Match Prediction: Preasy Esport - Heroic | CS2 (CS:GO)
PGL CS2 Major Copenhagen 2024: European RMR BWelcome to EGamersWorld.
We are approaching the finish of the first round of PGL CS2 Major Copenhagen 2024: European RMR B. The qualifying tournament for the first ever CS2 Major tournament is gaining momentum and the first round of RMR B matches is about to finish.
The final match of the first round of PGL CS2 Major Copenhagen 2024: European RMR B will be Preasy Esports - Heroic. The winner will have 1-0 stats, while the loser will go to the basket 0-1.
We are trying to figure out which of the pair Preasy - Heroic will be stronger and get the first, important win at PGL CS2 Major Copenhagen 2024: European RMR B.
Let's go.
Heroic's uniform
Let's start the match analysis with Heroic's form. Heroic will be the number one ranked side in this match, and the odds for them to win are at around 1.7.
For the entire year of 2023, Heroic have barely left the championship podium. It all started with BLAST Premier: Spring Groups 2023, where Heroic finished in the top 4.
Next was IEM Katowice 2023 and an offensive TOP-2. The only spoonful of honey in Heroic's honey barrel was ESL Pro League Season 17, where the Danes didn't rise above TOP-8.
Then Heroic came back and had a streak of great tournaments. It was top-2 at IEM Rio 2023, top-4 BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023 and IEM Dallas 2023. Heroic went on to win the BLAST Premier: Spring Final 2023 and also finished in the top 3 of the BLAST Premier: Fall Groups 2023
- Heroic roster: TeSeS, sjuush, NertZ, nicoodoz, kyxsan.
Before their performance at Gamers8 Heroic attended another prestigious tournament - IEM Cologne. Being one of the main contenders to win the German tournament, the Danes made it to the play-offs of the competition, but there they couldn't move further than the first round. Heroic lost to Astralis in the first round of the IEM Cologne play-offs with a score of 0-2.
At Gamers8 they debuted with a match against Falcons. In general, the game ended predictably, but the French gave a fight, especially on the first map (Mirage 22-18 in favour of Heroic). The second one went to Heroic with a score of 16-10.
Next, Heroic faced GamerLegion. Despite GL's seemingly idle position in that match, they were able to get on the Danes' nerves and take the map, but still lost in the end.
Heroic finished off Gamers8 with a match against ENCE. The Danish club again failed to beat the Finns and left the major championship at the top-4 stage.
In the first match at ESL Pro League Season 18, the team played against Rooster. The Australians offered no resistance and took 6 rounds in two games.
Next was BIG - another passable opponent for Heroic, but it was not to be. The Danes lost 0-2, losing on Ancient with a score of 23-25 and on Inferno with a score of 13-16.
Heroic got into the last chance net after a 0-2 loss at MOUZ. So from the "achievements" so far, a win over the raw Roosters and that's it. It looks very deplorable. And it ended no better: Heroic Ledge and Monte crashed out of ESL Pro League Season 18.
Next up was Roobet Cup 2023, where Heroic finished in the top 12. After unsatisfactory performance at EPL and Roobet Cup Heroic played not better at Thunderpick World Championship 2023 and BLAST Premier: Fall Final 2023. There, it was top-8 and top-6 respectively. Heroic finished the year with a performance at BLAST Premier: World Final 2023. At that time, the team finished in the top 8.
In 2024, Heroic managed to win the PGL Major Copenhagen 2024: European Open Qualifier, advancing to the closed qualifiers. Prior to the IEM Katowice 2024 Long Convergence, Heroic attended BLAST Premier: Spring Groups 2024, where they finished in the top 16.
IEM Katowice 2024 itself took place and ended quite well for Heroic. The Danish club took TOP-8, which can be called a success for the renewed roster.
Heroic mappool
Heroic's best map is Nuke. There the Danes have 5 wins and 0 losses.
They like to play Overpass, where they lost only once. In three months on Overpass - 5-1.
One of the most frequently played and yet successful maps is Inferno. Heroic has a 9-3 statistic here. It also goes well on Ancient, where Heroic is 3-1 in matches.
Preasy Esports Form
We continue the match breakdown with an analysis of Preasy's match form. In this match, the Danish top five plays as the number two, with odds to win at around 2.1.
