Evil Geniuses vs. ViCi, Preview, & Prediction - Free 7/07 CS: GO

The opponents meet at the IEM Cologne 2021 Play-In tournament this Wednesday. The winner of this match will progress to the lower round 2 to play mousesports and the loser will be dropped. ViCi is the favorite to win.

Evil Geniuses Team Stats and Latest Results

Evil Geniuses is placed 21st on the global ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 107 weeks. They joined the IEM Cologne 2021 Play-In tournament based on their performance at the Road to Cologne NA. At the IEM Cologne 2021 Play-In, they lost their first match when they played FaZe and were dropped to the lower bracket. Generally, the team has performed dismally since the year started and the best performance they displayed was at the Snow Sweet Snow 3 where they finished 3-4th. Meanwhile, they lost all matches at the BLAST Premier Spring Final 2021 and finished 7-8th at the cs_summit 8 tournament. In the last 8 matches, they have won 2 matches and lost 6. Their win rate is 23.1%.

Map win rate in the last 3 months show that the team has been impressive on Train (100.0%) and displayed an average performance on Mirage (50.0%) and Vertigo (50.0%). There was a below-average performance on Inferno (28.6%), Dust2 (20.0%), Overpass (16.7%), and Nuke (0.0%). The team lineup consists of MICHU (1.00), stanislaw (0.94), Brehze (1.12), CeRq (1.09), and oBo (1.06).

ViCi Team Stats and Latest Results

ViCi is ranked 148th on the global ranking. They played their first match at the IEM Cologne 2021 Play-In tournament unprepared on Mirage and for that reason lost 16:10 to Complexity. They have been inactive this year and only participated at the Perfect World League Season 1 2021 in April. They defeated TYLOO at the grand final of Perfect World League Season 1 2021 and won the top prize of $30,000 plus 1600 RMR Points. Considering the last 8 matches, they have won 6 matches and lost 2. Their win rate stands at 77.8%.

Map win statistics in the last 3 months show that the Chinese team has been impressive on Vertigo (100.0%), Train (75.0%), Mirage (66.7%), Inferno (66.7%), Nuke (66.7%), and Overpass (66.7%). The team lineup consists of advent (0.91), zhokiNg (1.10), aumaN (1.10), Kaze (1.23), and JamYoung (1.20).

Evil Geniuses vs. ViCi H2H Record

The opponents have never met in any match and this will be their first head-to-head record.

Evil Geniuses vs. ViCi Betting Preview

Evil Geniuses is currently in deplorable form because they lost their last 5 matches. At the same time, they failed to achieve a 30 percent win rate in all their maps. ViCi on the other hand is back to business after a long holiday. They have a 67 percent win rate in both Mirage, Inferno, Nuke, and Overpass. For that reason, we believe the Chinese team will win.

The Pick: ViCi to win.