FaZe vs. 00NATION Preview & Prediction- Free 7/08 CS: GO

The rivals will cross paths at Group B upper bracket quarter-final in the IEM Cologne 2022 tournament this Friday. The upcoming matchup will be played in a double-elimination bo3 format. Group winners will advance to playoff semi-finals while 2nd and 3rd placed teams go to the quarter-finals. The best team will be awarded $400,000.

FaZe Clan Team Stats and Latest Results

FaZe Clan is ranked #1 in the world ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 71 weeks. The team lost its last match to BIG (1:2) at the grand final of the Roobet Cup 2022 tournament and was awarded $50,000. They won the PGL Major Antwerp 2022, 5-6th at the IEM Dallas 2022, and 5-6th at the BLAST Premier Spring Final 2022. Meanwhile, the team has attained a win rate of 70.4% and won 5 out of its last 10 games.

Map win statistics over the past 3 months shows an impressive win rate on Vertigo (100.0%), Nuke (88.9%), Inferno (70.0%), Mirage (63.6%), Dust2 (58.3%), Ancient (57.1%), Overpass (55.6%). Their current line-up has rain (1.10 player rating), broky (1.10), Twistzz (1.13), ropz (1.13), and karrigan (0.91).

00NATION Team Stats and Latest Results

00NATION ranks #29 in the world ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 39 weeks. The Brazilian team won its last match and has won 4 out of its last 10 games. The team qualified for this tournament after winning 2 out of its 3 matches at the IEM Cologne 2022 Play-In. The team finished 19-20th in the Pinnacle Cup III, 5-6th at the OMEN WGR European Challenge 2022, and 12-14th at the PGL Major Antwerp 2022 Americas RMR. They managed a win rate of 40.0% over the past 3 months.

Map performance over the past 3 months shows an impressive win rate on Mirage (100.0%) and Ancient (66.7%). On the other hand, the team failed to impress on Dust2 (50.0%), Overpass (50.0%), Vertigo (50.0%), and Inferno (0.0%). Team members consist of try (1.10 player rating), coldzera (1.03), dumau (1.23), latto (1.05), and TACO (0.87).

FaZe Clan vs. 00NATION H2H Record

Teams had no previous encounters and this will be their first H2H meeting.

FaZe Clan vs. 00NATION Betting Preview

Encounters with common opponents (in the last 60 Days) show that FaZe Clan has an advantage on 2 wins while 00NATION has 1 win. At the same time, FaZe leads on Dust2, Inferno, and Nuke while 00NATION has an advantage on Mirage, Overpass, Vertigo, and Ancient. Since FaZe Clan is currently the best team in the world ranking, we believe they will win but 00NATION will snatch 1 map.

The Pick: FaZe Clan to win/ Over 2.5 maps.