FaZe vs. paiN Preview & Prediction- Free 6/15 CS: GO

The rivals will play their first round of the group stage in the BLAST Premier Spring Final 2022 tournament this Wednesday. The Blast Premier is the most explosive, engaging, and entertaining esports event in the world. It is a global circuit of events that deliver elite-level Counter-Strike and world-class entertainment for everyone. The prize pool of this matchup adds up to $1,000,000. Group Stage is composed of two groups of four teams playing in GSL format and all matches are played in the best-of-three series.

FaZe Team Stats and Latest Results

FaZe Clan is currently the best team in the world ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 67 weeks. The team is currently on a 2-match losing streak and managed 8 wins from its last 10 games. FaZe was eliminated in the Quarter-finals of the IEM Dallas 2022 tournament by Cloud9 (1:2) but received $10,000. They won the ESL Pro League Season 15, finished 3rd at the PGL Major Antwerp 2022 Europe RMR A, and 1st at the PGL Major Antwerp 2022. Over the past 3 months, the team has attained a win rate of 75.0%.

Map win statistics over the 3 months shows an excellent win rate on Vertigo (100.0%), Nuke (88.9%), Ancient (75.0%), Dust2 (66.7%), Mirage (63.6%), and Inferno (63.6%). The team has also attained an average win rate on Overpass (50.0%). Team members consist of rain (1.10 player rating), broky (1.10), Twistzz (1.13), ropz (1.15), and karrigan (0.91).

paiN Team Stats and Latest Results

paiN Gaming is ranked #23 in the world ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 25 weeks. The Brazilian team has been invited to this event based on their performance at the BLAST Premier Spring Showdown 2022 North America. They are currently on a 3-match win streak and has managed 8 wins from their last 10 games. Their last achievement was 1st place in the ESEA Cash Cup: North America - Spring 2022 #5 tournament which ended on May 29, 2022, and earned $9,000. Over the past 3 months, the team has attained a win rate of 75.6%.

The team’s best-played maps in the last 3 months consists of Ancient (85.7%-win rate), Nuke (75.0%), Dust2 (75.0%), Overpass (71.4%), Vertigo (70.6%), and Inferno (69.2%). On the flip-side, they failed to impress on Mirage (40.0%). Team members are PKL (1.05 player rating), NEKIZ (1.09), hardzao (1.09), biguzera (1.15), and nython (1.16).

FaZe vs. paiN H2H Record

Head-to-head has 1 meeting between the rivals. They clashed at the Swiss of the SL i League StarSeries Season 7 on March 30, 2019, and FaZe Clan won 2:0.

FaZe vs. paiN Betting Preview

It has taken more than 2 years since the rivals crossed paths. At the moment, paiN has a 3-match win streak but FaZe has a better position in the world ranking, better performance on the maps, and performed exceptionally well since the beginning of the year. In our opinion, we believe FaZe Clan will win but paiN will snatch one map since they have a good line-up.

The Pick: FaZe to win/ Over 2.5 maps.

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