G2 Esports vs. HEROIC Prediction on December 13, 2024

Match info

Playoffs are on at the Perfect World Shanghai Major 2024, and we’re getting closer to finding out who’ll be the next winner of the CS2 Major. The two of eight teams in the tournament’s third and final phase in China’s most populous city are G2 Esports and HEROIC. They’ll try to go through to the Semifinals via a face-to-face Bo3 confrontation on Friday, December 13, at 2 p.m. local time at an 18,000-seat indoor stadium of the Shanghai Oriental Sports Center. Let’s figure out which of the two teams will be stronger and which one will go home. You’ll find plenty of betting markets for the Quarterfinal matches on any CS2 betting site.

Meeting statistics

The current form of G2 Esports

In their last event prior to this Shanghai Major, G2 went on to play at the BLAST Premier: World Final 2024, where they triumphed, winning another trophy at this year’s BLAST Championship Series (the other one was at the Fall Final). In the final match, they stomped Spirit by a score of 3-0.

G2 Esports started their way to the Shanghai Major with a victory over NIP in the European RMR B. Then they beat 9Pandas without any problems. But in the match that could’ve taken them to the Major early, the German team sensationally lost 1-2 to 3DMAX. However, they later took down Spirit and went to the Perfect World Shanghai Major 2024 with a record of 3-1. G2 started the Elimination Stage with a loss to The MongolZ, but then defeated BIG and 3DMax. In the decisive match for the advancement to the Playoffs, G2 Esports defeated FaZe Clan with a score of 2-0. Maybe they don’t show as convincing play as in some seasons before, but still, they’re big favorites for the title in Shanghai. For the match against HEROIC, in particular, the odds for their win are 1.40 on BetObet. Their rivals are 2.70.

G2’s main map is Ancient. They played eight matches there, of which they won six.

The current form of HEROIC

HEROIC face many challenges in the 2024 season. They attended top tournaments, but their performance got worse and worse. Before appearing at the European RMR B, they played at the Thunderpick World Championship 2024, where they finished second, losing to The MongolZ in the Grand Final.

HEROIC opened the European RMR B with a win against PARIVISION. Next was a loss to BIG, followed by a win against NIP. They qualified for the PW Shanghai Major 2024 thanks to a win over Passion UA in the last round. Going straight into the Elimination Stage, HEROIC beat BIG and FaZe on their way to a record of 2-0. In the match that gave them the first chance to advance to the Playoffs, they lost to MongolZ. They squandered the second chance too, losing to Spirit. However, HEROIC managed to finally qualify for the main phase after defeating the reigning world champions, NAVI.

The best map of the Norwegian side is Nuke. On it, they have five wins and zero losses.

Head-to-head

In the current season, the two teams played each other four times: G2 Esports won three times, while one series was won by HEROIC.

Match analytics

In this match, we’re backing G2 Esports. At this year’s Perfect World Shanghai Major, they have every chance to be the champions. HEROIC don’t look like a team that can resist such serious opponents, and we expect them to get swept by G2.

Tip: Correct Map Score – 2:0, with odds of 2.35 on MELbet.

Results of the forecast

Forecast failed. G2 Esports vs. HEROIC 2:1