Stars Horizon vs. FURIA Academy Preview & Prediction- Free 2/04 CS: GO

Gamers Club Liga Serie A is an online tournament organized by Gamers Club (CS:GO profile of the largest gaming platform in Latin America). This tournament features a prize pool of $1,640. Matches are played in a Double-Elimination format with all games played in the best-of-three series. The winner of this duel will progress to the grand final while the loser will be dropped to the Consolidated final.

Stars Horizon Team Stats and Latest Results

Stars Horizon is ranked 162nd in the world ranking. They defeated Redragon (2:0) at the Upper semi-finals and progressed to the Upper final where they will meet FURIA Academy. Considering their performance in past events, they finished 5-6th at the CBCS Masters 2021, 9-12th at the BLAST Rising 2021 Latin America, and 4th at the Liga Gamers Club 2021 Serie A December Cup. The team attained a 44.4%-win rate over the last 3 months and won 3 out of their last 8 matches.

Map win statistics in the last 3 months shows that the team has attained an excellent performance on Nuke (100.0%). At the same time, their win rate was average on Inferno (50.0%) and Overpass (50.0%) but dismal on Vertigo (33.3%), Dust2 (33.3%), and Ancient (0.0%). Their line-up consists of GYZER (0.93), lukz (1.11), vLa (1.10), UnK (1.07), and hoax (0.95).

FURIA Academy Team Stats and Latest Results

FURIA Academy is currently ranked 157th in the world ranking. The academy team is currently in bad shape because they have only managed 2 wins from their last 8 games. At the WePlay Academy League Season 3, they won 1 out of their 9 matches and finished 9-10th. The Brazilian team also finished 5-8th at the BLAST Rising 2021 Latin America and 3rd at the Liga Gamers Club 2021 Serie A November Cup. At the ongoing Liga Gamers Club 2022 Serie A January Cup, they defeated Black Dragons (2:0) in the Upper semi-finals. Their win rate over the last 3 months stands at 27.8%.

Map win statistics in the last 3 months shows that the team has been impressive on Overpass (75.0%) but failed to impress on Inferno (50.0%), Nuke (40.0%), Mirage (36.4%), Dust2 (33.3%), and Vertigo (0.0%). The team has a line-up that consists of zmb (0.93), kauez (1.08), decenty (1.08), HPS (0.90), and bruninho (0.82).

Stars Horizon vs. FURIA Academy H2H Record

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

Stars Horizon vs. FURIA Academy Betting Preview

FURIA Academy is the favorite in this encounter because they have an advantage on the maps and have a slightly better position in the world ranking. FURIA Academy leads on Overpass, Inferno, and Mirage while Stars Horizon has shown better performance on Nuke and Vertigo. In this duel, we expect FURIA Academy to take advantage of their stats on the maps and win.

The Pick: FURIA Academy to win.