Maç Tahmini: Virtus.pro - forZe | CS2 (CS:GO)

Virtus.pro and FORZE will meet in the BetBoom Playlist Urbanistic 2023 quarter-finals, giving fans an extremely interesting derby. All in all, there is a clear favourite, but FORZE are certainly not to be written off.

Still, Virtus.pro's style is extremely unpleasant for many opponents, so in the derby it will be easy enough for the team to impose their game and dictate terms.

Therefore, I would look out for a Virtus.pro team win here. First of all, FORZE is very unstable, and the team does not have strong enough cards to surprise in this derby.

Virtus.pro's form

The eighth team of the world ranking in February managed to reach the quarterfinals of IEM Katowice 2023, where they lost to NAVI with a score of 0:2 without any chances.

Then the Russian team had a good showing in the group stage of ESL Pro League Season 17, where they confidently defeated IHC Esports and fnatic, but also lost to Cloud9.

However, in the 1/8 finals Virtus.pro lost again to NAVI, again coming up with nothing in two maps. Still, the team is slowly finding itself in the distance, which is already encouraging.

Virtus.pro's latest results:

• A 0-2 loss to Natus Vincere.
• Victory over IHC Esports with a score of 2-0.
• Victory over fnatic by a score of 2-0.
• 1-2 defeat at the hands of Cloud9.
• Defeat by Natus Vincere 0-2.

Virtus.pro top cards:

• Inferno - 83% wins.
• Mirage - 67% of wins.
• Overpass - 50% wins.

It is worth recalling that the Russian team has consistently given up on the Nuke card.

FORZE uniforms

The seventeenth world ranked team sensationally won Group D at ESL Pro League Season 17, where they extracted victories over Natus Vincere, Team Spirit and ENCE.

However, in the quarterfinals the Russian team failed to cope with FaZe Clan, although they did manage to snatch the Overpass card from the future champion of the tournament.

As for the BetBoom Playlist Urbanistic 2023, FORZE made it to the playoffs with their own efforts, where they beat Bad News Eagles 2-0 the day before.

FORZE's latest results:

• A 2-0 win over ENCE.
• 1WIN were beaten 1-2.
• Defeat by FaZe Clan, 1-2.
• Defeat by Monte, 0-2.
• 2-0 win over Bad News Eagles.

FORZE's best cards:

• Ancient - 69% wins.
• Nuke - 62% wins.
• Overpass - 62% wins.
• Anubis - 54% wins.
• Mirage - 53% wins.
• Inferno - 52% wins.

The FORZE team, in turn, has traditionally given up the Vertigo card.

Virtus.pro - FORZE match statistics

The teams met twice during the last season:

• Virtus.pro's 2-1 victory at the PGL Major Antwerp 2022 Challengers Stage.
• FORZE won the Roobet Cup 2022 2-1.

Interestingly, both times the teams played on the Inferno map.

Forecast for the Virtus.pro vs FORZE match

First of all, there are three cards to choose from. However, if you look at it that way, Virtus.pro is a bit more stable on Overpass, Mirage and Inferno, while FORZE will have to rely on conditional Anubis and Ancient.

In general, I wouldn't look for a hidden meaning, because FORZE have too often turned off their leaders, especially when we're talking about derbies. So in this case I would recommend betting on a Virtus.pro team win.