Match Prediction: Heroic - Team Liquid | Counter-Strike (CS2)
IEM Rio Major 2022Heroic and Team Liquid will fight for the right to reach the playoffs of IEM Rio Major 2022. The Danish team somehow failed the day before, showing too raw a game against Cloud9.
In turn, Team Liquid got a brilliant victory over NAVI, showing a strong-willed defense game on Ancient. And in general, the North Americans are clearly playing out at the tournament, and now you can’t remember about the starting 2:16 from MOUZ.
And the statistics don't speak in favor of Heroic, which lost two BO3s to "liquid" this season. This is what I propose to build on, not forgetting the successes of Team Liquid.
Form Heroic
The seventh team in the world ranking performed quite well at the recent IEM Road to Rio 2022 Europe RMR B, and then became the winner of BLAST Premier Fall Showdown 2022 Europe.
Now the Danish team has arrived at IEM Rio Major 2022, where already on the first game day they proved to be stronger than Outsiders and fnatic. And by BO1 one could say that Heroic looks great.
But here there was a game with Cloud9, which definitely cannot be recorded as an asset of the team. On the contrary, the Danes played as badly as possible.
Heroic's latest results:
- Victory over Sangal with a score of 2:0.
- Victory over Astralis with a score of 2:0.
- Victory over the Outsiders with a score of 16:9.
- Victory over fnatic with a score of 16:2.
- Defeated by Cloud9 with a score of 0:2.
Best Heroic Maps:
- Ancient - 100% win rate.
- Nuke - 86% of wins.
- Inferno - 75% of wins.
- Mirage - 62% of wins.
Don't forget that the Danish team is still refusing the Dust 2 map.
Form Team Liquid
The third team in the world ranking became the winner of the IEM Road to Rio 2022 Americas RMR, where they got three victories, and then knocked out a ticket to the “legends” by defeating Evil Geniuses.
However, at the start of IEM Rio Major 2022, the North American team suffered a very painful defeat from MOUZ, taking only two rounds on the Inferno map.
Fortunately, Team Liquid managed to get past Sprout and NAVI, returning to the fight. Moreover, the last meeting will benefit the “liquid” also from the point of view of morality, since such comebacks are not taken just like that.
Latest Team Liquid results:
- Victory over Complexity with a score of 2:1.
- Victory over Evil Geniuses with a score of 2:0.
- Lost to MOUZ with a score of 2:16.
- Victory over Sprout with a score of 16:5.
- Victory over NAVI with a score of 16:14.
The best maps of Team Liquid:
- Ancient - 86% of wins.
- Mirage - 80% of wins.
- Inferno - 75% of wins.
- Dust 2 - 60% of wins.
- Overpass - 57% of wins.
- Vertigo - 50% of wins.
In turn, the North American team continues to ban Nuke.
Heroic vs Team Liquid match statistics
As part of the current season, the teams held three meetings:
- The victory of Team Liquid within the framework of ESL Pro League Season 15 with a score of 2:0.
- Heroic's victory at PGL Major Antwerp 2022 with a score of 16:11.
- The victory of Team Liquid within BLAST Premier Fall Groups 2022 with a score of 2:0.
Note that in all three matches the teams played on the Vertigo map.
Prediction for the match Heroic — Team Liquid
If we start from the BO3 played, then there Team Liquid ran over the Danes without a chance, who barely gained 8-10 rounds. In addition, the day before Heroic failed in the game with Cloud9 and again failed to pull herself together.
In turn, the North American team began to adapt to the pace of the championship, and the local public openly supports them. Therefore, in this case, I would recommend betting on Team Liquid to win.
heroic:
World ranking - 7
Win rate for 3 months - 70.8%
Best maps in 3 months - Ancient(100% for 3 maps), Nuke(85.7% for 7 maps), Inferno(75% for 12 maps), Mirage(62.5% for 8 maps), Vertigo(50% for 6 maps)
Best player in 3 months - stavn(Rating 2.0 - 1.13)
Average age of players - 22.6
Team Liquid:
World ranking - 3
Winrate for 3 months - 76.2%
Best cards in 3 months - Ancient(85.7% for 7 cards), Mirage(80% for 5 cards), Inferno(75% for 12 cards), Dust2(60% for 5 cards), Overpass(57.1% for 7 cards), Vertigo(50% for 6 cards)
Best player in 3 months - EliGE(Rating 2.0 - 1.16)
Average age of players - 24.8
Bookmakers & Statistics
All bookmakers have agreed that Heroic is the favorite. This can be noticed because odds on them are 1.593. This number in the favor of Team Liquid amounts 6.613. Respectively, the last ones are the underdogs of the upcoming match.
Team statistics in recent matches
Last Matches | Heroic | Team Liquid |
5 matches (wins) | 4 | 4 |
10 matches (wins) | 9 | 8 |
The statistics of personal battles between teams is also important for successful bets. The participants in the battle before the meeting played 7 matches with each other. In these battles Heroic got 3 victories while Team Liquid managed to take 4 matches.