Team Vitality vs FaZe Prediction: FaZe will not lose until the final

Prediction for the ESL Pro League Season 19 Team Vitality vs FaZe match which will take place on May 10th. Who will turn out to be stronger? Check the team conditions! Several betting options are available.

Team Vitality has again made it to the playoffs of a major tournament. It did so confidently, coming from the top of Group B unbeaten. Along the way, Vitality overcame Sharks Esports, BetBoom Team and The MongolZ. But the draw pits the best team of 2023 against the most dominant team in CS2. What does Team Vitality need to do to reach the semi-finals of the ESL Pro League Season 19?

First and foremost, ZywOo is playing for the team. The top sniper is taking on a new challenge in his career - instead of competing with s1mple for individual titles, he will be challenging FaZe's hegemony. Team Vitality has systematically made replacements in 2023 without losing quality, and now the roster is noticeably rejuvenated. There's a powerful pairing of Spinx and flameZ, and they've replaced ZywOo more than once when he wasn't at his best. Mezii doesn't look redundant and apEX have tightened up their shooting. In Malta, the team is excellent on offense (74% T-side win rate) and plays the minority (45%) at an elite level.

In 2024, Viable struggled with off-the-ball problems. In Katowice, the players came back late from their holidays, and at the PGL Copenhagen Major 2024, ZywOo was sick and couldn't perform well. Now there are no negative factors, Team Vitality is in optimal shape and ready to give FaZe a severe fight and avenge the defeat at the Major.

FaZe's only taste of defeat in the playoffs comes in the finals, which will be confirmed in the ESL Pro League Season 19. The team has reached eight finals in a row, setting a new Counter-Strike record, and is aiming for a ninth. The Karrigan team had the toughest schedule in the playoffs, but if they make it to the finals again, any doubts about them being the best team in CS2 will be erased.

The entire ESL Pro League Season 19 tournament was a test for FaZe. In Group A, FaZe faced Astralis, Eternal Fire, Imperial Esports, and Virtus.pro - all top-15 teams in the HLTV world rankings. In the playoffs, Natus Vincere got caught in the second round, and if not for a crazy clutch from Karrigan, the series could have gone to the third map.

The FaZe phenomenon can only be explained by the players' vast experience and perfect synergy. They admit they are tired of flights and tournaments, but as long as they are at the top of their game, they consistently reach the finals. An interesting pattern is that when FaZe won a major in Antwerp in 2022, the team played all the tournaments then and had a solid winning streak, but after the break, they lost conditioning dramatically. Nine months have passed since the release of CS2, and at that time, Karrigan and the company had never finished lower than second.

The quarter-final promises to be hot. Both Team Vitality and FaZe deserve to be in the final. With two famous captains and many stars on the server, both teams are skilled in both individual and team planning. But FaZe will not lose until the final.