mousesports vs Virtus Pro

mousesports ranked #2 from Europe (mix of players) are clashing against team Virtus.pro ranked #19 from Kazakhstan in the ICE Challenge that has eight teams competing for the prize pool of $250,000. The tournament is played on LAN in London, the United Kingdom, and this is the best of 3 Group A winners match, where the winner will advance to the semi-finals, while the loser gets quarter-finals.

Map performance for team mousesports in the last three months: Train is at 100% win rate on eight played maps - WON/TIED/LOST - 8/0/0, Inferno 81,8% on 11 played maps 9/0/2, Dust2 72,7% on 11 played maps 8/0/3, Mirage 72,7% on 11 played maps 8/0/3, Nuke 50,0% on six played maps 3/0/3, Overpass 50,0% on four played maps 2/0/2, and Vertigo with 42,9% win rate on seven played maps 3/0/4.

They played two maps in February, and they won both. January was empty, while in December they played 44 maps and won 30, converted, they played 23 games and won 17. In November, they played 12 maps and won nine; in other words, they played five games and won four.

Map highlights for team Virtus.pro in the previous three months: Nuke is at 63,6% win rate on 11 played maps - WIN/DREW/LOSS - 7/0/4, Overpass 55,6% on nine played maps 5/0/4, Train 53,8% on 13 played maps 7/0/6, Inferno 37,5% on eight played maps 3/0/5, Vertigo 37,5% on eight played maps 3/0/5, Dust2 25,0% on four played maps 1/0/3, and Mirage with 22,2% win rate on nine played maps 2/0/7.

They played two maps in February and won. Then in January, they played three maps and won none, converted, they played two matches and lost both. Back in December, they played 29 maps and won 12; in other words, they played 17 games and won six. During November, they played 28 maps and won 14; in other words, they played 17 games and won eight.

OK, so ICE challenge is THICC AF! Virtus.pro surprisingly demolished Heroic with 2-0 (16-8 on Overpass, and 16-14 on Vertigo), while on the other side, we have mousesports who defeated MAD Lions also with 2-0 (19-15 on Mirage, and 16-11 on Dust2). The odds heavily favor mousesports because they are in a really good form right now and are currently #2 on the global ladder. Head-to-head the score is 4-1 in favor of mousesports with the last three games going 3-0 in their favor also. I will go with mousesports to win here.

Good luck to all who bet, and may the odds be ever in your favor!