Preasy is a relatively new team. The Danish club began its ascent to the top of the Counter-Strike 2 competitive scene in 2023, or rather in the second half of last season.
It was a rough start: TOP-32 at ESEA Season 45: Main Division - Europe, TOP-8 at Dust2.dk Ligaen Season 2023: Regular Season, TOP-11 Gaming Devoted Become The Best: Series #2 and Preasy Summer Cup 2023. Next was an appearance at CCT North Europe Series #7: Closed Qualifier, where they took TOP 1-4, which allowed them to play at CCT Series, namely CCT East Europe Series #1 and CCT North Europe Series #7. On the first one we took TOP-1, and on the second one - TOP-8.
During September-October we played a lot of Tier-B tournaments. That was Top-24 at Thunderpick World Championship 2023: European Series #2, Top-6 at EPL Season 10 and Pelaajat.com Nordic Masters Fall 2023, with Top-6 there.
The autumn period saw the first successes: Top 3 at CCT Online Finals #5 and Top 4 at CCT East Europe Series #4. The main achievement of the year, however, was waiting ahead. In November 2023, Preasy won CCT Online Finals #4 and later won EPL Season 12.
- Preasy roster: Altekz, TMB, refrezh, roej, dupreeh.
In 2024, like all teams, they played in all sorts of qualifiers. These were qualifications for IEM Chengdu 2024, where they took TOP-32, PGL Major Copenhagen 2024: European Qualifier B, where they finished on TOP-11. They made it directly to PGL CS2 Major Copenhagen 2024: European RMR B after beating 3Dmax in Decider.
Their last tournament before playing RMR B was the European Pro League Season 13 Championship, where they defeated ECSTATIC in the Grand Final.
Preasy Mappool
The most successful map for Preasy is Inferno. The Danes have an insane winrate there: they lost only 1 match in 13 matches.
It goes well on Overpass and Nuke. On the former Preasy has 5 wins and 3 losses, and on the latter - 9 wins and 6 losses.
The worst card, however, is Vertigo, where Preasy has 46% wins with 13 matches.
Not playing Mirage.
History of head-to-head meetings between Heroic and Preasy
The teams have not played each other in head-to-head matches before. This match will be the debut match between the teams.
Predicted result of the match Preasy - Heroic at PGL CS2 Major Copenhagen 2024: European RMR B
This Danish derby can become a real gem and end quite differently from what the bookmakers expect, for example. That is, with a victory not at all Heroic. However, I would still believe in the favourite in the first round.
Bottom line: Heroic wins.
Heroic vs. Preasy
On Monday 19.02.2024 at 17:00 there will be a BO1 match in CS2 (CS:GO) format between Preasy Esport (Denmark) and Heroic (Denmark). The event takes place in the format of the Europe RMR B stage of the Major Championship PGL Copenhagen 2024 tournament. According to the odds list for Preasy Esport vs Heroic, there is no clear favourite in the match, with bookmakers giving Preasy Esport team a 40% chance of winning and Heroic team a 60% chance of winning. Heroic is in the lead in terms of in-game stats. The opening match of the tournament. The teams have no head-to-head meetings. Heroic look stronger against common opponents.
Prediction:
Heroic is the clear favourite in this match for me. In the new squad the team performs well and has a 7-8th place in Katowice. Preasy are not bad guys either, but they are far from Heroic's level. I don't think Preasy's line-up will give them much trouble, the team is strong and deserves to qualify for the main tournament of the season.
Bet:
Heroic win - 12.5% of the pot (~coef. 1.57)
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Bookmakers & Statistics
Heroic are listed as the favorites of the match in the majority of bookmakers and odds on them are equal to 1.559. Preasy Esport, in turn, are the outsiders of the match. Odds on their victory are about 3.487.
How did the participants perform in the last matches
Last Matches | Preasy Esport | Heroic |
5 matches (wins) | 4 | 3 |
10 matches (wins) | 7 | 6 |
Also it makes sense to remember the statistics of the matches between the teams. The participants in the battle before the meeting played 0 matches with each other. In these matches Preasy Esport won 0 times, Heroic active consisits of 0 wins.