Match Prediction: Vitality - FaZe Clan | CS2 (CS:GO)
ESL Pro League Season 17Vitality and FaZe Clan will play in the grand final of the ESL Pro League Season 17 group stage. Both teams have already secured playoff berths, but in this case, the winner of the meeting will head to the quarterfinals.
It should be noted that the French team still looks very good. It is evident that JACKZ abruptly joined the lineup and sometimes plays noticeably stronger than a year ago for G2 Esports.
In turn, FaZe Clan is too fast start in this tournament, although at a distance of five to six months the team has consistently failed in the late stages. In general, RobbaN's charges have not brought anything new, so we should not think that the guys are ready to return to the top 1.
So here, based on first impressions, I'd take a closer look at the map from Team Vitality. As long as ZywOo shoots up and the others don't switch off, the French could try to play the number one and break the favourite.
Vitality's form
The world number six team performed coolly back in the starting BLAST Premier Spring Groups 2023, where they won all three group stage matches.
Then they headed to IEM Katowice 2023 where they made it through to the play-offs, apart from losing to Heroic. However, already in the quarterfinals the team unexpectedly lost to Team Liquid and said goodbye to the tournament.
However, at the start of the group stage of ESL Pro League Season 17, Vitality is doing very well as the team has already defeated Grayhound Gaming and OG, showing an extremely confident game.
Vitality's latest results:
- A 2-1 victory over fnatic.
- Defeat to Heroic by a score of 0-2.
- 1-2 defeat of Team Liquid.
- Beat Grayhound Gaming 2-0.
- Defeated OG 2-0.
Top cards for Vitality:
- Vertigo - 100% wins.
- Inferno - 67% wins.
- Nuke - 60% wins.
- Overpass - 60% wins.
Let's not forget that the French team continues to give up on the Ancient map.
FaZe Clan shape
The fourth team in the world ranking also performed steeply in the BLAST Premier Spring Groups 2023 where they got three confident victories and won the championship.
However, the European side went down in the group stage of IEM Katowice 2023, as they failed to make the play-offs, suffering two defeats from G2 Esports and Team Liquid.
Nevertheless, at the start of the group stage of ESL Pro League Season 17 FaZe Clan have so far been doing well as the team has already managed to defeat Rooster and Ninjas in Pyjamas.
FaZe Clan's latest results:
- A 0-2 loss to G2 Esports.
- Victory over IHC Esports by a score of 2-0.
- 1-2 defeat of Team Liquid.
- Beat Rooster 2-0.
- Defeated Ninjas in Pyjamas 2-0.
FaZe Clan's best cards:
- Inferno - 88% wins.
- Ancient - 71% wins.
- Overpass - 67% wins.
- Mirage - 50% wins.
In turn, the European team continues to stand their ground, refusing to play Vertigo.
Vitality - FaZe Clan encounter statistics
The teams played six meetings within the last season:
- Vitality's victory in the BLAST Premier Spring Groups 2022 by a score of 19-15.
- Victory for FaZe Clan in BLAST Premier Spring Groups 2022 by a score of 16-10.
- FaZe Clan win at ESL Pro League Season 15 by a score of 2-0.
- Victory for FaZe Clan at PGL Major Antwerp 2022 Europe RMR A by the score 16:14.
- Defeat FaZe Clan at IEM Dallas 2022 2-0.
- A 16-6 victory for Vitality in the IEM Rio Major 2022.
And most often the teams played on Mirage and Inferno cards.
Forecast for Vitality vs FaZe Clan
For some reason I have the feeling that after a couple of cool matches FaZe Clan will slow down again. And here, the French have also picked up some good form, showing a cool game, coupled with a strong mutual understanding inside.
What's more, Vitality can pick up a few maps at once, where FaZe Clan had problems in the distance. For example, Nuke and Mirage may become such, as well as it is interesting to look at Anubis.
Therefore, in this case, I would recommend betting on the Forum on cards (+1.5) for the Vitality team.
Bookmakers & Statistics
Now, the majority of bookmaker companies believe in Vitality victory. Odds on them are equal to 2.035. According to bookmakers data, FaZe Clan are the outsider and odds on their victory amounts 2.202.
What are the successes of the teams in the last games
Last Matches | Vitality | FaZe Clan |
5 matches (wins) | 3 | 3 |
10 matches (wins) | 7 | 7 |
Also it makes sense to remember the statistics of the matches between the teams. The competitors have held 18 matches. And Vitality won 8 times while FaZe Clan correspondingly became the winner 10 times.