Heroic vs. OG Preview & Prediction - Free 10/17 CS: GO

The opponents will clash at the semi-finals of the ongoing BLAST Premier Fall Showdown 2021 this Sunday. The winner in this matchup will receive $30,000 plus a spot at the BLAST Premier Fall Final 2021 while the loser will take $16,250.

Heroic Team Stats and Latest Results

Heroic is ranked 7th in the world ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 78 weeks. The team recorded 12 wins out of 19 matches in the past month and its overall win rate currently stands at 66.7%. The squad has been playing well recently, but it's struggling to find the form that led them to a Champions Stage DreamHack Summer 2020 title back in June 2019. They finished 12th at the IEM Fall 2021 Europe and 3-4th at the ESL Pro League Season 14. In the last 8 matches, they won 5 matches and lost 3.

Map performance in the last 3 months shows that the team has attained a decent performance on Dust2 (100.0%), Ancient (100.0%), Inferno (80.0%), Overpass (80.0%), Vertigo (60.0%), and Nuke (50.0%). At the same time, they attained an average on Mirage (50.0%). The team has a line-up that consists of cadiaN (1.10), refrezh (1.06), stavn (1.12), TeSeS (1.11), and sjuush (1.07).

OG Team Stats and Latest Results

OG Team is ranked #10 in HLTV Team Rankings and has been among the top 30 teams for 96 weeks. The team defeated paiN (2-0) at the round of 16 and Complexity (2-0) at the quarter-finals of the BLAST Premier Fall Final 2021. Considering their performance in other tournaments, they finished 3-4th at the ESL Pro League Season 14, 10-12th at the BLAST Premier Fall Groups 2021, 11th at the IEM Fall 2021 Europe. Considering their performance in the last 8 matches, they won 5 matches and hold a win rate of 66.7%.

Map performance in the last 3 months shows that the team has attained a decent win rate on Inferno (100.0%), Dust2 (100.0%), and Mirage (53.8%). On the other hand, they were weakest on Nuke (40.0%), Overpass (33.3%), and Ancient (33.3%). The team line-up consists of valde (1.11), Aleksib (1.01), niko (1.00), mantuu (1.13), and flameZ (1.12).

Heroic vs. OG H2H Record

Head-to-head record has 6 meetings between the opponents. Heroic is leading their H2H series against OG with four victories. The opponents met the last time at the IEM Fall 2021 Europe which was won by OG 2-0.

Heroic vs. OG Betting Preview

In this matchup, we expect more than 3 maps. OG has been playing very well as of late, and we believe they will use their momentum to carry them over the edge in this matchup. At the same time, Heroic is also on-form. No doubt about it, this is going to be close - but we feel OG has a small advantage here. Heroic has an advantage on 3 maps while OG leads on 4 cards. While we feel that OG will come out on top in this series, we still think it is going to be a close one.

The Pick: OG to win/ Over 2.5 maps.