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The group stage of ESL Pro League Season 20 doesn't seem to be winding down. While Groups A and B have already "shot off", the battles in the group stage continue.
We The International are interested in groups C and D, which will play in parallel. And in one of the matches we will see a match between Virtus.pro and Red Canids.
Let's try to figure out who from the pair Vp - Red Canids will be stronger and will pass to the next stage of the upper grid of Group D, and who will have to continue the game in the lower part.
Let's go.
Vp Form
Let's open the Vp vs Red Canids match with an analysis of Vp's form. In this match they play as clear favourites with odds to win at around 1.2.
At the beginning of last year Vp played in three TIR-A tournaments. These were BB Playlist. Urbanistic, BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023: European RMR A, and also BB Playlist. Freeddom. At the two "home" championships from BB Vp were in the top 8, but at the European RMR everything was even less happy - top 14.
Then Vp made a breakthrough by winning at ESL Challenger Katowice 2023. The victory there allowed them to qualify for ESL Pro League Season 18.
Among the victories, CCT Online Finals #2 is also worth mentioning. They beat Team Spirit in the grand finals and earned $100,000, which is pretty good.
- Vp lineup: Jame, FL1T, fame, n0rb3r7, electronic.
Before ESL Pro League Season 18 Vp visited Gamers8, where they didn't get further than the top 8, and Dunav Party LAN, where in the grand finals they got revenge for their defeat on CCT by Spirit.
In the first match of EPL Season 18, Vp's opponent was Team Liquid. The match, as expected, ended in a full-fledged, combative Bo3 with Vp winning 2-1.
Next up, VP played G2 Esports and legitimately Ledgeili, though they fought back and took the map. The defeat sent Vp to the lower grid, where they first beat Eternal Fire and then outplayed Liquid again, thus reaching the EPL play-offs.
Vp did not manage to play in the main stage. Vp lost their first match against 9z Team, which was a rather unexpected result. At the end of the EPL S18 Vp finished in the top 16.
Things are going well at the Roobet Cup. Vp won the first match against their compatriots from Spirit with a score of 2-1. Next up was a battle with Movistar Riders to qualify for the Roobet Cup 2023 play-offs, which ended 2-0 in Vp's favour, a solid 2-0.
The Roobet Cup 2023 itself was the pulse of Vp's triumph. They beat Monte 2-1 in the grand final, earning their first major win in a long time. Later there was Thunderpick World Championship 2023, where Vp also reached the final, but failed to beat FaZe and as a result - 0-2.
Before playing at BB Dacha Vp played at ESL Challenger Winter. There they reached the top 4, losing in the semi-finals to the future champions from Monte. BB Dacha itself was a very successful event for Vp: there they reached the finals and lost to Spirit 2-3 in a close series.
Just before the BLAST Premier: Spring Groups 2024, where Vp were partnered with BLAST, they played the ESL Challenger at DreamHack Atlanta 2023, where they won the championship, beating Apeks 2-0 in the Grand Final.
On their way to the Group D finals, Virtus.pro defeated BIG and Cloud9. The former 2-0, the latter 2-1. In the grand final of their group at BLAST Premier: Spring Groups 2024, Vp beat BIG again and again with a score of 2-0, thus earning themselves a place at the spring finals. Next up was IEM Katowice 2024, where Vp failed, finishing in the top 20.
Vp made it to PGL CS 2 Major Copenhagen, finishing in the top 2 at PGL Major Copenhagen 2024: European RMR A. In addition, they made it to IEM Dallas 2024.
Directly at the World Championship Long Competed from the Elimination stage. First lost to Imperia, but then beat paiN and Heroic, which brought them to 2-1. Next, they lost to Eternal Fire and G2 Esports, which led to Vp's elimination from the Major tournament.
IEM China 2024 Vp are doing quite well. In the top set of Group B, they took turns beating American teams Wildcard (13-1) and then FlyQuest (2-1). In the play-offs seeding match, Vp lost to the best team in the tournament, Astralis, 2-0.
