FaZe vs. Players Preview & Prediction- Free 4/05 CS: GO

This Tuesday, the opponents will clash at the Playoffs round 1 in the ESL Pro League Season 15 tournament. This event had 24 teams which have been reduced to 8 teams battling for the top prize of $175,000. The winner of this duel will advance to the semis while the losing side will exit with a prize of $12,000. Playoff matches are played in a single-elimination bracket, best-of-three series except for the grand final which is a best-of-five.

FaZe Team Stats and Latest Results

FaZe Clan ranks #2 in the world ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 57 weeks. The team from International managed 3 wins out of their 5 matches in the group stage of the ESL Pro League Season 15 tournament to advance to the playoffs. Before this, they won the IEM Katowice 2022 and were awarded $400,000. The team was also part of the BLAST Premier Spring Groups 2022 which ended on Feb 6th, 2022, and received $27,500 plus a spot at the Spring Final for finishing 1-3rd. The team has attained a win rate of 77.8% over the last 3 months and won 7 out of their last 10 matches.

Map performance in the last 3 months shows an excellent win rate on Ancient (100.0%), Nuke (80.0%), Mirage (71.4%), Inferno (66.7%), Overpass (66.7%), and Dust2 (57.1%). The team’s roster consists of rain (1.10 player rating), broky (1.10), Twistzz (1.13), ropz (1.15), and karrigan (0.90).

Players Team Stats and Latest Results

Players team is currently ranked #3 in the world ranking. The team started their matches in the group stage of the ongoing ESL Pro League Season 15 tournament on a negative note; having lost sponsors due to the ongoing invasion of the Russian government to Ukraine. Nevertheless, they managed 4 wins out of their 5 matches and finished 2nd in Group C. They defeated Party Astronauts (2:0), BIG (2:0), GODSENT (2:1), and Liquid (2:0). Their win rate currently stands at 80%.

Their best-played maps include Ancient (66%-win rate), Mirage (100%), and Vertigo (100%). Additionally, they attained an average performance on Inferno (50%). Their roster is dominated by Russian nationalities and includes interz (1.04 player rating), sh1ro (1.35), nafany (0.94), Ax1Le (1.24), and HObbit (1.16).

FaZe vs. Players H2H Record

The guys at Players have played against FaZe when they were still under Gambit team. They met on 3 occasions and FaZe has won twice.

FaZe vs. Players Betting Preview

Both teams have won 3 consecutive matches and also have impressive stats on the maps. FaZe Clan leads on Inferno, Nuke, and Overpass while Players has an advantage on Dust2, Mirage, Vertigo, and Ancient. A comparison of both teams’ rosters shows that Players is better and might win this matchup. Nevertheless, we expect FaZe Clan to fight back. Since the match will be played in the best-of-three series, we are predicting at least 3 maps and a win for Players.

The Pick: Players to win/ Over 2.5 maps.