Match Prediction: Heroic - Vitality | CS2 (CS:GO)
IEM Katowice 2024Team Vitality will play against Heroic in the lower Group B quarter-finals at the iconic Intel Extreme Masters Katowice 2024. The winner will be one step closer to the play-offs, while the loser will finish their participation in the championship. The format of the match is bo3. Will ZywOo and his teammates be able to rehabilitate themselves after the disappointing defeat? We will find out very soon.
In this betting thread you will find out how the participants of this match performed during 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 year 2024 started for Team Vitality with participation in BLAST Premier: Spring Groups 2024. The team was placed in Group A. The top set semi-final against OG ended with a 2-0 win for ZywOo and his teammates (Mirage - 13-0, Inferno - 13-7). A full bo3 clash with Astralis ended with Vitality's first defeat in three months. Thus the team lost the right to make a mistake and went to the lower grid. A 2-1 win over Team Falcons (Nuke - 16-19, Vertigo - 13-9, Anubis - 13-8) allowed the team to advance to the grand final of the group, where Team Vitality outplayed Astralis with a similar score (Inferno - 10-13, Mirage - 16-14, Nuke - 13-6). As a reward, the players earned $22,500 and a trip to BLAST Premier: Spring Final 2024.
Upon arrival at the Intel Extreme Masters Katowice 2024, Team Vitality got past the Play-In stage and started their journey in Group B. In their first match, the team lost to ENCE in a full bo3 series and fell to the bottom of the grid.
Statistics of Team Vitality's latest results:
- A 1:2 defeat to ENCE
- 2:1 win over Astralis
- A 2:1 win over Team Falcons.
- 1:2 loss to Astralis
- 2:0 win over OG
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. For almost the entire month of January 2024, kyxsan and his teammates were qualifying for PGL Major Copenhagen 2024: European RMR B.
The previous professional tournament for the team was BLAST Premier: Spring Groups 2024. According to the results of the draw, the players got into Group D. In the first match Heroic Ledge and Cloud9 on two maps in a row and fell to the bottom of the net. The defeat from BIG with the score 1:2 ended the team's participation in the tournament. 13th-16th place earned Heroic $5,000 and a slot at BLAST Premier: Spring Showdown 2024.
Intel Extreme Masters Katowice 2024 started for Heroic from the play-offs stage. First, the team outplayed Astralis on the Mirage map with a score of 13-11. A win over BIG in the full bo3 series (Nuke - 13-8, Vertigo - 7-13, Anubis - 13-7) allowed Heroic to head to the group stage of the iconic championship. Their first opponent in Group B was G2 Esports, who Heroic Ledge beat with a 1-2 result
Heroic's recent results stats:
- Defeat to G2 Esports with a score of 1:2
- Victory over BIG with a score of 2:1
- 13-11 win over Astralis
- 1:2 defeat by BIG
- 0:2 defeat by Cloud9
Match history of Team Vitality - Heroic
Over the last year the participants of this confrontation have played against each other five times. Three times Vitality players won, while Heroic outplayed their opponent twice. The last time the teams met was at BLAST Premier: Fall Final 2023, where Team Vitality defeated Heroic 2-0 (Nuke - 13-6, Inferno - 13-9).
Predicted result of the Team Vitality vs Heroic matchup
Team Vitality ended the year on an extremely high note, and started 2024 on a decent note. The team also defeated their future opponent more often. Let's bet on the victory of Team Vitality.
Bookmakers & Statistics
Now, the majority of bookmaker companies believe in Vitality victory. Odds on them are equal to 2.515. According to bookmakers data, Heroic are the outsider and odds on their victory amounts 2.958.
Team statistics in recent matches
Last Matches | Heroic | Vitality |
5 matches (wins) | 2 | 3 |
10 matches (wins) | 5 | 8 |
The statistics of personal battles between teams is also important for successful bets. The competitors have held 22 matches. In these matches Heroic won 11 times, Vitality active consisits of 11 wins.