Championship 2023: European Series #2.
Then there were a number of good events, not a number, but two such tournaments. Legacy took Top 6 at CCT Online Finals #3, Top 8 at BLAST Premier: Fall American Showdown 2023.
There's also a Top 12 at Copa BetBoom 2023, which isn't really something to brag about. There was also a Top 6 at Gamer Arena Cup 2023 Season 1.
- Legacy lineup: latto, dumau, saadzin, n1ssim, lux.
Before appearing at CCT Online Finals #5 Legacy won their first tournament. It was quite modest: they won at CBCS 2023 Season 3. Later there were appearances at LEON x TEAMPLAY Season 2, more CCT East Europe Series #4 and CCT Online Finals #4. Both tournaments are top 9.
The main achievement of the team, if it can be called an achievement, was the performance at PGL Copenhagen Major 2024, where Legacy reached Top 20. After that, the team constantly tried to take high places at all kinds of TIR-2 championships CBCS Season 5 and CCT Season 2 North American Series #3 with TOP-4.
The 2025 season saw a few S-Tier title tournaments. These were PGL Bucharest 2025 and IEM Masters Dallas 2025, where they placed top-12 and top-16 respectively.
BLAST.tv Austin Major 2025 Long Sogpegged from Stage 1, snapping it up with a 3-2 win. In Stage 2, a team that wasn't supposed to play at BLAST.tv Austin Major 2025 and got here by chance closed the stage with a 3-0 (!) score, beating 3DMax and FaZe.
Recent head to head: Vitality edging it
Earlier the teams played each other at IEM Dallas 2025. Vitality won cleanly.
Which maps does Vitality pick and ban most often?
Best teams
- Inferno - 66.4% (231 matches: 154 wins, 77 losses)
- Dust II - 65.0% (234 matches)
- Cobblestone - 100% (1 match) - picks are rare but won
Average maps
- Nuke - 64.0% (exact number of matches not specified)
- Anubis - 62.5% (including map often banned/selected before the start)
Weakest maps
- Mirage - 59.8% (234 matches: 140 wins, 94 losses)
Which maps does Legacy pick and ban most often?
Best maps
- Dust2: Highest number of wins (64.3%) with 14 matches played.
- Inferno: Highest amount of wins (62.5%) in 40 matches played.
- Ancient: A high percentage of wins (61.7%) in 60 matches played.
- Mirage: A high percentage of wins (61.0%) in 41 matches played.
Average results
- Nuke: Average winning percentage (53.8%) in 26 matches played.
- Anubis: Average score (51.2%) in 43 matches played.
- Overpass: Average score (50.0%) in 24 matches played.
Weaknesses
- Vertigo: Lowest amount of wins (42.9%) in 7 matches played.
Legacy show a good game on Dust2, Inferno, Ancient and Mirage, having a winrate over 60%.Vertigo is the worst peak of the team, with the lowest percentage of wins.
Predicted result of the match between Vitality - Legacy at BLAST.tv Austin Major 2025 Stage 3
Despite Legacy's amazing performance on Stage 2, I still don't believe that they are capable of beating such a great team as Vitality, even though it's a Bo1 series. However, what the heck, I'm betting on Vitality.
Bottom line: Vitality wins.
