Vitality vs. Spirit, Preview and Prediction-Free 8/20 CS: GO

Vitality and Spirit will meet at the group stage of the ESL Pro League Season 14. So far, Vitality has won 2 out of their 3 matches while Spirit has won 1 out of their 4 rounds at the group stage.

Vitality Stats and Latest Results

Vitality is ranked 9th on the world ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 99 weeks. At the ongoing group stage of the ESL Pro League Season 14, they have won 2 out of their 3 matches. They defeated ENCE in the first round and Bad News Bears in the second round. Nevertheless, they were not prepared on Vertigo and Inferno when they played Heroic in the third round. In other tourneys, they finished 3-4th at the IEM Summer 2021, 1-4th at the IEM Cologne 2021 Play-In, and 9-12th at the IEM Cologne 2021. Out of their last 8 matches, the French team has won 5 matches and lost 3. Currently, they have a win rate of 64.7%.

Map statistics in the last 3 months shows that the team has been impressive on Cobblestone (100.0%), Overpass (75.0%), Nuke (66.7%), Vertigo (66.7%), Mirage (60.0%), and Inferno (60.0%). On the flip-side, they failed to impress on Dust2 (33.3%). Vitality has maintained one line-up since April that consists of shox (1.03), apEX (1.03), ZywOo (1.32), misutaaa (1.00), and Kyojin (0.95).

Spirit Stats and Latest Results

Spirit is ranked 12th on the world ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 89 weeks. They have managed to win 1 match and lost 3 at the group stage of the ongoing ESL Pro League Season 14. They lost their first 3 rounds then bounced back to win their fourth round when they met Bad News Bears. Considering their performances in other tournaments, they finished 3rd at the StarLadder CIS RMR 2021 in July but lost all their matches at the IEM Cologne 2021. At the same time, they won the Pinnacle Cup II in July and were awarded $80,000. They have won 4 out of their last 8 matches and has a win rate of 55.6%.

Considering their map performance in the last 3 months, they have displayed a decent performance on Dust2 (75.0%), Overpass (63.6%), and Mirage (62.5%). On the other hand, they had an average performance on Nuke (50.0%) and Ancient (50.0%) but failed to impress on Inferno (23.1%), Train (0.0%), and Vertigo (0.0%). The team line-up includes chopper (1.02), mir (1.20), sdy (1.12), degster (1.18), and magixx (1.04).

Vitality vs. Spirit H2H Record

There are 4 head-to-head records between the opponents and both sides have 2 wins to their advantage. The last meeting was at the IEM Cologne 2021 Play-In and Vitality won 2:1.

Vitality vs. Spirit Betting Preview

Vitality has achieved a better win rate in the last 3 months compared to the opponent. At the same time, they have a huge lead on Inferno, Nuke, Overpass, and Vertigo. On the other hand, Spirit has a huge lead on Dust2 but a narrow lead on Mirage after 8 maps. And since both teams have registered equal performance in head-to-head performance, we believe Vitality will win but Spirit will take one map.

The Pick: Vitality to win/ Over 2.5