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Virtus.pro vs HEROIC Tips & Odds – ESL Pro League Season 20

tit-krajnik
16 Sep 2024
Tit Krajnik 16 Sep 2024
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  • Virtus.pro vs HEROIC Counter-Strike betting predictions for Tuesday, September 17, 2024, in the opening round of ESL Pro League Season 20 Playoffs (13:00 CEST)
  • HEROIC are underdogs
  • Both teams had a bumpy road in the group stage
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Virtus.pro vs HEROIC Predictions


Virtus.pro and HEROIC will meet on Tuesday, September 17, in the first round of ESL Pro League Season 20 playoffs. The two teams last met in May, when Virtus.pro won and according to the latest Counter-Strike betting odds, the rematch should not end any differently.
  • Virtus.pro vs HEROIC Predictions
  • Head to Head
  • Virtus.pro Form
  • Virtus.pro Squad & Team News
  • HEROIC Form
  • HEROIC Squad & Team News

Virtus.pro are 1.68 favourites with the best Counter-Strike bookmakers, whereas HEROIC are 2.15 underdogs. Both teams have looked a bit shaky throughout the group stage, so it's fair to expect this to be a closer affair.

  • Virtus.pro defeated HEROIC in May
  • Virtus.pro (#8) are better ranked than HEROIC (#17)
  • HEROIC have a better form ranking

Head to Head


HEROIC and Virtus.pro last met in May, when the Russian squad won.

  • Virtus.pro 13-4 HEROIC – May 27, 2024

Virtus.pro Form


Virtus.pro finished Group D in third place, with one loss against Team Liquid (0-2) and wins against RED Canids (2-0), Team Falcons (2-1), and FURIA Esports (2-1). While this is not the most exciting record, Virtus.pro looked much heading to Malta.

Looking at their results over the last few months, Virtus.pro have posted some promising tournament runs, namely three semifinal appearances at BLAST Premier: Spring Final 2024 and Fall Showdown, and the Esports World Cup 2024. Yet they've also played worse in BLAST Fall Groups and Intel Extreme Masters Cologne 2024.

Lack of consistency has been VP's main issue and while they made it to the ESL Pro League Season 20 playoffs, they could've shown more in the group stage.

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

HEROIC Form


HEROIC barely made it to the ESL Pro League Season 20 playoffs, finishing Group A in fourth place. They kicked off the tournament with a 1-2 loss against Ninjas in Pyjamas, then edged past Lynn Vision (2-1), lost to Sangal Esports, and in the lower bracket, bested NiP (2-1) and Sangal Esports (2-0) to secure a spot in the knockout stage.

Over the five series played in Malta, HEROIC have only beaten Lynn Vision, NiP, and Sangal Esports, which are not the toughest Counter-Strike teams. But it is not like Virtus.pro seem like a team that can offer much more resistance than any of the teams HEROIC have faced so far.

HEROIC Squad & Team News


HEROIC with no roster changes.

  • René "TeSeS" Madsen
  • Rasmus "sjuush" Beck
  • Guy "NertZ" Iluz
  • Damjan "kyxsan" Stoilkovski
  • Abdulkhalik "degster" Gasanov

Verdict

Virtus.pro have not looked great so far in this tournament and they've been fairly inconsistent in the weeks leading to the event. Still, they should be considered the better team, namely because HEROIC's form over the last few months has been far from good.

Still, you have to ask yourself whether 1.68 is a fair price for a team who have slipped against opponents weaker than HEROIC, and considering HEROIC have shown some improvement of late, it makes more sense to expect a close game.

HEROIC have a better win rate on four of the seven maps and worse win% on just two, including Mirage where HEROIC are 57% compared to VP's 67% over seven and nine maps respectively. All things considered this should be a 50/50 match.

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