Match Prediction: Cloud9 - Vitality | CS2 (CS:GO)

After the opening matches of Group A of the BLAST Premier: World Final 2023, we move on to the winner-take-all matchup between Cloud9 and Team Vitality. The winner will advance to the play-offs semi-finals, while the loser will have to start their journey to the final stage with the quarter-finals. The format of the match is bo3. Will ZywOo and the team win their second win in a row at the tournament? We will find out very soon.

In this betting thread you will find out how the participants of this match perform in the current year, how they did in their previous professional tournament, as well as how this match will end.

Cloud9's form.

Cloud9 have attended almost every major international tournament this year and are performing quite well. The year started for the Russian squad with a 13th-16th place finish at Intel Extreme Masters Katowice 2023 and $10,000 in prize money. Winning the RES Eastern European Masters: Spring 2023 ensured their participation in BLAST Premier: Spring European Showdown 2023. The next major championship in which Cloud9 participated was ESL Pro League Season 17, where the team finished second and earned $90,000. After that, HObbit and his teammates won the BLAST Premier: Spring European Showdown 2023 to take home the $20,000 grand prize and a trip to the Spring Final. BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023 Cloud9 missed out after failing in the European RMR Decider against FaZe Clan. The 3-4th place at Intel Extreme Masters Rio 2023 provided the Russian squad with another $20,000. Cloud9 won the Brazy Party and received an impressive $133,000. Next, the team headed to a series of LAN tournaments. At the Intel Extreme Masters Dallas 2023 and BLAST Premier: Spring Final 2023, C9 did not play their best and finished in 7th-8th place in the standings, earning a total of $16,000 in prize money. Heading to Cologne for the Intel Extreme Masters Cologne 2023, HObbit and the team finished in 5th-6th place for $40,000. A major tournament in Saudi Arabia, Gamers8 2023, ended with Cloud9 in 5th-8th place in the standings. Triumphs at RES Eastern European Masters: Fall 2023 and BLAST Premier: Fall European Showdown 2023 earned C9 $20,000 and a slot at the Fall Final. Unlike Season 17, ESL Pro League Season 18 was a complete failure for the Russian squad. The 21st-28th places earned a consolation prize of $8,000. At the Intel Extreme Masters Sydney 2023, Cloud9 took 9th-12th place in the standings and earned $5,000. The team was able to finish in the top 4 at Thunderpick World Championship 2023 and received $50,000 in prize money. The 3-4th place finish at BLAST Premier: Fall Final 2023 provided the players with $40,000 in prize money.

The previous professional tournament for Cloud9 was the BetBoom Dacha. According to the results of the draw, the team was placed in Group A. In the opening game HObbit and team outplayed GamerLegion with the score 2:0 (Overpass - 13-5, Mirage - 13-3). The match against MIBR ended with a 1:2 defeat for C9. In the decisive match Cloud9 Ledge and BetBoom Team on two maps in a row and finished their participation in the tournament on the 5th-6th line of the standings, remaining without prize money.

At BLAST Premier: World Final 2023, Cloud9 started their journey in Group A of the draw. In the opening game, HObbit and crew outplayed ENCE by two maps to a row (Ancient - 13-4, Overpass - 16-13).

Cloud9's recent results stats:

• 2-0 win over ENCE
• Defeat by BetBoom Team 0:2
• 1:2 defeat to MIBR
• 2:0 win over GamerLegion
• 1:2 defeat by Team Vitality

Team Vitality uniform

The start of the season for Team Vitality was far from the best. The European team started this year with 1-3rd place at BLAST Premier: Spring Groups 2023, followed by 5th-8th place at Intel Extreme Masters Katowice 2023 and ESL Pro League Season 17. But then ZywOo and his teammates were able to pick up their form and win the Intel Extreme Masters Rio 2023 and BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023, earning a combined $600,000 in prize money at those two events. In BLAST Premier: Spring Final 2023, Team Vitality finished in second place at the tournament and won $85,000. BLAST Premier: Fall Groups 2023 finished in 4th-6th place for Vitality, which earned them $17,500 in prize money and a slot in BLAST Premier: Fall Final 2023. ZywOo and his team also participated in the Intel Extreme Masters Cologne 2023 where they finished in 3rd-4th place and won $80,000. At Gamers8 2023, a LAN event in Saudi Arabia with a prize pool of $1,000,000, Team Vitality was victorious and earned the top prize of $400,000. Vitality also competed at ESL Pro League Season 18, where they managed to finish in the top 8. The 5th-8th places in the standings provided the players with $35,000 in prize money. At the Intel Extreme Masters Sydney 2023, Team Vitality finished in the top 16 and received a consolation prize of $4,000.

Team Vitality's previous professional tournament was BLAST Premier: Fall Final 2023. Upon arriving at the championship, ZywOo and his team were placed in Group B. Team Vitality outplayed Heroic in the opening match with a 2-0 result (Nuke - 13-6, Inferno - 13-9). After that Vitality defeated Complexity Gaming in a complete bo3 series (Anubis - 13-2, Nuke - 13-16, Inferno - 13-7) and qualified for the semi-final play-offs. The French club defeated Cloud9 with a 2-1 win (Mirage - 16-13, Nuke - 9-13, Inferno - 13-11). In the decisive match Team Vitality defeated FaZe Clan on two maps in a row (Vertigo - 13-3, Nuke - 13-11) and became the champions of the competition. This performance provided the team with $200,000 in prize money and a ticket to BLAST Premier: World Final 2023.

Team Vitality Long Competed at BLAST Premier: World Final 2023 in Group A with a 2-0 win over Natus Vincere (Anubis - 13-8, Overpass - 13-6). Thus the European club travelled to the match.

Statistics of Team Vitality's latest results:

• Victory over Natus Vincere with a score of 2:0
• Victory over FaZe Clan with the score 2:0
• Victory over Cloud9 with the score 2:1
• Victory over Complexity Gaming with the score 2:1
• Victory over Heroic with the score 2:0

Match history of Cloud9 - Team Vitality

Since the beginning of this year, the participants of this match have played against each other four times. All four matches were won by Team Vitality. Last time the teams met in BLAST Premier: Fall Final 2023, then in the semi-finals of the tournament Vitality defeated Cloud9 with a score of 2:1 (Mirage - 16-13, Nuke - 9-13, Inferno - 13-11).

Predicted result of the match Cloud9 - Team Vitality

Team Vitality won their previous tournament and have systematically defeated Cloud9 this year. Let's bet on the victory of Team Vitality.