Heroic vs FaZe Clan: The Danes to win with confidence

The first major tournament for CS:GO after PGL Major Stockholm 2021 is about to begin. BLAST Premier Fall Finals 2021 will feature five teams from the top ten of HLTV. The attention of the CIS fans will be riveted to Natus Vincere, for whom this is the first tournament after their historic victory in the majors. The tournament with a prize pool of 425 thousand dollars and a ticket to the BLAST Premier World Finals 2021 promises a lot of interesting matches and exciting highlights. We’ll have to enjoy it.

On November 24, Heroic and FaZe Clan will play their opening match at BLAST Premier Fall Finals 2021. Will karrigan and Ko be able to surprise and defeat the favourites? We will find out very soon.

Heroic had a great showing in the last major. The team was able to take 3rd and 4th place, which looks especially powerful after all the travails the team had to endure in a couple of months before the majors. With a win, Heroic goes head-to-head with Natus Vincere. Not too long ago, the Danish captain noted in an interview that his team is the only one who can stop born to win—quite a bold statement, which can be checked very soon. As for maps, it is almost certain that the Danes will take their choice of Nuke. The team plays this map twice as often as others. And in the last major, out of five maps played, the team won four. If you add to that the zero win rate Faze Clan on this Nuke turns out to be an excellent pick for Heroic. I don’t think Faze will be able to take more than ten rounds on Nuke.

Do not forget that Heroic will get rid of one of the strongest opponent’s maps (Dust2), while Faze Clan will have to take out Vertigo, on which the Danes had only a 25% win rate in the last three months. So the Danes have a significant advantage in bans.

FaZe Clan did not manage to break through to the playoffs of the major and give olofmeister a game in front of the home stands. After the tournament rumours about changes in the squad once again began to swirl around the team. Of course, they’re needed, but it’s not clear who will be replaced in the lineup in the end. There were rumours that ropz may join the team, but the guy will stay in the same lineup for now, and we will build on what we have. And there are many things to build upon. FaZe Clan will take their choice of Mirage. I don’t believe in other maps at all. It is the opponent’s weakest and most popular map for Faze Clan, with four wins in the last five matches. Here FaZe Clan should have the advantage, but the third decisive one is unlikely. Most likely, it will be Overpass or Ancient, but FaZe Clan can favour neither of these maps.

The Danes look like the favorites of the match. The team had great majors, all the problems and scandals are gone, the guys are gaining confidence again. On the other hand, Faze Clan doesn’t know if they’ll keep the lineup intact, and who they’ll take out is not completely obvious. Besides, in my opinion, Faze Clan will win only on Mirage. On the other maps, it is not believable. Bookmakers offer odds of 1.83 for Heroic to win with a handicap (-5.5), which looks like a good option. You can also take Heroic’s 2-1 win at odds of 3.00 or Total Over 2.5 maps for 1.96.