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Team Liquid vs Virtus.pro Tips & Predictions – ESL Pro League Season 20

tit-krajnik
11 Sep 2024
Tit Krajnik 11 Sep 2024
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  • Team Liquid vs Virtus.pro Counter-Strike betting picks for Thursday, September 12, 2024, in the second round of Group D at ESL Pro League Season 20 (13:30 CEST)
  • Team Liquid are priced as favourites
  • Both sides breezed past their round one opponents
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Team Liquid vs Virtus.pro Predictions


Team Liquid and Virtus.pro will meet on Thursday, September 12, in the second round of ESL Pro League Season 20 Group D. It'll mark their first clash since BLAST Premier: Fall Groups 2024, when Liquid won and according to the latest esports betting odds, Liquid should win again.
  • Team Liquid vs Virtus.pro Predictions
  • Head to Head
  • Team Liquid Form
  • Team Liquid Squad & Team News
  • Virtus.pro Form
  • Virtus.pro Squad & Team News

Team Liquid are 1.62 favourites to defeat Virtus.pro, who are 2.25 underdogs with top crypto Counter-Strike bookmakers. This sounds about right given what Liquid and Virtus.pro have shown over the last month, as Liquid have been gaining traction just as fast as Virtus.pro have been losing it.

  • Team Liquid (#7) are higher-ranked than Virtus.pro (#8)
  • Virtus.pro lost their last meeting with Team Liquid
  • Team Liquid are in better form

Head to Head


Team Liquid and Virtus.pro met once before this season, during BLAST Premier: Fall Groups 2024, when Liquid won.

  • Team Liquid 2-0 Virtus.pro – July 31, 2024

Team Liquid Form


Team Liquid have recently gone through quite a resurgence. They won BLAST Premier: Fall Groups 2024, placed top-six at Intel Extreme Masters Cologne 2024, and before ESL Pro League Season 20, they won Intel Extreme Masters Rio 2024: North American Qualifier.

Liquid entered ESL Pro League Season 20 with ten wins over a 13-game streak, with just two losses against FaZe Clan (0-2, 1-2) and Legacy (1-2). Given their strong showings leading to the tournament, it is no surprise they had an easy time against ENCE in the opening round, and according to the latest esports betting odds, they should not struggle too much against Virtus.pro either.

Team Liquid Squad & Team News


Team Liquid have not made any roster changes recently.

  • Keith "NAF" Markovic
  • Mareks "YEKINDAR" Gaļinskis
  • Russel "Twistzz" Van Dulken
  • Roland "ultimate" Tomkowiak
  • Justin "jks" Savage

Virtus.pro Form


Virtus.pro have produced quite a mixed bag of results over the last few weeks. They have had their moments at BLAST Premier: Spring Final 2024 and Esports World Cup 2024, where they placed top-four.

Then, added two early exits from BLAST Premier: Fall Groups 2024 and Intel Extreme Masters Cologne 2024, reached the semifinals at BLAST Premier: Fall Showdown 2024, and recently exited BetBoom Dacha Belgrade 2024 #2 in fifth-sixth.

It's not the most convincing run, but it does include some solid tournament runs, which prove Virtus.pro can dance with the best Counter-Strike esports teams.

Unfortunately, their chances of defeating Liquid seem slim. That is due to the fact that Liquid are in better shape, but more importantly, Liquid already had a fairly easy time defeating Virtus.pro at the end of July.

Virtus.pro Squad & Team News


Virtus.pro have not announced any roster changes.

  • Dzhami "Jame" Ali
  • Evgeniy "FL1T" Lebedev
  • Petr "fame" Bolyshev
  • David "n0rb3r7" Daniyelyan
  • Denis "electroNic" Sharipov

Verdict

At 1.62, it is very hard to pass on Team Liquid to defeat Virtus.pro. While both are very capable teams, Liquid have shown a lot more of late and they're 1-0 up in the head-to-head. Liquid also played a cleaner game in the opening series of ESL Pro League Season 20, which is one more reason to take their side.

Virtus.pro have, however, an upper hand over Liquid on Dust2 and they tend to hold their own on Mirage, so it is unlikely we'll see a sweep. Nevertheless, Liquid should get it done.

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