Virtus.pro vs. Liquid Preview & Prediction - Free 10/16 CS: GO

The opponents will cross paths at the Quarter-finals of the BLAST Premier Fall Showdown 2021 this Saturday. The winner in this matchup will advance to the Semi-finals while the loser will exit the tournament. The best 2 teams will receive $30,000 plus BLAST Premier Fall Final 2021.

Virtus.pro Team Stats and Latest Results

Virtus.pro is ranked 9th in the world ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 182 weeks. After winning the Pinnacle Fall Series 1 and receiving a reward prize of $40,000 plus a spot at the LAN Sweet LAN 2022, they went ahead to finish fourth at the IEM Fall 2021 CIS. At the ongoing BLAST Premier Fall Final 2021, they defeated Movistar Riders (2-0) at the round of 16. In the last 8 matches, they won 4 matches and held a win rate of 57.9%.

Map statistics over the last 3 months shows that the team has been impressive on Vertigo (71.4%), Dust2 (57.1%), Overpass (57.1%), and Mirage (55.6%). They had an average performance on Inferno (50.0%) but failed to impress on Ancient (0.0%). The team line-up consists of SANJI (0.94), buster (1.07), Qikert (1.06), Jame (1.16), and YEKINDAR (1.15).

Liquid Team Stats and Latest Results

Liquid Team is ranked 13th in the world ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 147 weeks. The team progressed to the BLAST Premier Fall Showdown 2021 after finishing 7-9th at the Fall Groups. The team went ahead to defeat 9z (2-0) at the round of 16 in the BLAST Premier Fall Showdown 2021. Considering their performance in other tourneys, they finished 5-8th at the ESL Pro League Season 14 and third at the IEM Fall 2021 North America. Meanwhile, they won 7 out of their last 8 matches and held a win rate of 72.2%.

Map performance in the last 3 months shows that the team has attained a decent win rate on Overpass (100.0%), Vertigo (87.5%), Inferno (70.0%), Mirage (66.7%), and Dust2 (66.7%) but failed to attain a decent performance on Nuke (28.6%). The team line-up consists of FalleN (1.03), NAF (1.15), EliGE (1.17), Stewie2K (1.04), and Grim (1.04).

Virtus.pro vs. Liquid H2H Record

Head-to-head record shows 5 meetings between the opponents. So far, Virtus.pro has won in 2 matches while Liquid has 3 wins to their side. The last meeting was at the ESL Pro League Season 13 and Liquid won 2-0.

Virtus.pro vs. Liquid Betting Preview

Liquid is a clear favourite of this confrontation. This is because they have an advantage in all the maps and also have a better win rate. At the same time, Liquid team won 7 out of their last 8 matches and are psyched up for the top prize of this tournament ($30,000 plus a spot at the BLAST Premier Fall Final 2021).

The Pick: Liquid to win.