Match Prediction: OpTic Gaming - Virtus.pro | CS2 (CS:GO)
FACEIT Major 2018 Main QualifierThe rosters didn't meet with each other as OpTic Gaming were completed at the beginning of this year and at first they were based in North America. The collective moved to Europe only before the Minor tournament.
The guys from Virtus.Pro haven't been able to return to their champion shape for a long time and now they don't look so severe. The recent achievements of the roster are the second place at CS:GO Asia Championships 2018 and the 3-4 position at Intel Extreme Masters XIII - Shanghai. During FACEIT Major: London 2018 - New Challengers Stage the collective lost against NiP.
Meanwhile, OpTic Gaming made a great leap in their game and now they look confident even among Top teams. Starting with June, the guys managed to take the second place at DreamHack Open Summer 2018 and Europe Minor Championship - London 2018, and now they can make a lot of troubles for clear favourites, especially if we take into account the format up to one victory.OpTic Gaming turned out to be weaker than Team Liquid at the first match.
Bookmakers think that OpTic Gaming are the favourites of the competition and set the coefficient of their win equal to 1.3, while the triumph of Virtus.Pro is evaluated as 3.1. We also suppose that “Bears” have a bad shape right now and they are unlikely to show anything good at the current tournament.