Match Prediction: GamerLegion - Vitality | Counter-Strike (CS2)

GamerLegion and Vitality will meet in the BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023 Grand Final. No matter what you think, I think Vitality has a passing opponent that needs to be knocked out.

No matter how hard iM tries, you can't go against a well-tuned and reliable structure. We can say that the day before GamerLegion beat Heroic, but even there they were frankly lucky on the second map, and then the Danes sank.

In general, I will stick to my opinion that the team that loses to Complexity Gaming and TheMongolz in the first BO1 should go home at once.

Otherwise, it makes more sense to talk about the Danish-French team, which so far in this championship has not lost, moving the record NAVI. And it's obvious from the game that the boys are much stronger than their opponents. So here I would lean on a smashing victory for the Vitality team.

GamerLegion form

The 22nd ranked team in the world miraculously didn't drop out of the BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023 Challengers Stage as there was nothing to talk about after Long Cogneg defeats to Complexity Gaming and TheMongolz.

As for the Legends Stage of the same BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023, here the European team at once Ledge to Natus Vincere, but then managed to get three wins over 9INE, fnatic and Apeks, getting into play-offs.

Here GamerLegion continued to surprise with incredible play to take out both Monte and Heroic. But are there even those who believe in the logic of such results, because even at their level, the team is not winning anything.

Latest GamerLegion results:

• Victory over 9INE with a score of 16-13.
• Victory over fnatic by a score of 16-11.
• 2-0 win over Apeks.
• Beat Monte 2-0.
• Beat Heroic 2-1.

GamerLegion's best scores:

• Overpass - 92% wins.
• Ancient - 73% wins.
• Inferno - 71% wins.
• Vertigo - 58% wins.
• Nuke - 50% wins.
• Mirage - 50% wins.

It should be remembered that the European squad still refuses to play Anubis.

Vitality uniforms

The first team of the world ranking managed to win IEM Rio 2023, where they quickly recovered from their defeat by OG on Overpass to eventually reach the final and there confidently shut down Heroic.

As for their performance in the main stage of the BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023, here the Danish-French team made do with victories over G2 Esports, ENCE and Monte without losing a single game.

Here and in the play-offs Vitality went on to repeat the record, first closing Into the Breach, and then extracting a hard-fought victory over Apeks. Still, it's a chance the team are unlikely to miss, especially with another representative of the CCT school.

Vitality's latest results:

• A 16-13 win over G2 Esports.
• 16-13 win over ENCE.
• 2-0 win over Monte.
• 2-0 win over Into the Breach.
• Beat Apeks 2-0.

Vitality's best scores:

• Nuke - 100% wins.
• Anubis - 88% wins.
• Vertigo - 82% wins.
• Inferno - 75% wins.
• Overpass - 67% wins.
• Mirage - 67% wins.

In turn, the Danish-French team still bans the Ancient map.

GamerLegion - Vitality encounter statistics

Last season, the teams met once - the IEM Rio Major 2022 Challengers Stage victory went to GamerLegion (16:10).

Forecast for the GamerLegion vs Vitality

I believe that those matches that Vitality has played against similarly winless opponents in the play-offs will help a lot to understand what and how to act in the Long Round.

In general, I don't even want to look towards GamerLegion because it's such a miracle that the team didn't get knocked out of the Challengers Stage. It's clear that the team will focus on Overpass, although they were afraid to go up against the Danes.

As a result, everything is heading towards ZywOo picking up his first major, with the Frenchman needing to turn on 200% if he also wants the MVP award.

So in this case, I'd recommend betting on Vitality's 2-0 win.