Match Prediction: Heroic - FURIA | CS2 (CS:GO)
Roobet Cup 2023Welcome to EGamersWorld.
The good Counter-Strike 2 action continues with the group stage of the Roobet Cup. The $250,000 tournament with a top-tier roster is kicking off with play-offs matches.
Heroic and Furia will play in one of these matches. Both clubs will fight for the first place in the play-offs from Group A.
The match promises to be The International interesting, if only because Heroic have changed their squad significantly ahead of the Roobet Cup and there is a feeling that it will have a big impact on the game against a team of Furia's level. However, it's possible that we'll see a completely different outcome.
In any case, we will see who will be stronger in this match and will earn the top spot in Group A, and at the same time will be a participant of the Roobet Cup 2023 play-offs.
Let's go.
Furia's form
We open the match analysis with an analysis of Furia's form. In this match, they play the first number one, which is quite logical. Earlier Heroic would have been an unqualified favourite, but after the shenanigans in the squad they can't be called that. And in fact, according to the results of the season, the Brazilians are not happy, from the word go.
Furia have attended over 10 tournaments during the year, but the successes have been mediocre. The most high-profile win was a top-1 finish at BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023: American RMR, which earned them a spot at BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023.
Furia finished their only Major of the season on a Minor note. They failed to rise above the top 16 and were not given by G2 Esports. The misfortunes of the Brazilians did not end there.
Before the ESL Pro League Long Season, the team failed the following events: IEM Masters Dallas 2023 (TOP-12), Thunderpick World Championship 2023 (TOP-16), and Gamers8 2023 (TOP-16).
- FURIA line-up: yuurih, arT, KSCERATO, FalleN, chelo .
Just before the ESL Pro League Season 18 Long Round, FURIA played at Pinnacle Cup V, where they managed to reach the Top 2. This was the most breakthrough result since the American RMR.
At ESL Pro League Season 18 FURIA played in Basket A. They got to the bottom net after the first round, and from there they went to the last chance net after the second round. There they cameback, defeating Grayhound and GamerLegion, thus getting their slot in the play-offs.
However, they didn't manage to play in the play-offs for long. In the first round Furia Ledge and MOUZ, who became ESL Pro League S18 champions. It's a shame to lose in the first round, but to lose to the champion - not so much.
Before the Long Sogpeg Roobet Cup Furia attended two more championships. These were BLAST Premier: Fall American Showdown 2023 and BGS Esports 2023. At BLAST Furia Ledgeili Complexity, but the local BGS Esports 2023 won without much difficulty.
FURIA Mapple
The best map of FURIA remains Vertigo, the Brazilians played there 5 times and won in 3 maps. Next comes Mirage, already with 7 games and 4-3 stats.
Neutral choice for Furia will be Nuke and Ancient. There the Brazilians have 6 maps and the score is 3-3 on each.
The worst goes to Overpass (2-3) and Inferno (1-2).
Heroic Form
We continue the match analysis with an analysis of Heroic's form. In this match, the until recently top Danish club is playing as an outsider, with odds to win at around 2.5. All this is the result of fresh transfers in Heroic.
All year Heroic have barely left the championship pedestal. It all started with BLAST Premier: Spring Groups 2023, where Heroic took the top 4.
Then there 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: dupreeh, TeSeS, sjuush, Chr1zN, sirahcs .
Heroic have maintained their fighting lineup for over a year. All players have a KD greater than one, but the headliner is stavn, who has 1.13.
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, but failed to move beyond 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 the score 16-10.
In the previous match Heroic met GamerLegion. Despite GL's seemingly lacklustre 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.
Before the Roobet Cup a real clowning started in Heroic. First, cadiaN left the roster, who was essentially kicked out by his own teammates in the form of stavn and jabbi. And after that a couple sat on the bench, waiting for a move to Astralis. It so happened that two members of MOUZ youth team - Chr1zN and sirahcs - play for Heroic on Roobet.
In the renewed roster we managed to debut with a victory. They managed to beat Aurora with a score of 2-1.
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.
History of head-to-head meetings between Heroic and Furia
The last time the teams played each other was at Rio Major 2023. Heroic won that time (2-1).
Predicted result of the match Heroic - Furia
Considering the mess that is going on in Heroic's roster, I think it will be very difficult for them in this match. However, I believe in their ability to take at least a card. The young MOUZ are playing with vigour and will do their best with their motivation.
Bottom line: +1.5 on Heroic.