Match Prediction: FaZe Clan - Virtus.pro | CS2 (CS:GO)
Gamers8 2023We continue to analyse the fights of the first round of the LAN-tournament Gamers8 2023. Then we move on to the confrontation between the European team FaZe Clan and the Russians from Virtus.pro. The winner will advance in the tournament grid, and the loser will finish his participation in the championship. The format of the match is bo3. Which of the participants will play their first and last match at Gamers8 2023? Let's find out.
In this betting tipNNEW you will find out how the participants of this match perform in the course of the current year, how they played their previous professional tournament, as well as how this match will end.
FaZe Clan uniforms
FaZe Clan are having a generally successful season, primarily financially, although they have slipped a little bit recently. They started the season with a 1st-3rd place finish at BLAST Premier: Spring Groups 2023 and $27,500. Their performance at Intel Extreme Masters Katowice 2023 ended with 7th-8th place and $24,000 in prize money. The main achievement this year for FaZe Clan team can already be confidently called the championship at ESL Pro League Season 17, which brought not only $200,000, but also the victory in the fourth season of Intel Grand Slam, and this is an additional $1,000,000 in prize money. Among the big events, BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023 is also worth mentioning. There FaZe Clan took the 5th-8th places and earned $45,000. Then Intel Extreme Masters Dallas 2023 ended for karrigan and his teammates on 3-4th place, this result brought $20,000. At BLAST Premier: Spring Final 2023, FaZe Clan finished in 5th-6th place in the standings and earned an additional $20,000 in prize money. The European club travelled to BLAST Premier: Fall Groups 2023 where they finished in 1st-3rd place, earned $27,500 and received a slot in BLAST Premier: Fall Final 2023.
Before participating in Gamers8 2023, FaZe Clan took part in the Intel Extreme Masters Cologne 2023. The European club skipped the Play-In stage and went straight to the group stage of the championship. In Group B FaZe Clan first defeated Ninjas in Pyjamas with the score 2:1 (Mirage - 14-16, Overpass - 16-5, Nuke - 16-7). After that karrigan and his teammates Ledge and G2 Esports on two maps in a row in the semifinals of the top grid and dropped to the semifinals of the losers' grid. There FaZe Clan lost to Natus Vincere with the score 0:2 and finished their participation in the tournament. The 9th-12th place at Intel Extreme Masters Cologne 2023 provided the Europeans with $16,000 prize money.
Statistics of FaZe Clan's last results:
- Defeat by Natus Vincere with the score 0:2
- 0:2 loss to G2 Esports
- Victory over Ninjas in Pyjamas with the score 2:1
- 2:0 win over Team Liquid
- 2:0 win over G2 Esports
Virtus.pro uniform
Russian esports club Virtus.pro cannot boast of much activity on the professional scene this year. The collective started its active activity in March with a 5-8th place on BetBoom Playlist. Urbanistic, which brought the VP $5,000. Qualification for the only and last Major on CS:GO, BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023: European RMR A, ended in failure for Virtus.pro. After that, another tournament from BetBoom, the BetBoom Playlist. Freedom, also saw Virtus.pro earn $5,000 for 5th-8th place in the standings. Virtus.pro's breakthrough came at ESL Challenger Katowice 2023, where the team emerged victorious and won the $50,000 grand prize. The FiReLEAGUE Battle 2023 showdown between VP and 9z Team ended with Virtus.pro winning the $100,000 prize money. At CCT Online Finals #2, the Russian team was victorious and won $100,000 by defeating Team Spirit in the tournament finals with a 2-0 score.
The last professional event Virtus.pro participated in was the European Open Qualification for the Intel Extreme Masters Sydney 2023. First, Virtus.pro defeated Academy Cybersport XP 16-5 on the Vertigo map. Next, VP outlasted The Prodigies with a 16-10 score on Anubis. A 16-12 win over EYEBALLERS on Vertigo secured the team's passage to the fourth round of qualification. On Inferno, the Russians lost to ThunderFlash with a score of 12-16 and finished their participation in Intel Extreme Masters Sydney 2023: European Open Qualifier #2.
Statistics of Virtus.pro's latest results:
- Defeat by ThunderFlash with a score of 12-16
- 16-12 win over EYEBALLERS
- Victory over The Prodigies with the score 16-10
- A 16-5 win over Academy Cybersport XP.
- Defeat by Looking4Org with the score 0:2
History of FaZe Clan - Virtus.pro matches
Since the beginning of the current year the participants of this match have not played against each other on the professional stage.
Predicted result of the match FaZe Clan - Virtus.pro
Despite the good results in recent times, Virtus.pro clearly outclass FaZe Clan by the level of play and results. Let's bet on the victory of FaZe Clan team.
Bookmakers & Statistics
According to leading bookmakers predictions, the team Virtus.pro are the favorite with average odds 1.983 at the moment. Respectively, bookmakers consider FaZe Clan to be the outsider of the match with odds on a victory in the sum of about 2.726.
What are the successes of the teams in the last games
Last Matches | FaZe Clan | Virtus.pro |
5 matches (wins) | 3 | 5 |
10 matches (wins) | 5 | 7 |
It will also be necessary to mention the history of face-to-face meetings between the opponents.
The competitors have held 25 matches.
In these battles FaZe Clan got 15 victories while Virtus.pro managed to take 10 matches.