Прогноз на матч CS2 paiN Gaming - Virtus.pro

paiN and Virtus.pro will meet in the first round of PGL Major Stockholm 2021. I doubt that the Brazilian team will make it to the Legends, as they have already failed a couple of matches in Europe. But VP could not stand it, kicking the Uzbek a couple of days before the start of the championship. And it seems to me that the guys were just scared to play against BIG, deliberately losing points (just kidding).

PaiN form

The 35th team in the world rankings became the fourth in the IEM Fall 2021 North America, thus qualifying for PGL Major Stockholm 2021. I would say more, if they beat Liquid in the match for 3rd place, they would have got straight to the Legends. However, the Brazilians have already arrived in Europe, where they quickly received a cap from OG as part of the BLAST Premier Fall Showdown 2021. And it seems to me that nothing will change in the paiN game in two weeks.

Recent results paiN:

• Defeat against Liquid with a score of 4:16.
• Victory over ATK with a score of 16: 2.
• Lost to FURIA with a score of 0: 2.
• Defeat against Liquid with a score of 1: 2.
• Lost to OG with a score of 0: 2.

Best paiN cards:

• Dust 2 - 100% wins.
• Nuke - 85% wins.
• Ancient - 73% wins.
• Vertigo - 62% wins.
• Overpass - 50% wins.

The Brazilians will definitely not risk the Mirage card. And on Inferno, the team is not all that rosy and interesting.

Virtus.pro kits

The 12th team in the world ranking only reached the quarterfinals at the last BLAST Premier Fall Showdown 2021 for themselves. I believe that the offensive defeat to Liquid was the last straw, since the organization decided to change horses at the crossing, removing SANJI. And if FL1T manages to play with the roster in a couple of days, then one should expect a lot from Virtus.pro. Indeed, in theory, the FL1T - YEKINDAR combination can become simply deadly.

Recent Virtus.pro results:

• Victory over INDE IRAE with a score of 4: 2.
• Defeat against NAVI with a score of 0: 2.
• Lost to Entropiq with a score of 1: 2.
• Victory over Movistar Riders with a score of 2: 0.
• Defeat against Liquid with a score of 1: 2.

Best Virtus.pro cards:

• Vertigo - 75% wins.
• Overpass - 57% wins.
• Mirage - 56% wins.
• Dust 2 - 50% wins.
• Inferno - 50% wins.

It is clear that the team will not leave Nuke. But the Ancient card is also in relatively low demand for VP.

Meeting statistics paiN - Virtus.pro

The teams have not met before.

PaiN - Virtus.pro match prediction

I doubt very much that without any experience the Brazilians will suddenly surprise. On paper, VP's roster seems very promising, clearly claiming a slot in Legends. In addition, the team has practically no problems with the cards. Therefore, here I propose to bet on the victory of the Virtus.pro team with Handicap (-2.5).