Team Vitality vs. GamerLegion Prediction on November 17, 2024

Match info

The current Counter-Strike 2 competitive season is getting more and more tense. The upcoming Perfect World Shanghai Major 2024: Europe RMR A will feature 16 teams vying for seven spots in the Perfect World Shanghai Major 2024 (November 30–December 15) via Swiss Stage. Team Vitality and GamerLegion are among the teams vying for a spot there. They are destined to face one another in the European qualifying round of the Regional Major Rankings, Group A. The meeting will follow the Bo1 format. Let’s see whether the clear underdogs (both in terms of talent and the odds given by bookies for CS2 eSports betting) have a chance to overcome the Frenchmen who are the title side, or everything goes according to plan, with Vitality winning.

The match is scheduled to take place on Sunday, November 17 in (logically) Shanghai, starting at 12 p.m. local time.

Meeting statistics

The current form of Team Vitality

Let’s begin the match analysis by examining Vitality’s form. With odds to win of about 1.168 on XpariBet, they are the definite favorites in this game. This year will be our main focus.

Prior to competing in PGL CS2 Copenhagen Major 2024: European RMR B, they participated in BLAST Premier: Spring Groups, where they easily advanced through the group stage, and IEM Katowice 2024, where they shockingly underperformed and placed in the top 12. Vitality earned a 3-1 record at the PGL CS2 Copenhagen Major 2024: European RMR B and advanced to the Major. They fell against FaZe Clan there but made it to the top 4. Subsequently, they participated in ESL Pro League Season 19 and easily advanced to the grand final before losing to MOUZ. In the IEM Dallas 2024 grand final, Vitality were defeated by G2 Esports.

The French team participated in Blast Premier: Spring Final and placed in the top four before competing at the Esports World Cup 2024. Vitality only needed one victory at EWC 2024 to advance directly to the playoffs. But then, in the first round, they were shockingly eliminated by VP. For their first title of the 2024 season, Vitality traveled to IEM Cologne 2024. They defeated NaVi, the top team in the world at the moment, 3-1 in the grand final.

Their ESL Pro League Season 20 performance later showed that although the “Bees” had no trouble prior to the playoffs, Eternal Fire surprisingly defeated them in the quarterfinals. At BLAST Premier: Fall Final 2024, the identical outcome was achieved, although the eventual winners, G2 Esports, were fatal to Vitality in the top-4 round. Vitality participated in IEM Rio 2024 and BLAST Premier: World Final before Perfect World Shanghai Major 2024: Europe RMR A, placing them in the top 6 and top 4, respectively.

The current form of GamerLegion

Prior to RMR’s Long Season, the German team, the underdogs in the upcoming match (4.5 on their win on Ivibet) participated in two significant competitions in 2024: BLAST Premier: Spring Groups 2024 and IEM Katowice 2024. They placed in the top 12 at both tournaments, which is a respectable outcome, we reckon.

Following their 1-4 record at PGL Major Copenhagen 2024: European RMR B, GL failed to qualify for the Major. However, due to 9Pandas’ inability to obtain visas, they ended themselves in Copenhagen. GamerLegion’s attempt to go to the Elimination Stage of the first major event since CS: GO was changed to Counter-Strike 2 ended in 17th to 19th place, despite their strong performance in the Danish capital.

GL participated in the ESL Pro League Season 19, placing in the top 16. They participated in BLAST Premier: Fall Groups 2024 as well; however, they were unable to go past the top 16. GamerLegion were unable to resume participating in S-Tier competitions following ESL Pro League Season 19. First place at CCT Season 2 European Series #13 was their best performance to date.

Head-to-head

This season, Vitality have beaten GL twice.

Match analytics

Our pick for this game is Vitality. We don’t think there’s much use in making any additional remarks here. There were times when GL were capable of challenging the European title clubs, but the last time that happened was six months ago.

Tip: Winner Team Vitality.