Rooster vs Virtus.pro Prediction: Russian Team to Destroy the Australians

Prediction for the IEM Katowice match which will take place on January 31st. Who will turn out to be stronger? Check the team conditions! Several betting options are available.

Rooster is not one of the strongest teams in Australia, even considering the region's weakness. Their experience in tier-1 tournaments leaves much to be desired, as shown by their last-place finish in the ESL Pro League Season 18. Despite qualifying for the IEM Katowice 2024 play-in through the Australian Open qualification, Rooster has not performed well in local qualifiers, often losing to weaker opponents and failing to qualify for the ESL Pro League Season 19, IEM Chengdu 2024 and PGL CS2 Major Copenhagen 2024 Oceania RMR. Considering their past performance and recent failures to qualify, it is likely that the play-in Rooster will face serious difficulties at IEM Katowice 2024, finishing in last place and possibly failing to reach the tournament's final.

The Russian team Virtus.pro ended 2023 well, winning the ESL Challenger Atlanta 2023, tier-2 tournament without losing a single card. The new year began with participating in the closed qualification for the PGL CS2 Major Copenhagen 2024 Europe RMR, which the team successfully passed despite the challenges. VP first defeated SINNERS and SAW in the closed qualification but then suffered a 0-2 loss to Na'Vi. Virtus.pro then beat Fnatic to advance to RMR. The Bears are playing great in the BLAST Premier Spring Group 2024, defeating BIG 2-0 and Cloud9 2-0. With such an excellent performance from all the players on the roster, VP should handle weaker teams confidently and pose a severe threat to the strongest teams in the world.

The level of the teams is completely different. Virtus.pro is one of the top five teams in the world and successfully beats mediocre opponents, while Rooster is ranked 87th and struggles to beat teams even in their region. Virtus.pro should confidently beat their opponent in this match by giving them the minimum number of rounds.