forZe vs Virtus Pro

forZe ranked #26 from Russia are clashing against Virtus.pro ranked #24 from CIS in the CIS Cup - BLAST Premier Qualifier that has eight teams competing for the prize pool of 1 spot at BLAST Premier Spring EU Showdown. The tournament is played online, and this is the best of 3 grand final type of match.

forZe map performance in the last three months: Mirage is at 66,7% win rate on 18 played maps - WON/TIED/LOST - 12/0/6, Inferno 63,6% on 22 played maps 14/0/8, Nuke 61,1% on 18 played maps 11/0/7, Dust2 54,5% on 11 played maps 6/0/5, Train 54,5% on 11 played maps 6/0/5, Overpass 28,6% on seven played maps 2/0/5, and Vertigo with 0,0% win rate on only one played maps 0/0/1.

They played 34 maps in May and won 21, converted, they played 16 matches and won ten. In April, they played 31 maps and won 17; in other words, they played 14 games and won eight. During March, they played 20 maps and won 12, converted, they played eight games and won five. In February, they played three maps and won one.

Virtus.pro map highlights in the previous three months: Inferno is at 91,7% win rate on 12 played maps - WIN/DREW/LOSS - 11/0/1, Dust2 70,0% on ten played maps 7/0/3, Mirage 45,5% on 11 played maps 5/0/6, Train 44,4% on nine played maps 4/0/5, Vertigo 44,4% on nine played maps 4/0/5, and Overpass with 27,3% win rate on 11 played maps 3/0/8.

They played 32 maps in May and won 19, converted, they played 14 matches and won eight. In April, they played 26 maps and won 15; in other words, they played 12 games and won seven. In March, they played four maps and won none.

OK, so forZe finished as 1st in Group A with two wins and +19 round difference, while Virtus.pro finished as 1st in Group B with two wins and +17 round difference. The winner here advances to the main event, so we can expect a good matchup here. forZe won 5/5 last matches while VP won 3/5, but VP is ranked better two placements, but then again, YEKINDAR played less than 5 matches with the core team. Stats say that all five Virtus.pro players on this event have a positive rating, while only Jerry from forZe is has a negative score. Average round lost in wins for forZe is 10,64, and average round won in losses is 11,14, while for Virtus.pro average round lost in wins is 10,03, and average round won in losses is 11,48. forZe first pick is Inferno with a 64% win rate on 22 played maps while their first ban is Overpass, where they have a 29% win rate on seven played maps. On the other side, Virtus.pro first pick is also Inferno where they have a 92% win rate on 12 played maps, and their first ban is Nuke, obviously where they have 0% win rate on zero played maps. The head-to-head score is 10 wins for forZe and 10 wins for Virtus.pro, while the last three games went in favor of forZe 3-0.

I will go with forZe to win.

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