Vitality vs. Evil Geniuses Preview & Prediction- Free 1/30 CS: GO

Vitality and Evil Geniuses will cross paths at the BLAST Premier Spring Groups 2022 tournament this Sunday. The winner of this match will advance to the upper final in Group C while the loser will be dropped to the lower bracket (consolidated final). The top 3 teams at this tournament will get $27,500 plus a spot at the Spring Final.

Vitality Team Stats and Latest Results

Vitality is ranked 3rd in the world ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 97 weeks. The team was part of the recently concluded BLAST Premier World Final 2021 tournament and was awarded $120,000 for taking 3rd place. They also received $85,000 for finishing 2nd at the BLAST Premier Fall Final 2021 and $100,000 for winning the IEM Winter 2021 tournament. Nevertheless, they failed to advance to the Semi-finals of the PGL Major Stockholm 2021 after losing to Natus Vincere (2:0) at the quarter-finals. They have attained a 61.9%-win rate over the last 3 months and won 5 out of their last 8 games.

Map win statistics in the last 3 months shows that they have been impressive on Mirage (80.0%), Dust2 (60.0%), and Nuke (60.0%) but failed to impress on Vertigo (50.0%), Inferno (44.4%), and Overpass (33.3%). Their line-up consists of apEX (1.03), misutaaa (0.99), ZywOo (1.32), Magisk (1.01), and dupreeh (1.02).

Evil Geniuses Team Stats and Latest Results

Evil Geniuses is currently unranked in the world ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 32 weeks. The team has been inactive for the last 3 months and is coming back after revamping its roster. They featured at the PGL Major Stockholm 2021 in October 2021, lost all their matches and finished 15-16th. Considering their performance in other events, they finished 10-12th at the BLAST Premier Fall Groups 2021, 5th at the IEM Fall 2021 North America, and 9-16th at the BLAST Premier Fall Showdown 2021. Out of their last 8 matches, they managed 4 wins followed by 4 consecutive losses.

Since the team has been inactive for the last 3 months, there are no stats on the map performance. Meanwhile, they have introduced 3 new players to their roster that includes Stewie2K (0.95 player rating), RUSH (0.87), and autimatic. Other players are Brehze (0.96) and CeRq (0.95).

Vitality vs. Evil Geniuses H2H Record

The opponents have crossed paths on 2 occasions and each side won once. Their last encounter was at the 2021 PGL Major Stockholm and Vitality won 2:1.

Vitality vs. Evil Geniuses Betting Preview

Evil Geniuses is coming back after a long period of inactivity and this means that they will take some time before they can bounce back and win. At the same time, they are meeting Vitality who are in great form and finished 3rd at the recently concluded BLAST Premier World Final 2021 tournament. Therefore, we are predicting a win for Vitality in this matchup.

The Pick: Vitality to win.