FaZe Clan vs Team Spirit: BLAST Open Spring 2025 betting guide
Team Spirit finds itself in a strange position at BLAST Open Spring 2025; fighting for its tournament life early on against FaZe Clan.
While there’s still a definitive hierarchy in Counter-Strike esports, 2025 is shaping up to have a level of parity fans haven’t seen in some time. Team Spirit is generally agreed upon as the best in the world, but they’re far from unbeatable. Unlike Team Liquid in 2019 or Astralis’ dynasty years. Team Spirit loses. And it does so enough that it might be an early washout from BLAST Open Spring 2025.
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FaZe Clan vs Team Spirit match overview
On March 23, 2025, FaZe Clan and Team Spirit will play an elimination match in the BLAST Open Spring 2025 group stage. The match is a best-of-three. The winner will advance in the lower bracket of the group, and will need to win one more match to earn a playoff spot.
FaZe Clan vs Team Spirit in-depth team analysis
FaZe Clan roster and recent results
FaZe Clan got off to an ugly start in BLAST Open Spring, taking a devastating 2-1 loss against Virtus.pro. It was ugly enough that the team was actually swept 13-0 in the deciding game. While that was a worrying turn events, FaZe got back things back together by defeating Astralis.
Karrigan and company will be looking to get the ball rolling against Team Spirit:
- Håvard “rain” Nygaard
- Helvijs “broky” Saukants
- Finn “karrigan” Andersen
- Jonathan “EliGE” Jablonowski
- David “frozen” Čerňanský
FaZe Clan map pool
Since adding EliGE, FaZe Clan has struggled on Inferno and Dust 2. It’s not all bad news though, as the team is looking strong on Nuke and Ancient.
Team Spirit roster and recent results
Team Spirit was pitched a softball in the first round of BLAST Open Spring 2025, playing against Asia qualifier also-ran The Huns Esports. From there, it took on MOUZ in a rematch of the EPL 21 playoffs. The match looked like it was going to be a sprint as Spirit opened with a 13-3 win, but it turned into a marathon when MOUZ took a pair of overtime victories.
Team Spirit’s roster will be looking to rebound here and fight towards a playoff spot:
- Leonid “chopper” Vishnyakov
- Boris “magixx” Vorobyev
- Myroslav “zont1x” Plakhotja
- Danil “donk” Kryshkovets
- Dmitriy “sh1ro” Sokolov
Team Spirit map pool
Don’t let the questions about whether Team Spirit is Counter-Strike’s best fool you; they’re still really good. They’re also good on every map, particularly Dust 2 and Nuke.
FaZe Clan vs Team Spirit statistics, data
- The numbers say going to Dust 2 would be bad news for FaZe Clan
- Train, of course, is an X factor for the picks and bans
FaZe Clan vs Team Spirit head-to-head record
FaZe Clan has lost its last three matches against Team Spirit. The last time it won against Spirit was in the PGL Copenhagen Major in March 2024, where it scored a 2-1 win.
FaZe Clan vs Team Spirit betting odds snapshot
Team Spirit is a huge favorite over FaZe Clan. The moneylines stand at 1.31 against 3.40, respectively. Though Team Spirit’s recent matches have been more competitive than fans would expect, bookies are showing no respect for the European squad.
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FaZe Clan vs Team Spirit betting picks & predictions
Core picks
- Team Spirit wins 2-1 (3.2)
- Team Spirit should be regarded as the favorite here, but a 2-1 win is arguably more likely than a 2-0 win given the team’s recent form
- Team Spirit wins in longer games
- Team Spirit’s taking longer to win than one might expect, so something like Spirit winning a map in over 19.5 rounds at 2.07 is a decent value
Prediction
Team Spirit should be able to beat FaZe Clan, though the big question is how the team will look. It’s tough being at the top and Spirit know that all too well, as even a slight slip by the team is notable. Still, the slips have been there, making it easy to question whether Spirit can regain its footing.
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