Virtus.pro vs. Team Spirit Prediction on February 7, 2025

Match info

At the IEM Katowice 2025, one of the most prestigious championships, not only for CS2 but for the whole eSports, the Playoffs are set to launch, where six teams have made it to the last stage of the Polish Masters. Among the participants of the Playoffs are Virtus.pro and Team Spirit, who’ll face each other in the Quarterfinals. The winners of the all-Russian duel, which will kick off on Friday, February 7, 2025, at 7 p.m. local time at Spodek Arena, will take on NaVi, who already found their place in the semifinal bracket.

Meeting statistics

The current form of Virtus.pro

Virtus.pro play as heavy outsiders in this match, with odds to win of 6.00 on Mr Bit. Spirit are 1.12.

The Russian organization, which relocated to Armenia, failed at the IEM Katowice 2024, finishing in the top 20. They made it to the PGL Major Copenhagen 2024 by finishing second at the European RMR A. In addition, they made it to the IEM Dallas 2024, finishing 9th-12th. At the IEM China 2024, Vp did quite well up until the Playoffs, where they lost to G2, thus finishing in the top 6. After the IEM China 2024, Virtus.pro attended three more tournaments, two of which were very prestigious—the ESL Pro League Season 19 (top 8) and IEM Dallas 2024 (top 12)—and in between they were sixth at the BB Dacha. They lost in the second round of the Playoffs at the EWC to finish the tournament in fourth place. Vp played at the BLAST Premier: Fall Groups 2024, where they failed miserably: top 16. Later, they repeated such a result at the IEM Cologne 2024. Virtus.pro also took part in the BLAST Premier: Fall Groups 2024, where they were fourth, and ESL Pro League S20, where they heavily failed, finishing the tournament in the top 16. They also competed at the Intel Extreme Masters Rio 2024, where they finished in the top 6. Vp were in the top 12 at the Thunderpick World Championship 2024. They made it to the PW Shanghai Major 2024 through the European RMR B. However, they underperformed at the main tournament itself, finishing in the top 24. They started the 2025 season with a performance at the BLAST Bounty Season 1, where they lost in the first round. Then—the IEM Katowice 2025 and Play-In: they lost to paiN with a crushing score (7-13) and (2-13) but came back in the Lower Bracket with wins over sAw and MIBR. In the Group Stage, Virtus.pro played more collected, which led to a deserved result. After beating G2 and Eternal Fire, they got into the Playoffs. However, they lacked a bit to reach the Semifinals, namely the victory over Vitality.

The current form of Team Spirit

In this match, the champions of the Perfect World Shanghai Major 2024 play as big favorites by the best crypto betting sites’ odds.

In 2024, the BLAST Premier: Spring Showdown 2024 was the first important event the “Dragons” took part in. They played frankly poorly there: they finished in the top 16. At the IEM Katowice 2024, neither Play-In nor Group Stage posed an issue for Spirit. They also stormed through the Playoffs, sweeping FaZe in the Grand Final (3-0). After that, the Russian organization (currently based in Serbia) went to the PGL Copenhagen Major 2024, where they managed to reach the Playoffs, but FaZe took revenge on them in the first round. Spirit had a kind of successful performance at the BB Dacha, but a 0-3 loss to MOUZ in the Grand Final spoiled the feeling a bit. At the IEM Dallas 2024, Spirit had a very easy time in the Group Stage, not giving up a single map. However, they didn’t manage to beat everyone in the Playoffs: Vitality knocked them out of the tournament at the top 4 stage. Later, Spirit won the BLAST Premier: Spring Final 2024. And then came a string of poor performances, including the top 16 at the Intel Extreme Masters Cologne 2024. Spirit’s journey at the ESL Pro League Season 20 ended in the second round of the Playoffs, where they were defeated by NaVi. Spirit played at the BLAST Premier: Fall Final 2024, where they weren’t successful either. They finished in the top 6. At the BLAST Premier: World Final 2024, they reached the Grand Final but lost 0-3 to G2. Shanghai Major 2024 will be written in capital letters in the Russian organization’s archives: by defeating FaZe in the Grand Final, they became the world champions for the first time in the club’s history. This was followed by a triumph in the BLAST Bounty Season 1. Spirit started the IEM Katowice 2025 by demolishing Astralis in Group B. In the match for the playoff spot, they lost to NaVi. Once in the Lower Bracket, they beat Liquid and GamerLegion, which allowed them to enter the Playoffs.

Head-to-head

These two teams met each other only once in 2024, and then Spirit won cleanly.

Match analytics

This match has the potential to be very interesting, but it won’t be for objective reasons, namely Vp’s quality. Also, their newcomer Timur “FL4MUS” Maryev will miss the Playoffs due to visa expiry, which makes the outsider even weaker ahead of the match against Spirit.

Tip: Rounds Handicap – Team Spirit -9.5, with odds of 1.83 on Frank Casino.

Results of the forecast

Successful forecast. Virtus.pro vs. Team Spirit 0:2