After a surprise defeat, Team Vitality will continue their journey to the lower grid final in a match against Team Falcons in Group A. The winner will advance to the group grand final at BLAST Premier: Spring Groups 2024. The loser will settle for a trip to BLAST Premier: Spring Showdown 2024. The format of the match is bo3. Which of the teams will continue their way at the championship? Let's find out.

In this betting thread you will find out how the participants of this match performed during the previous year, how they did in their previous professional tournament, and how this match will end.

Team Vitality's form

Team Vitality have had a great year of play, although they didn't start the previous season in the best way. The European squad started the year with a 1st-3rd place finish at BLAST Premier: Spring Groups 2023, followed by 5th-8th place finishes at Intel Extreme Masters Katowice 2023 and ESL Pro League Season 17. But then ZywOo and his teammates were able to pick up their form and win the Intel Extreme Masters Rio 2023 and BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023, earning a combined $600,000 in prize money at those two events. At BLAST Premier: Spring Final 2023, Team Vitality finished in second place at the tournament and won $85,000. BLAST Premier: Fall Groups 2023 finished in 4th-6th place for Vitality, which earned them $17,500 in prize money and a slot in BLAST Premier: Fall Final 2023. ZywOo and his team also participated in the Intel Extreme Masters Cologne 2023 where they finished in 3rd-4th place and won $80,000. At Gamers8 2023, a LAN event in Saudi Arabia with a prize pool of $1,000,000, Team Vitality was victorious and earned the top prize of $400,000. Vitality also competed at ESL Pro League Season 18, where they managed to finish in the top 8. The 5th-8th places in the standings provided the players with $35,000 in prize money. At the Intel Extreme Masters Sydney 2023, Team Vitality finished in the top 16 and received a $4,000 consolation prize. ZywOo and his teammates ended the year as BLAST Premier: Fall Final 2023 champions, earning $200,000 as well as a slot in BLAST Premier: World Final 2023.

The previous professional tournament for Team Vitality was the BLAST Premier: World Final 2023 Long Team finished in Group A with a 2-0 win over Natus Vincere (Anubis - 13-8, Overpass - 13-6). Thus the European club went into the match with a win over Natus Vincere. The victory over Cloud9 on two maps (Anubis - 13-11, Inferno - 13-8) ensured ZywOo and the team's passage to the play-offs semi-finals. There the European club again outplayed NAVI 2-0 (Anubis - 13-5, Inferno - 13-9) and reached the grand final of the tournament. In the decisive confrontation with FaZe Clan Team Vitality players came out victorious with the result 2:0 (Inferno - 13-5, Nuke - 13-7). The championship provided the team with the main prize of $500,000.

Upon arrival at BLAST Premier: Spring Groups 2024, Team Vitality was placed in Group A. The top set semi-final against OG ended with a 2-0 win for ZywOo and his teammates (Mirage - 13-0, Inferno - 13-7). A full bo3 clash with Astralis ended with Vitality's first defeat in three months. Thus, the team lost the right to make a mistake and went to the lower grid.

Statistics of the last results of Team Vitality:

• 0:2 defeat to Astralis
• Victory over OG with the score 2:0
• 2:0 win over FaZe Clan
• 2:0 win over Natus Vincere
• 2:0 win over Cloud9

Team Falcons uniform

All last year Team Falcons did not please their fans with their performance on the professional stage. Some of the achievements include a silver medal in Thunderpick Bitcoin Series #2, which allowed the players to earn $22,300. Falcons also attempted to qualify for BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023, but their journey ended in 4th-6th place at BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023: European RMR Decider. Participation in Gamers8 2023, from which the team dropped out after the first match, brought Team Falcons $15,000 in prize money.

The previous professional tournament for Team Falcons was ESL Challenger League Season 46: Europe. As a result of the group stage draw, the Falcons were placed in Group A. The Arabian team lost their first match to Ukrainian club Monte with the score 1:2, after which they decided to withdraw from the event. In December, the management of the organisation decided to re-build the squad, leaving only BOROS from the previous five, with Snappi as the captain of the new roster.

At BLAST Premier: Spring Groups 2024 Team Falcons started their journey in Group A. In the first match the team Ledgeil Astralis with the result 0:2 and went down to the bottom of the net. There the players were able to rehabilitate themselves by outplaying OG on two maps in a row (Ancient - 13-2, Vertigo - 13-11) and qualify for the final of the group.

Statistics of Team Falcons latest results:

• A 2-0 win over OG
• 0:2 defeat to Astralis
• Technical defeat by Pera Esports
• Technical defeat by B8
• 1:2 defeat by Monte

Match history of Team Vitality - Team Falcons

Previously the participants of this confrontation have not played against each other on the professional stage.

Predicted result of the match Team Vitality - Team Falcons

Despite the last defeat to Astralis, Team Vitality are still one of the best teams in Counter-Strike 2, while Team Falcons are just testing their new squad. Let's bet on a 2-0 win for Team Vitality.