Vitality vs G2 Prediction: tough battle to reach the finals

ESL Pro League Season 16 is a historically important event for the international community. Its importance is almost impossible to overestimate. The title is more important than the massive CS:GO prize pool of 823,000 bucks. The tournament is unique in its system and its duration. Over a month, the participating teams will defend their organization. The tournament features 24 teams divided into 4 groups of 6 teams. The first-place team in the group will receive a slot in the quarterfinals. Second and third-place teams will go on to the first leg of the playoffs.

The group stage will be played in a round-robin system (everybody plays everybody for points in the group). The group stage matches will be played in a BO3 format. Playoffs will be a single elimination

Vitality and G2 are very frequent rivals. They often meet in the deep stages of the tournament, and always show a very entertaining CS. The confrontation between these teams has already become a classic.

Vitality: totally in a good form

At the beginning of the new season, Vitality team made a replacement to strengthen the team. ENCE star Spinx joined the squad. As expected, he blended in well and gave everyone the firepower they needed to compete with their opponents from the top of the world. In the previous tournament, the Vitality team performed well and performed confidently. They were able to get used to the new player quite quickly and proved that they could compete with the best teams.

They are off to a perfect start in this tournament. The bright performance from the beginning of the game showed that the players were in good shape and motivated to win. They realized all their chances perfectly and took the lead in the group. Their four wins allowed them to advance quickly to the playoffs. Even when the last group stage game didn't mean much to Vitality, they didn't let up and played it to the best of their ability. Despite the last match meaning literally nothing, they still played their best, which shows their great game ethics and discipline combined with an aim to snatch the title.

Since they played in the first group, they had a break of just under a month. They did not play any other tournaments or official matches. Nevertheless, they didn't rest or waste time training, developing tactics, and watching potential opponents. In their first match against the Outsiders, the Bees beat the team with confidence, but we cannot say that the match was easy. All the same, individually strong Outsiders players were able to strain the "old guys".

Going up against G2, they need to prepare because G2 is much stronger than their previous opponent both tactically and in terms of individual players. To win, Vitality will need to start surprising their opponent even at the map veto stage.

The latest change in the lineup was the arrival of Lotan Spinx Giladi.

The best hltv ranking: #3 in the world. Now it’s #10.

The best map: Dust2, with a 75% win rate in 4 maps.

G2: on the road to the title

The adaptation of new players to the team went well, and the team's play shows that the substitutions were beneficial. The new players have mastered their roles, and are playing much better and more consistently. Also, the team respects and strongly supports the new captain HooXi, who also have found a rapport with the team and his game. Has NiKo finally got a lineup that can take the trophies that have been passing him by for years?

They are following this tournament without a loss. At the group stage, they didn't give up a map to their opponents either. These strongly inspire confidence in their strength. However, the match against the Germans from BIG was very controversial: both maps ended in overtime, where the Germans failed to bring the game to victory, and G2 played a comeback. After this match, it was safe to talk about the team's championship character. However, a confident victory would have been an indicator of a level that surpassed many teams. Nevertheless, G2 had secured their place in the quarterfinals without defeat and were still waiting there for their opponents.

In the first match of the elimination stage, the guys from the G2 team showed a very good game and defeated Natus Vincere despite being the underdog. After losing their opponent's choice, G2 had no problem prevailing on the remaining two maps. It was clear from the quarterfinal games that G2 were in better shape than their opponents in the next match and were the favorites to face them. Can G2 actually prove their superiority?

The latest change in the lineup was the arrival of Rasmus HooXi Nielsen to be the captain, plus there was an experienced Justin jks Savage..

The best hltv ranking: #3 in the world. Now it’s #6.

The best map: ancient, with a 100% win rate in 5 maps.

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