Matchförutsägelse: Heroic - GamerLegion | CS2 (CS:GO)

Heroic and GamerLegion will meet in the first semi-final of the BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023. While everything makes sense for the Danish team, GamerLegion continues to cause sensation after sensation.

Now, the Europeans beat Monte without a chance and played an incredible game in the quarterfinals. Moreover, GamerLegion did not even feel the pressure of the stage, as if they had been playing in LAN tournaments all their lives.

On the other hand, they should close the whole story, because there is no way for the Danes to reach the Grand Final. And in terms of play the team is not only stronger than their rivals, but can also fight for the title of champion.

In general, I wouldn't look at the chances of GamerLegion, who clearly can jump over their head, but against the motivated Danes, I doubt it. So here I would settle for a logical win for Team Heroic.

Heroic's form

The second team in the world rankings recently visited the IEM Rio 2023, where they even managed to suffer a defeat at the hands of BIG. However, the Danish side had no problems reaching the finals, where they failed to defeat Vitality.

As for their performance in the main stage of the BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023, here Heroic were too much stronger than FaZe Clan, Apeks and Team Liquid to get a high seed in the play-offs.

Well, in the quarterfinals, which were played a day before the opponent, the Danes were able to outplay FaZe Clan again, showing a very confident game in the entire series. So it's logical to think that Heroic are aiming for the grand final.

Recent results for Heroic:

• A 0-2 loss to Vitality.
• Victory over FaZe Clan with a score of 16-7.
• Victory over Apeks by a score of 16-10.
• Beat Team Liquid 2-1.
• 2-1 victory over FaZe Clan.

Top scorers of Heroic:

• Ancient - 100% wins.
• Mirage - 86% wins.
• Nuke - 75% wins.
• Vertigo - 67% wins.
• Inferno - 60% wins.
• Overpass - 57% wins.

It should not be forgotten that the Danish team has long refused to use Anubis.

GamerLegion form

The 22nd ranked team in the world had a very high chance of leaving the BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023 Challengers Stage, but after losses to Complexity Gaming and TheMongolz the team miraculously pulled together and got three wins.

Already in the main stage of the BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023, the European team was defeated by Natus Vincere, but managed to extract three wins over 9INE, fnatic and Apeks to sensationally break into the play-offs.

In the quarterfinals, GamerLegion also dealt with Monte and eliminated their opponents on two maps. But I'd still give them credit for the Overpass, and the rest is a bit of a moot point.

Latest GamerLegion results:

• A 10-16 loss to Natus Vincere.
• Victory over 9INE with a score of 16-13.
• Victory over fnatic 16-11.
• Beat Apeks 2-0.
• Beat Monte 2-0.

GamerLegion's best scores:

• Overpass - 92% wins.
• Ancient - 80% wins.
• Inferno - 71% wins.
• Vertigo - 58% wins.
• Nuke - 50% wins.

Interestingly, the European team also continues to reject Anubis.

Heroic - GamerLegion match statistics

The teams have not met before.

Prediction for the match Heroic - GamerLegion

I believe the Europeans will be guided by Overpass maps, which Heroic tries to play more often and whenever possible. You can also look at Ancient, but here, too, controversial.

In general, a lot will be decided at the stage of selecting maps, because the one who does not ban Anubis will get a huge advantage. Still, it's hard to see how the Danish team loses to the "dark horse".

All the more so, Heroic are doing quite well on other maps, where GamerLegion certainly can't dictate their terms. All in all, The International matchup is heresy, but without a strong The International riga.

Therefore, in this case I would recommend betting on Heroic's victory.