G2 Esports vs Team Vitality. Forecast for the IEM Dallas 2024 grand final
The time has come for the long-awaited grand final of IEM Dallas 2024. For the first time in several tournaments, it will be held in front of a huge audience, which makes this spectacle even more interesting. The confrontation between G2 Esports and Team Vitality will be decided not only by personal skill and team actions, but also by emotions, as well as the support of the audience. The opponents turned out to be equal and this match is definitely not worth missing. In this material we will give a forecast for the winner of IEM Dallas 2024.
The teams' path to the tournament
First, you should take into account the path of the teams in the tournament, and it turned out to be quite different. The teams started IEM Dallas 2024 in the same group, so initially it could not go through one scenario.
Team Vitality
The start of the tournament for Team Vitality turned out to be extremely successful: in the opening match, the team, although with problems, dealt with the new Monte lineup, then it was not difficult for them to cope with their opponent in the grand final. In the first head-to-head meeting at IEM Dallas 2024, G2 had no chance against Team Vitality. After this, the team of Mathieu ZywOo Herbaut only had to close out the underdog 9z, who miraculously ended up in the finals of the upper bracket. But in this match the favorite showed absolutely nothing and lost with a score of 0:2, which was the first alarm bell for Team Vitality.
The playoffs had to start with the quarterfinals against HEROIC, which turned out to be extremely easy. In the semi-finals, Mathieu ZywOo Herbaut had to face Danil donk Kryshkovets and Team Spirit for the first time. The Russian squad was deservedly the favorite of the match, but Team Vitality managed to turn the tide of the match and it also ended with a score of 0:2, but with great competition, coups and crazy clutches.
G2 Esports
G2 Esports, in turn, faced a serious test in the lower bracket of the group after losing to Team Vitality. The team performs with stand-in Jake Stewie2k Yip while Rasmus HooXi Nielsen celebrates his sister’s wedding. However, she picked up form throughout IEM Dallas 2024 and sensationally managed to knock the dominant MOUZ out of the tournament. After this result, everyone believed in the success of G2 and began to support the team with the American in its composition. The final of the lower bracket also did not turn out to be a problem for the team and after defeating Team Liquid, they deservedly qualified for the playoffs.
In the quarterfinals, G2 Esports again played the role of an outsider, and they had to cope with FaZe Clan, who returned after a long vacation and were full of strength to show the highest level of Counter-Strike. In the semi-finals, the opponent of Ilya m0NESY Osipov’s roster was the formidable 9z, whose success no one has yet revealed. But this was the first appearance of this team on the big stage, which brought even more confidence to G2 Esports, which led to a natural victory with a score of 2:0.
Personal team meetings
This meeting is an ideal example of a match when personal confrontations between teams will be decided by practically nothing. The IEM Dallas 2024 Grand Final will be special and unlike all other team battles. Moreover, considering that the teams have recently met only in the group stage itself, and before that their last joint match was only at Gamers8 2023, back in CS:GO.
Mappool
The grand final will be held in bo3 format, which means that teams will not have to play maps that are inconvenient for them. G2 Esports will get rid of their Mirage permoban, where Team Vitality feel very confident. In turn, the roster of Mathieu ZywOo Herbaut will abandon Ancient. Next, G2 are obliged to pick Inferno, on which they have a 93% win rate, and their opponent has the weakest map. Vitality already has more choice: they can answer Anubis or take a chance with the new Vertigo or Dust 2. The decisive map will most likely be Nuke, on which both teams are quite strong. Most likely, both teams will take their maps, and the winner will be determined by the desider, for whom the chances are equal.
Distinctive qualities of rivals
No matter how it sounds, the main advantage of G2 Esports in the grand finals of IEM Dallas 2024 will be Jake Stewie2k Yip. The audience will fiercely support their favorite and compatriot and it is unlikely that any of the spectators in the arena will be on the side of Team Vitality. In the playoffs, we have already seen how G2 meets its opponents and the grand final will be no exception. Vitality will be under a lot of pressure from the crowd and it will be even harder for them to play.
The sniper advantage also goes to G2 Esports. Mathieu ZywOo Herbaut began to please less and less with first-class matches and performances with AWP, but for Ilya m0NESY Osipov the opposite is true: the number of his highlights in each match is difficult to count. The Russian sniper is in his best form and has a great chance to prove who is the best AWP in the world at the moment.
The absence of Rasmus HooXi Nielsen was also a positive factor for G2 Esports. Nikola NiKo Kovac was able to fully reveal himself as a captain and is having an excellent championship. Many analysts have already agreed that there is no need to return the Dane to the lineup, the team looks much better without him. The result of G2 Esports at IEM Dallas 2024 is already several times better than for the rest of the time under the captaincy of Rasmus HooXi Nielsen.
We expect the grand final to be as close as possible with three maps and overtime, but we believe more in the victory of G2 Esports. The greatest contribution to their triumph will be the support of the home crowd of Jake Stewie2k Yip and the factor of Ilya m0NESY Osipov. We estimate the chances of G2 winning at 55 to 45.