FaZe vs OG at CS:GO BLAST Premier Spring Groups 2023: Predictions, where to watch, and more

CS:GO's BLAST Premier Spring Groups 2023 kicked off earlier this month, featuring a grand showdown between twelve top-tier contenders.

Day 8 of the tournament is set to begin with FaZe Clan facing off against OG in the finals of the double-elimination Group B bracket. The winner of this matchup will secure a slot in the BLAST Premier Spring Finals, while the loser will be sent to a single-elimination bracket to face the winner of Astralis vs NIP.

Team Vitality defeated Heroic in the Group A Finals to become the very first team to qualify for the 2023 Spring Finals. Based on the outcome of today's Group B and Group C Finals, two more teams will soon be making their way to the Spring Finals.

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FaZe Clan vs OG: Who will win the Group C Finals of CS:GO BLAST Premier Spring Groups 2023?

Predictions

FaZe Clan and OG are two world-class CS:GO rosters that have the potential to outsmart any tier-1 opposition on the big stage. FaZe is the more notable team out of the two. However, with one of their veteran players, rain, being away for the birth of his child, FaZe was forced to play with a substitute. The organization also faced difficulties in procuring a substitute as their initial substitute choice was denied.

Despite the troubles that the team faced ahead of the tournament, they managed to find their form, give it their all, and reach the Group B Finals of the tournament. The talented squad of karrigan, broky, twistzzz, and ropz have been impeccable as usual, with the temporary addition of es3tag bolstering their firepower.

OG has already faced FaZe once in the Spring Groups so far, where they succumbed to the 2022 PGL Major winners by a 2-1 scoreline. Although OG underperformed in their previous encounter, with skilled players like degster, flameZ, and NEOFRAG under the leadership of nexa, they certainly have the potential to defeat FaZe and qualify for the Spring Finals.

It should be noted that FaZe is in great form ahead of this matchup. However, OG can be expected to learn from their recent defeat and come up with a counter-strategy that could lead them to success.

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Head-to-head

The current CS:GO rosters of FaZe Clan and OG have played against each other in a total of six series, with FaZe winning five of them. FaZe has also won a total of 11 maps against OG, whereas OG has only 4 map wins against FaZe.

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Recent results

FaZe has won four out of their previous five matchups, with good victories against teams like OG, Complexity, G2, and Liquid. In fact, their only recent defeat was against G2. OG, on the other hand, collected only three wins in their last five CS:GO matches after defeating Liquid twice and Vitality once. Interestingly, their only defeats were against Liquid and FaZe.

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Potential lineups

FaZe Clan

• Patrick "es3tag" Hansen (Stand-in)
• Helvijs "broky" Saukants
• Russel "Twistzz" Van Dulken
• Finn "karrigan" Andersen (IGL)
• Robin "ropz" Kool
• Robert "RobbaN" Dahlström (Coach)

OG

• Shahar "flameZ" Shushan
• Nemanja "nexa" Isaković (IGL)
• Adam "NEOFRAG" Zouhar
• Maciej "F1KU" Miklas
• Abdulkhalik "degster" Gasanov
• Casper "ruggah" Due (Coach)

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Where to watch

Fans of CS:GO can catch the Spring Groups 2023 action live on BLASTPremier's official Twitch and YouTube handles. FaZe will face off against OG later today on January 26, 2022 at 6:00 am PST/ 3:00 pm CET/ 7:30 pm IST.