forZe vs. BLUEJAYS Preview & Prediction- Free 1/26 CS: GO

The opponents will cross paths at the Thunderpick Bitcoin Series 2022 tournament this Wednesday. Thunderpick Bitcoin Series is an online CS:GO tournament with a prize pool of $75,000. The best team will receive a top prize of $40,000.

forZe Team Stats and Latest Results

forZe is ranked 22nd in the world ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 41 weeks. The Russian team is currently part of the Malta Vibes Knockout Series 5 tournament and won their first match against Entropiq Prague (2:0). Considering their performance in past events, they won the KeyDrop Cup 1 and Exeedme Revolution 2021 then came 5-6th at the ESL Challenger Anaheim 2022 Europe Closed Qualifier. In the last 8 matches, they have won 4 games and hold a win rate of 54.5%.

Map win statistics in the last 3 months shows that the team has been impressive on Mirage (66.7%), Nuke (62.5%), Inferno (60.0%), and Dust2 (57.1%). On the other hand, they failed to show a decent win rate on Ancient (47.1%), Overpass (37.5%), and Vertigo (0.0%). The team has maintained 1 line-up over the last 3 months that consists of Jerry (1.06), zorte (1.12), shalfey (1.09), KENSI (1.06), and Norwi (0.96).

BLUEJAYS Team Stats and Latest Results

BLUEJAYS is ranked 34th in the world ranking. The team recently finished 2nd at the Funspark ULTI 2021 Europe Playoffs 2 and were awarded $10,000. They also won the IESF World Championship 2021 and received $10,000. At the Funspark ULTI 2021 Europe Regional Series 4, they failed to advance to the grand final after losing to K23 (2:1) in the semi-finals. They have attained a 64.0%-win rate over the last 3 months and won 5 out of their last 8 games.

Map win statistics in the past 3 months shows that the team has been impressive on Inferno (73.3%), Mirage (72.2%), and Vertigo (57.1%). On the other hand, they failed to show a decent win rate on Ancient (50.0%), Dust2 (50.0%), Nuke (25.0%), and Overpass (0.0%). They have a line-up that includes stYleEeZ (1.02), aidKiT (1.03), dan1 (1.00), CacaNito (1.13), and kyxsan (1.04).

forZe vs. BLUEJAYS H2H Record

The opponents have never met in any tournament and this will be their first H2H encounter.

forZe vs. BLUEJAYS Betting Preview

forZe has a better ranking in the world ranking than BLUEJAYS and this will give them an advantage in this upcoming matchup. Considering their performance on the maps, forZe leads on Dust2, Nuke, and Overpass while BLUEJAYS has shown better performance on Mirage, Inferno, Vertigo, and Ancient. Therefore, we expect BLUEJAYS to win but forZe will snatch a map.

The Pick: BLUEJAYS to win/ Over 2.5 maps