Match Prediction: Cloud9 - Virtus.pro | CS2 (CS:GO)
BLAST Pro Series Season 2: IstanbulThe teams faced for the last time in February this year, so it’s not worth to consider the match.
Cloud9 has an awful shape and the team placed 12th-14th at the recently finished FACEIT Major: London 2018, having beaten only Winstrike at the championship. After such a bad result, the head of the team made a decision to make a replacement on the roster and flusha joined the team, who replaced STYKO. The team played six times on de_mirage over the last three months and Cloud9 prevailed three times. It’s worth to notice that they beat tier-2 teams like BlackOut, Vision, and eUnited.
In its turn, Virtus.Pro played even worse at FACEIT Major: London 2018 and it was known at the tournament that byali would leave the team. “The Bears” lost all three matches of three possible at the Major tournament and placed 29th in the world rate. Morelz became a newcomer of the roster and the team has won two maps of three in the last matches at ESEA MDL Season 29 Europe. The Poles have a bad win rate on de_mirage over the last three months - the team prevailed only in two matches of eight, however, this can be explained by a bad shape.
Bookmakers consider Cloud9 to be favorite of the match and offer odds for their victory in the sum of 1.45, while Virtus.Pro’s triumph is equal to 2.5. We think that the teams’ chances to win the match are equal but we prefer Virtus.Pro due-to good odds and a more frequent play of the Poles on this map.