Match Prediction: G2 Esports - FURIA | CS2 (CS:GO)
PGL Major Antwerp 2022G2 and FURIA will play in the fifth round of PGL Major Antwerp 2022, playing for a ticket to the championship playoffs. If you look from the side, both teams deserve to go to the quarterfinals. However, there is some feeling that G2 at this stage did not get her way, while FURIA exhausted the confidence limit with a zero loss from NIP. As a result, in this case, I look at the shooting and variability, which the G2 has more than enough.
Form G2
The fifth team of the world ranking performs ambiguously in the main stage of PGL Major Antwerp 2022. Yes, we can recall two close defeats from NAVI and Heroic, but who cares when the team is hanging in the balance from relegation. So there is also an equal game against the Outsiders, which we managed to win only on the third map. As a result, G2 shows weak CS, which, it seems to me, falls on the shoulders of the captain. And if NiKo doesn't shoot (he's not his own at this tournament), the team is in big trouble.
Latest G2 results:
- Victory over ENCE with a score of 2:1.
- Lost to NAVI with a score of 17:19.
- Victory over Imperial with a score of 16:12.
- Defeat from Heroic with a score of 17:19.
- The victory over the Outsiders with a score of 2:1.
Best G2 Maps:
- Inferno - 82% of wins.
- Dust 2 - 70% win rate.
- Vertigo - 67% of wins.
- Nuke - 50% win rate.
At the same time, we understand that the team will definitely refuse the Overpass map.
FORM FURIA
The eleventh team in the world ranking is still playing ambiguously in the PGL Major Antwerp 2022. Yes, the day before I praised the Brazilians for the interesting CS that they had in games with BIG and Team Liquid. But in the last match against NIP, the team frankly swam. And if FURIA manages to catch on aggression, the team loses confidence and starts to crawl. As a result, the team's prospects are as vague as it can be, and I don't know if arT will be able to revive his guys.
Latest FURIA results:
- Defeat from paiN with a score of 0:2.
- Defeat from Team Spirit with a score of 12:16.
- Victory over Team Liquid with a score of 16:9.
- Victory over BIG with a score of 16:10.
- Defeated by NIP with a score of 0:2.
The best FURIA cards:
- Overpass - 100% wins.
- Vertigo - 86% of wins.
- Ancient - 75% of wins.
- Mirage - 56% of wins.
Interestingly, the Brazilian team continues to refuse the Dust 2 map.
G2 meeting statistics - FURIA
As part of the current season, the teams have played one meeting - at IEM Katowice 2022, the victory went to G2 (2:1).
Forecast for the match G2 — FURIA
Another equal match, although what else can be expected from the fifth round, which decides the fate of the ticket to the playoffs. Honestly, after such a defeat from NIP, there was no confidence left in the Brazilian team.
Yes, you can remember not the most confident CS from G2. But in terms of shooting, as well as in terms of viscosity, NiKo and company are still ahead. I don't know in advance which maps will remain in the series, but the Overpass permoban will play into the hands of the Europeans. In addition, as the same match with NIP showed, the Brazilians do not succeed under pressure. Therefore, here I would recommend betting on the victory of the G2 team.
G2 vs FURIA. The teams will fight in the fifth round of the PGL Major Antwerp 2022 tournament for a place in the playoffs. The last matches before the excellent tournament grid.
G2 last matches:
Victory over ENCE (2:1)
Lost to NAVI (19:17)
Victory over Imperial (16:12)
Defeat by Heroic (19:17)
Victory over Outsiders (2:1)
Last matches FURIA:
Lost to paiN with a score (2:0)
Lost to Team Spirit with a score (16:12)
Victory over Team Liquid with a score (16:9)
Victory over BIG with a score (16:10)
Lost to NIP with a score (2:0)
Match prediction
For some fans of the Brazilian team, it was a pity to watch the Swedish team smash the Brazilians to pieces on Nuke. Then the team sort of got together and showed a worthy rebuff at Inferno. But the Swedes did not just pick this card and managed to win. G2 had very difficult matches, but nevertheless, the results show that they are not worthy of a 2:2 score. Very close matches that were won or brought to overtime. You can see great progress from the Russian sniper m0NESY. G2 should have every chance if they lose this match. I will be in complete shock, because how can you lose with such a tough squad. G2 win.
Opening
We will 17. May see G2 Esports VS FURIA in the 5th round, where one of them will be going home and one will qualify further into the champion stage. Both teams here are fantastic, but if we look at the last 5 matches from both teams. G2 Esports have some more amazing wins than FURIA does, and FURIA lost aswell to NIP 0:2 which wasn't really impressive. G2 won 2:1 over Outsiders and had some unlucky losses from Natus Vincere and Heroic, but in the end G2 will probably step it up when all the cards are open.
G2 Esports Form
G2 Esports are currently ranked as number 5th on the HLTV ranking and has some amazing win statisticts on different maps. If we look at G2's matches we can see they won 2:1 over Outsiders pretty easily and also beated ENCE in the Challenger Stage 2:1. They had some unlucky losses from Natus Vincere and Heroic with both overtime lose, but I don't think this will happen this late in the final rounds.
Best maps for G2:
—Inferno 82%
—Dust2 70%
—Vertigo 67%
—Nuke 50%
We will probably see an insta ban Overpass, where the team have not played that once in the tournament so far.
FURIA Form
FURIA is currently ranked 11th on the HLTV rankings and have a stable player base containing of yuurih, arT and KSCERATO who has all played together for over 4 years and has a lot of experience together. Although, if we look at the match history they have some less impressive results with 0:2 losing to NIP and 12:16 against Spirit. They won against Liquid and BIG with their favorite maps (Vertigo and Ancient), but G2 will probably ban either Vertigo or Ancient at their second vote ban, while FURIA will try to ban Inferno or Nuke.
Best maps for FURIA:
-Overpass 100%
-Vertigo 86%
-Ancient 75%
-Mirage 56%
Possible map pick will be Vertigo as first, and they will probably ban Inferno first, then Nuke based on statistics.
Final Prediction
Because G2 are looking strong at the moment I would go for a G2 win or maps over 2.5, they have showed us incredible plays throughout this tournament, and they also have fantastic individual players like Monesy and Niko. I think FURIA will lose to pressure and this is a huge factor G2 will have and play with more confidence.
Bookmakers & Statistics
At the moment, the majority of bookmakers unanimously see the team FURIA as the favorite of the game with average odds on a victory in the sum of 2.411. G2 Esports chances to prevail are evaluated with average odds 3.527 by bookmakers.
How the teams played in the last matches
Last Matches | G2 Esports | FURIA |
5 matches (wins) | 3 | 2 |
10 matches (wins) | 8 | 7 |
Also it makes sense to remember the statistics of the matches between the teams. The competitors have held 11 matches. In these battles G2 Esports got 7 victories while FURIA managed to take 4 matches.