Virtus Pro vs Team Heroic

Virtus.pro ranked #19 from Kazakhstan are facing team Heroic ranked #14 from Denmark in the ICE Challenge 2020 that has eight teams competing for the prize pool of $250,000. This tourney is played on LAN in London, the United Kingdom, and this is the best of 3 Group A type of match.

Virtus.pro map performance in the last three months: Nuke is at 63,6% win rate on 11 played maps - WON/TIED/LOST - 7/0/4, Train 53,8% on 13 played maps 7/0/6, Overpass 50,0% on eight played maps 4/0/4, Inferno 37,5% on eight played maps 3/0/5, Vertigo 28,6% on seven 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 three maps in January and won none, converted, they played two matches and won none. 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 16, converted, they played 17 games and won eight.

Heroic map highlights in the previous three months: Overpass is at 80,0% win rate on ten played maps - WIN/DREW/LOSS - 8/0/2, Nuke 73,7% on 19 played maps 14/0/5, Mirage 71,4% on seven played maps 5/0/2, Inferno 53,3% on 15 played maps 8/0/7, Train 50,0% on eight played maps 4/0/4, Vertigo 44,4% on nine played maps 4/0/5, and Dust2 with 0,0% on two played maps 0/0/2.

They played 30 maps in January and won 18; in other words, they played 13 matches and won eight. During December, they played 28 maps and won 16, converted, they played 13 games and won eight. In November, they played 12 maps and won nine, converted, they played seven games and won five.

OK, so ICE Challenge is a very nice tournament with $250,000 in the prize pool, which is really nice and we can expect great games and excellent competition. Head-to-head these two teams played three games, and the score is 1-2 in favor of Virtus.pro, but these matches were back in October when Virtus.pro roster was under team AVANGAR. I will go with Heroic +1,5 handicap.

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