Match Prediction: Heroic - Team Liquid | Counter-Strike (CS2)

Heroic and Team Liquid will meet in the third round of the BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023 for one of the first play-offs of the championship.

The Danish team is probably one of the few that doesn't surprise at all and plays the way everyone expects them to. In general, Heroic quite deserves to go to the play-offs, and in terms of play the team clearly outclasses their opponent.

As for Team Liquid, the victory over NAVI has raised the quotations of the Liquid, but not so much as to immediately throw their caps up. So here I would lean on Team Heroic to win.

Heroic's form

The world number one team played solidly in the BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023 Europe RMR B, where they managed to pick up three solid wins over 500, Aurora Gaming and Monte to earn an easy slot in the "legends".

Next up for the Danish squad was IEM Rio 2023, where it marked a loss to BIG in the group, before reaching the final and Ledgeil by Vitality without a chance.

As for Long Sogpeg in the BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023, here Heroic went through FaZe Clan and Apeks without much difficulty to reach the quite expected result.

Heroic's latest results:

• A 2-1 victory over FURIA.
• Victory over Natus Vincere 2-0.
• 0-2 defeat of Vitality.
• Defeated FaZe Clan 16-7.
• 16-10 win over Apeks.

Top scores for Heroic:

• Mirage - 100% wins.
• Ancient - 100% wins.
• Overpass - 67% wins.
• Vertigo - 67% wins.
• Nuke - 67% wins.
• Inferno - 56% wins.

It should not be forgotten that the Danish team continues to give up on Anubis.

Team Liquid form

The seventh team in the world rankings almost dropped out of the BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023 Challengers Stage as they lost to Apeks and FORZE in BO1 already on the first day of the championship.

However, the North American squad then emerged from their coma, first defeating Fluxo and then with victories over Complexity Gaming and Grayhound Gaming, knocking out a trip to "legends".

But most of all The International ere, Team Liquid continued to surprise further as the team shut out both 9INE and Natus Vincere with all that entails at the BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023 Long Conpeg main stage.

Team Liquid's latest results:

• A 2-1 win over Fluxo.
• Victory over Complexity Gaming with a score of 2-0.
• Beat Grayhound Gaming 2-0.
• Beat 9INE 16-9.
• 16-8 win over Natus Vincere.

Top scores for Team Liquid:

• Anubis - 100% wins.
• Overpass - 75% wins.
• Inferno - 71% wins.
• Mirage - 56% wins.
• Nuke - 56% wins.

In turn, the North American team continues to deny Vertigo.

Heroic - Team Liquid encounter statistics

The teams met five times last season:

• Team Liquid's 2-0 win at ESL Pro League Season 15.
• A 16-11 win for Heroic in the PGL Major Antwerp 2022.
• Team Liquid win at BLAST Premier Fall Groups 2022 2-0.
• A 2-1 victory for Heroic in the IEM Rio Major 2022.
• A 2-1 victory for Heroic in BLAST Premier Fall Final 2022.

And the teams invariably picked the Vertigo card.

Forecast for Heroic vs Team Liquid

The North American team is getting stronger with every match and the International is getting tougher, but sooner or later the rivals will start to read. And Heroic is clearly not the kind of team that will give up the initiative and will not be able to come up with a counterattack.

Moreover, the Danish team is currently playing one of the strongest games in the championship, judging by their two games. Therefore, in this case, I would recommend betting on a Heroic win.