forZe vs. Gambit, Preview, & Prediction - Free 6/29 CS: GO

forZe and Gambit cross their path at the third round of the group stages. This is an important matchup because only two teams progress to the playoffs.

forZe Team Stats and Latest Results

forZe is currently ranked 16th on the global ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 116 weeks. At the Starladder CIS RMR 2021, they won their opening match against Akuma (16:4, 22:18) and we expect them to be among the 2 teams that will progress to the playoffs. Considering the last tourneys, the Russian team won ROG COLIZEUM Championship 2021 and Spring Sweet Spring 1. At the same time, they finished 1-2nd at the StarLadder CIS RMR 2021 Closed Qualifier. In the last 8 matches, they have won 6 matches and lost 2. They have a win rate of 68.0%.

Map statistics over the last 3 months indicate that forZe has been impressive on Train (100.0% win rate), Ancient (80.0%), Mirage (78.8%), Dust2 (57.1%), Overpass (55.0%), and Inferno (52.4%). On the flip-side, they failed to impress on Nuke and registered a win rate of 47.4%. They have maintained one lineup since February which consists of almazer (1.06), FL1T (1.14), Jerry (1.06), zorte (1.12), and KENSI (1.05).

Gambit Team Stats and Latest Results

Gambit has held the first position on the global ranking for 11 weeks. Since the year started, they have won 5 tournaments including; IEM Katowice 2021, Pinnacle Cup 2021, EPIC League CIS 2021, IEM Summer 2021, and BLAST Premier Spring Final 2021. They played the first match at the StarLadder CIS RMR 2021 against Nemiga and won 2-1. They also defeated Akuma in their second game (2-0). Gambit finished 2nd at the DreamHack Masters Spring 2021 and received $42,000. They have won all their last 8 matches and hold a win rate of 85.7%.

Map statistics in the last 3 months show that Gambit has been impressive on Vertigo (92.9%), Inferno (81.8%), Mirage (81.2%), Overpass (69.2%), and Dust2 (63.2%). They registered an average performance on Train (50.0%) and Ancient (50.0%). The team lineup consists of Hobbit (1.21), interz (1.00), Ax1Le (1.22), sh1ro (1.26), and nafany (1.09).

forZe vs. Gambit H2H Record

Head-to-head stats show that there have been 12 meetings between the opponents. Gambit has won in 6 matches while forZe has 6. Relative to the individual maps, forZe has 14 wins while Gambit has 13 wins.

forZe vs. Gambit Betting Preview

Gambit has displayed exceptional performance over the last two months. They are also the favorite in this matchup and hold an 11 match win streak. Gambit lost two matches at the previous RMR tournament but still managed to emerge champions. forZe only leads in one map while Gambit has 5 maps. As a result, we predict Gambit to win but forZe will snatch 1 map leading to over 2.5.

The Pick: Gambit to win/ Over 2.5 maps