Match Prediction: Vitality - Heroic | CS2 (CS:GO)
PGL CS2 Major Copenhagen 2024: European RMR BLet's move on to the top match in the second round of PGL Major Copenhagen 2024: European RMR B, where Team Vitality and Heroic will face off. Both teams successfully debuted at the qualification tournament. The format of the match is bo1. Which of the participants will win the second victory in a row? Let's find out.
In this betting thread you will find out how the participants of this match performed in the previous year, how they did in their previous professional tournament, as well as how this match will end.
Team Vitality's form
Team Vitality have had a great year of play, although they didn't start the previous season in the best way. The European squad started the year with a 1st-3rd place finish at BLAST Premier: Spring Groups 2023, followed by 5th-8th place finishes at Intel Extreme Masters Katowice 2023 and ESL Pro League Season 17. But then ZywOo and his teammates were able to pick up their form and win the Intel Extreme Masters Rio 2023 and BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023, earning a combined $600,000 in prize money at those two events. In BLAST Premier: Spring Final 2023, Team Vitality finished in second place at the tournament and won $85,000. BLAST Premier: Fall Groups 2023 finished in 4th-6th place for Vitality, which earned them $17,500 in prize money and a slot in BLAST Premier: Fall Final 2023. ZywOo and his team also participated in the Intel Extreme Masters Cologne 2023 where they finished in 3rd-4th place and won $80,000. At Gamers8 2023, a LAN event in Saudi Arabia with a prize pool of $1,000,000, Team Vitality was victorious and earned the top prize of $400,000. Vitality also competed at ESL Pro League Season 18, where they managed to finish in the top 8. The 5th-8th places in the standings provided the players with $35,000 in prize money. At the Intel Extreme Masters Sydney 2023, Team Vitality finished in the top 16 and received a $4,000 consolation prize. ZywOo and his teammates ended the year as BLAST Premier: Fall Final 2023 champions, earning $200,000 as well as a slot in BLAST Premier: World Final 2023. The gaming year ended with a win at BLAST Premier: World Final 2023, which earned the team a top prize of $500,000. The new year started for Team Vitality with a win in Group A at BLAST Premier: Spring Groups 2024, which earned them $22,500 and a trip to BLAST Premier: Spring Final 2024.
The previous professional tournament that Team Vitality participated in was the Intel Extreme Masters Katowice 2024. Team Vitality got past the Play-In stage and started their journey in Group B. In the first match, the team lost to ENCE in a full bo3 series and fell to the lower grid. There ZywOo and his teammates Ledge and Heroic with the result 1:2 and sensationally finished their participation in the cult tournament. The 13th-16th places provided the players with $10,000 in prize money.
Team Vitality started their performance at PGL Major Copenhagen 2024: European RMR B with a 13-2 victory over GamerLegion on the Nuke map, which ensured their advancement to the top matches of the second round.
Team Vitality's latest results stats:
- A 13-2 win over GamerLegion
- Defeat by Heroic with the score 1:2
- 1:2 loss to ENCE
- 2-1 win over Astralis
- 2:1 win over Team Falcons
Heroic uniforms
Although the Scandinavian team didn't set records for the number of tournaments attended in the past year, Heroic were clearly the standout performers in the first half. A 4th-6th place finish at BLAST Premier: Spring Groups 2023 secured the team a slot in the Spring Final, while a silver medal at the legendary Intel Extreme Masters Katowice 2023 earned them $180,000. Also of note were second place finishes at BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023: European RMR B and Intel Extreme Masters Rio 2023. Heroic performed well at BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023 and Intel Extreme Masters Dallas 2023, taking 3-4th places and earning $100,000 in total. The BLAST Premier: Spring Final 2023 ended extremely well for Heroic. The team was able to take the win and earn $200,000. The 1-3rd place at BLAST Premier: Fall Groups 2023 earned the team $27,500 and a slot in BLAST Premier: Fall Final 2023. At Intel Extreme Masters Cologne 2023, TeSeS and his teammates finished in the top 6 of the tournament and earned $40,000. In the Single-Elimination meat grinder at Gamers8 2023 Heroic finished 3-4th in the standings, earning $80,000. But the failure at ESL Pro League Season 18, where the team took the last place, led to radical changes in the lineup. Stavn, jabbi and cadiaN went inactive, and Heroic's main roster was replenished with dupreeh. At the Roobet Cup 2023, the European team took 9-12th place without any prize money. Thunderpick World Championship 2023 ended with Heroic in 5th-8th place. And at BLAST Premier: Fall Final 2023 the team finished in the top 6, earning $20,000. Heroic's playing season ended at BLAST Premier: World Final 2023, where the team didn't surprise its fans by finishing 7th-8th in the standings. Almost all of January 2024, kyxsan and his teammates were qualifying for PGL Major Copenhagen 2024: European RMR B. And at BLAST Premier: Spring Groups 2024 Heroic took 13th-16th places and will take part in BLAST Premier: Spring Showdown 2024.
Earlier Heroic played at the Intel Extreme Masters Katowice 2024, where they started in the Play-In stage. First, the team outplayed Astralis on the Mirage map by a score of 13-11. A win over BIG in a full bo3 series (Nuke - 13-8, Vertigo - 7-13, Anubis - 13-7) allowed Heroic to advance to the group stage of the iconic championship. Their first opponent in Group B was G2 Esports, who Heroic Ledge beat 1-2. In the quarter-finals Heroic were able to defeat Team Vitality in a tense match with a score of 2:1 (Mirage - 16-14, Anubis - 11-13, Vertigo - 16-13). The team defeated GamerLegion (Overpass - 5-13, Mirage - 13-4, Nuke - 13-8) with a similar result in the semifinals of the gridiron. But in the finals Heroic Ledge and G2 Esports on two maps and finished their participation in the tournament. The 7th-8th place at Intel Extreme Masters Katowice 2024 brought the players $24,000.
PGL Major Copenhagen 2024: European RMR B Long The tournament started for Heroic with a 13-9 win over the Danes from Preasy Esports on the Ancient map.
Heroic's recent results stats:
- Victory over Preasy Esports with a score of 13-9
- Defeat by G2 Esports with the score 0:2
- 2-1 win over GamerLegion
- 2:1 win over Team Vitality
- 1:2 defeat to G2 Esports
Match history of Team Vitality - Heroic
Over the last year the participants of this rivalry have played against each other six times. Vitality can boast three wins, but Heroic also defeated their opponent three times.
Predicted result of the match Team Vitality - Heroic
Team Vitality failed at the last tournament and will try to convince the public that it was a fluke, because nominally the team is one of the best in the world, if not the best. Let's bet on the victory of Team Vitality.
Bookmakers & Statistics
According to leading bookmakers predictions, the team Vitality are the favorite with average odds 1.335 at the moment. Respectively, bookmakers consider Heroic to be the outsider of the match with odds on a victory in the sum of about 4.484.
Team statistics in recent matches
Last Matches | Vitality | Heroic |
5 matches (wins) | 3 | 3 |
10 matches (wins) | 7 | 6 |
Also it makes sense to remember the statistics of the matches between the teams. The teams played 23 matches with each other before. And Vitality won 11 times while Heroic correspondingly became the winner 12 times.