In the main stage of IEM China 2024, Vp played against G2 Esports and lost, thus finishing in the top 6 of the tournament.
After the top 6 at IEM China 2024 Vp attended three more tournaments, two of which were very prestigious. So they played ESL Pro League Season 19 at TOP-8 and IEM Dallas 2024 at TOP-12, and in between they made it to the Top-6 at BB Dacha.
In Group B at BLAST Premier: Spring Finals 2024 Vp played to a top-3 finish, which got them into the playoffs. Next, they made it to the top 4, but there Ledgeili NaVi.
EWC Vp started with a match against Complexity Gaming, where they won 2-0. Making it to the play-offs the team faced Vitality and came out stronger, winning 2-1. Next up was a match against G2, a loss and top 4 in the end.
Vp played at BLAST Premier: Fall Groups 2024, where they failed miserably: top 16. Later, they "consolidated their success" at IEM Cologne 2024, making it to the Top 16. They also competed at BLAST Premier: Fall Groups 2024, where they finished in the Top 4.
Vp Mapple
The best map for Vp remains Ancient, where Vp won 3 maps out of 3 played. The most frequently played map is Overpass, where Vp played 11 maps and won 9 of them.
In the pool there is a good Anubis (3-1 on maps), Mirage (6 wins in 9 matches) and Inferno (7 wins in 11 games).
The worst choice for vp is Vertigo. It has 44% wins with 9 matches.
Red Canids form
We continue the Red Canids vs Vp match with the analysis of the Red Canids form. In this match they are playing as the number two as a clear outsider with win odds around 4.
Red Canids have played in a lot of online tournaments and qualifiers. Red Canids were ranked Top 8 at EPL S17: SA Conference - Open Qualifier, Top 16 at IEM Rio 2023: SA Open Qualfiier, Top 16 at CCT South America Serie #4.
In February this year, Red Canids placed TOP-8 at TG Masters Spring 2023 and TOP-4 at CCT South America Series #5, which can be called the best result for the year.
- Red Canids roster: venomzera, nython, dav1deuS, coldzera, HEN1
In the middle of the year Red Canids played at a number of tournaments, where they showed good results. I'm talking about top 4 at ESL Brasil Premier League Season 14, top 2 at Dust2 Brasil Liga Season 1.
Before appearing at CCT Online Finals #5, Red Canids won Copa BetBoom 2023 and EPL World Series: Americas Season 4. There were still less successful CBCS Invitational 2023 and CBCS 2023 Season 3, Top 8 and Top 4 respectively.
CCT Online Finals #5 Red Canids faced off against Into The Breach. One of the fastest progressing teams of the year, ITB won 2-0. Next, Red Canids faced off against Vortex and eventually knocked them out of the tournament, winning their match 2-0.
Next, Red Canids played against Sprout. Being the underdogs in that match, the Brazilians unexpectedly outplayed their opponents, and did so with a score of 2-0. However, they failed to move further into the top 8.
In the 2024 season, the Brazilian club played a lot, but mostly in TIR-2 tournaments. These included RES, CBCS and other tournaments. Everywhere somewhere in the middle of the standings and only occasionally, as in the EPL World Series: Americas Season 7, managed to take the top 1.
Red Canids Mappool
The best Red Canids team is Mirage. They played 12 matches and won 9 of them.
Next was Overpass with 8 matches and 5 wins. Nuke (7 matches, 4 wins), Inferno (9 matches, 5 wins). Worse goes to Ancient with 3 wins in 6 matches, and worst of all was Anubis. His Red Canids have been picked 7 times, but have played with a winrate of 42%.
They don't play on Vertigo.
History of head-to-head meetings Red Canids - Vp
Previously, the teams have not played each other in official matches.
Predicted result of Vp vs Red Canids at ESL Pro League Season 20
As far as I am concerned, this will be the most passable match of the first round in Group C and Vp will have no problem closing with a score of 2-0.
Bottom line: Vp win with a score of 2-0.
