Ennuste ottelussa CS2 Virtus.pro - G2 Esports

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The big CSGO festivities aren't going anywhere. The ESL Pro League Season 18 matches continue.

All eyes are on Group D of the ESL Pro League Season 18. There 8 teams started their way to the play-offs of the prestigious championship and among them are G2 and Virtus.pro.

It is G2 and Virtus.pro The International that are interesting for us in terms of the group stage events in Basket D. They will play each other a ticket to the main stage of the championship.

The match will be played in the Bo3 format. We will be looking at what to expect from this match, and whether Vp will be able to take on a very serious opponent.

Let's get started.

G2 Esports uniforms

Let's open the analysis of the clash by analysing G2 Esports' form. In this match they will have to play the first number one.

The best esports betting sites also point to the advantage of G2. The odds for their victory are around 1.4.

The gap is solid, but on the other hand, this is still one of the closest matches on the second day of Group D games. At least it is that way on paper.

G2 Esports has not left the podiums of major championships for almost the entire year. Their rise as a TOP team started with BLAST Premier: Spring Groups 2023 and IEM Katowice 2023. Both championships G2 passed confidently and at two tournaments they deservedly became champions.

Next, the "samurai" were stormy. Last season ESL Pro League Season 17 G2 Esports finished on the 9-12 line, which is clearly not the level of the team that recently won Katowice 2023.

After a frankly weak performance at EPL Season 17 G2 Esports played at BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023. In Paris, NiKo and company had a real fiasco, as the tournament for them ended at the TOP-14 stage, which certainly did not fit into G2's plans.

• G2 Esports line-up: huNter, NiKo, m0NESY, jks, HooXi.

Prior to ESL Pro League Season 18, G2 Esports made their mark on several other major tournaments. These were BLAST Premier: Spring Finals and Fall Groups, where G2 took top 4 and top 8 respectively.

Next up was IEM Cologne 2023 and finally a win. In the Grand Final they beat ENCE 3-1, thus taking another IEM title for the year.

The last championship was Gamers8. The biggest commercial tournament of the season ended with G2 Esports in the top 4.

G2 Esports started off ESL Pro League Season 18 with a betting tirerable win. They beat Lynn Vision 2-0 in their opening match, but to be fair, they were close to a fiasco on the first map.

G2 Esports Mappool

G2's main map is Ancient. G2 played 8 matches there, of which they won 6.

Then comes Anubis (3 games, 2 wins), Vertigo (5 matches, 3 wins), Inferno (12 matches, 58% wins).

G2 Esports has no minus winnings on mapx. Among the "worst" choices are Nuke (7 matches, 4 wins), Mirage (4 wins, 4 losses).

Virtus.pro form

Let's continue the match analysis by analysing Virtus.pro's form. In this match, they are playing as the number two.

Bookmakers do not really believe in the representatives of Eastern Europe. The odds for Vp's victory here are at around 2.5.

Frankly speaking, the figure is quite manageable. Vp can fight back, but will it do any good? The question is rhetorical.

Earlier in the year, Vp played in three TIR tournaments. They were BB Playlist. Urbanistic, BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023: European RMR A, and also BB Playlist. Freeddom. At the two "home" championships from BB Vp were in the top 8, but at the European RMR everything was even less happy - top 14.

Then Vp made a breakthrough by winning at ESL Challenger Katowice 2023. The victory there allowed them to qualify for ESL Pro League Season 18.

Among the victories, CCT Online Finals #2 is also worth mentioning. They beat Team Spirit in the grand finals and earned $100,000, which is pretty good.

• Vp lineup: Jame, FL1T, fame, n0rb3r7, mir.

Before ESL Pro League Season 18 Vp visited Gamers8, where they didn't get further than the top 8, and Dunav Party LAN, where in the grand finals they got revenge for their defeat on CCT by Spirit.

In the first match of EPL Season 18, Vp's opponent was Team Liquid. The match, as expected, ended in a full-fledged, fighting bo3 with Vp winning 2-1.

Vp's Mapple

The best map for Vp remains Ancient, where Vp won 3 maps out of 3 played. The most played map is Overpass - where Vp played 11 maps and won 9 of them.

In the pool there is a good Anubis (3-1 on maps), Mirage (6 wins in 9 matches) and Inferno (7 wins in 11 games).

The worst choice for vp is Vertigo. It has 44% wins with 9 matches.

History of head-to-head meetings

The clubs have already played each other during the season. Vp and G2 Esports faced each other at Gamers8 2023. G2 celebrated the victory with a score of 2-1.

Predicted result of G2 vs Vp on ESL Pro League Season 18

This match should be the highlight of today's game day. At least, the bookmakers' odds hint at that. And the clubs have already played each other before and generally know what to expect from their opponents.

The question is: will G2 be able to close Vp dry. I'm leaning towards the answer yes, but I don't deny Vp maps, which I'll bet on at risk.

Bottom line: +1.5 on Vp.