Young Ninjas vs. forZe, Preview, & Prediction - Free 7/06 CS: GO

Both teams start the Domination League Season 2 with a lot of expectations. forZe has been predicted to win this matchup but we expect Young Ninjas to snatch a map. Only 8 teams will make it to the playoffs.

Young Ninjas Team Stats and Latest Results

Young Ninjas is ranked 54th on the global rankings. Since the Domination League Season 2 is a single-elimination tournament, they expect to display their best performance for a share of the $50,000 prize pool. They displayed an impressive performance during the early part of the year. They won the Elisa Nordic Championship 2021 Sweden in March and received $6,250. In the following month, they won the Atlantic Esportal Invitational 2021 and received $10,000 in Prize money. They came close to winning the GameGune 23 only to be stopped by OFFSET at the semifinals. Out of their last 8 matches, they have won 5 matches and lost 3. In the last 3 months, they have achieved a win rate of 54.0%.

Map win rate in the last 3 months shows that they have shown above-average performance on Inferno (64.7%), Mirage (54.5%), Overpass (54.5%), and Train (54.5%). On the flip side, there wasn’t a good performance on Nuke (43.8%), Ancient (33.3%), Vertigo (30.8%), and Dust2 (0.0%). Their lineup consists of Sapec (1.02), ztr (0.91), phzy (1.05), nilo (1.00), and Ro1f (0.92).

forZe Team Stats and Latest Results

forZe is ranked 17th on the world ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 117 weeks. The Russian team has displayed an impressive performance since the year started and this is depicted by their performance in different tourneys. They won the DreamHack Open January 2021 Europe Closed Qualifier in January, finished 1-4th at the Winstrike CIS Spring Cup 2021 Open Qualifier, won the Spring Sweet Spring 1, and finished 1-2nd at the recently concluded StarLadder CIS RMR 2021 Closed Qualifier. Considering the last 8 matches, they won 5 matches and lost 3. They have a win rate of 70.0%.

Map win rate in the last 3 months indicates that forZe has never lost a match on Train. At the same time, they had a good execution on Mirage (81.8%), Ancient (62.5%), Overpass (57.9%), Dust2 (55.0%), Inferno (54.5%), and Nuke (52.9%). The team lineup consists of almazer (1.06), FL1T (1.13), Jerry (1.06), zorte (1.12), and KENSI (1.04).

Young Ninjas vs. forZe H2H Record

There is only 1 head-to-head meeting between Young Ninjas and forZe. They played at the REPUBLEAGUE TIPOS Season 1 and forZe won on Mirage and Inferno.

Young Ninjas vs. forZe Betting Preview

forZe is the better side to win this matchup based on their lineup quality, their win rate in the last 3 months, and map stats. They lead in Dust2, Mirage, Nuke, Overpass, and Ancient. Young Ninjas takes Inferno and Vertigo but again Vertigo has only a 31 percent win rate after 13 matches. Therefore, forZe will win.

The Pick: forZe to win