Spirit and Virtus.pro will meet in the semifinals of the lower bracket of IEM Summer 2021. Both teams play too strange and every other time. And if at the start of the championship the "dragons" looked awful, then on the second game day they suddenly began to hover around the map and shoot in the head. But with VP the situation is similar - the team played excellently on the first day, but failed on the second.
Spirit form
The 14th team in the world ranking became the fourth in the EPIC League CIS 2021, failing the playoff stage. But what is interesting, at the start of the tournament, the team looked like the main favorite to win, gradually moving away from only loud epithets along with the slow pace of the game. As for IEM Summer 2021, Spirit lost too unexpectedly to Evil Geniuses, making too many mistakes. Although after the team defeated the Brazilians, thereby showing a fighting spirit.
- Lost at Gambit with a score of 0: 2.
- Victory over NAVI with a score of 2: 0.
- Defeat against Virtus.pro with a score of 1: 2.
- Defeat to Evil Geniuses with a score of 9:16.
- Victory over Imperial with a score of 2: 0.
Best Spirit Cards:
- Dust 2 - 86% wins.
- Overpass - 71% wins.
- Inferno - 60% wins.
- Mirage - 50% wins.
I think that this time the team will ban Vertigo again. However, in the meantime, the team has a not quite modified Overpass.
Virtus.pro kits
The ninth team in the world rankings took second place at the EPIC League CIS 2021. It is interesting that the team could just fly past the playoffs of the championship, but quickly pulled themselves together and reached the final. As for IEM Summer 2021, VP had a good start here, passing fnatic. However, yesterday the team did not play against OG at all, especially the first halves, which the guys literally overslept.
Best Virtus.pro cards:
- Victory over Spirit with a score of 2: 1.
- Victory over Akuma with a score of 2: 0.
- Lost at Gambit with a score of 1: 3.
- Victory over fnatic with a score of 16:10.
- Lost to OG with a score of 0: 2.
Best Virtus.pro cards:
- Overpass - 62% wins.
- Inferno - 58% wins.
- Dust 2 - 54% wins.
It should be added that Virtus.pro does not play on Nuke. However, the team should pay special attention to the Dust 2 map.
Spirit - Virtus.pro meeting statistics
During the current season, the teams held two meetings:
- Virtus.pro victory in DreamHack Masters Spring 2021 with a score of 2: 0.
- Virtus.pro victory in the EPIC League CIS 2021 with a score of 2: 1.
Perhaps there is a place for a psychological advantage?
Spirit vs Virtus.pro match prediction
A difficult meeting for analysis, since both teams play every other time. However, it seems to me that Virtus.pro is somewhat easier to oppose Spirit, since the team knows the opponent well and has repeatedly dealt with the default. Moreover, you need to understand that the "dragons" never win back from an opponent, which is probably the main reason for the low results against the opponents of their division. Therefore, here I propose to bet on the Virtus.pro team to win.
