Vitality vs. G2 Preview & Prediction - Free 12/04 CS: GO

The rivals will cross paths at the Upper final in the ongoing IEM Winter 2021 tournament. The winner of this tournament will advance to the Playoffs (Single Elimination Bracket) while the loser will be dropped to the Lower final. The best team in the tournament will be awarded $100,000.

Vitality Team Stats and Latest Results

Vitality is second in the world ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 114 weeks. The French team defeated MOUZ (19:16) at the Upper Bracket (opening round) and NIP (2:0) at the upper semi-finals of the ongoing IEM Winter 2021. This shows that the team is in high spirits and will make it to the second stage if they maintain this performance. Considering their performance in past events, they finished 3rd at the IEM Fall 2021 Europe, 5-8th at the PGL Major Stockholm 2021, and 2nd at the BLAST Premier Fall Final 2021. In the last 8 matches, the team won 5 matches and hold a win rate of 71.4%.

Map performance over the last 3 months shows that the team has been impressive on Vertigo (77.8%), Mirage (72.7%), Dust2 (66.7%), Inferno (61.5%), and Nuke (58.3%). On the flip-side, they failed to show a decent win rate on Overpass (42.9%). The team has a line-up that includes shox (1.03), apEX (1.03), ZywOo (1.32), misutaaa (1.00), and Kyojin (0.93).

G2 Team Stats and Latest Results

G2 Team is ranked 3rd in the world ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 113 weeks. The team won 7 out of their last 8 matches and this means they are on an upswing. At the ongoing IEM Winter 2021 tournament, they defeated TYLOO (16:13) in the opening round and Liquid (2:0) in the upper semi-finals. They finished 6th at the IEM Fall 2021 Europe, 5-8th at the BLAST Premier Fall Showdown 2021, and 2nd at the PGL Major Stockholm 2021. The team also won the Battle of Betway 2021 in October. Their win rate currently stands at 69.2%.

Map win statistics in the last 3 months shows that the team has been impressive on Cobblestone (100.0%), Train (100.0%), Tuscan (100.0%), Mirage (76.9%), Inferno (62.5%), Ancient (60.0%), and Nuke (57.1%). On the other hand, their performance was weak on Dust2 (50.0%), Vertigo (33.3%), and Cache (0.0%). Their line-up consists of JaCkz (0.94), NiKo (1.20), huNter- (1.13), kennyS (0.87), and AmaNEk (1.02).

Vitality vs. G2 H2H Record

The opponents have met on 4 occasions. So far, G2 has won in 3 meetings while Vitality has only won in 1 encounter. Their last H2H meeting was at the IEM Summer 2021 and G2 won 2:0.

Vitality vs. G2 Betting Preview

This is a clash of the titans and fanatics should expect a fantastic Saturday when these two meet. Vitality won 5 out of their last 8 matches while G2 has only lost 1 match after their last 8 games. Considering their performance on the maps, Vitality leads on Dust2, Nuke, Overpass, and Vertigo while G2 leads on Mirage, Inferno, and Ancient. Based on this, we believe Vitality will win but G2 will snatch 1 map.

The Pick: Vitality to win/ Over 2.5 maps.