Team Spirit vs MOUZ Tips & Prediction – ESL Pro League Season 21

By Tit Krajnik

14 Mar 2025

Tit Krajnik 14 Mar 2025

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Team Spirit vs MOUZ Counter-Strike 2 betting predictions for the ESL Pro League Season 21 semifinals, on Saturday, March 15, 2025 (15:45 CET)
Team Spirit are heavily favoured
MOUZ can punish Team Spirit, who have shown some cracks against Eternal Fire

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Team Spirit vs MOUZ Predictions

Team Spirit and MOUZ will face off on Saturday, March 15, in the ESL Pro League Season 21 semifinals, in their first meeting of the season, as the two Counter-Strike 2 teams chase a ticket to the grand finals.

Team Spirit vs MOUZ Predictions
Head to Head
Team Spirit Form
Team Spirit Squad & Team News
MOUZ Form
MOUZ Squad & Team News

Team Spirit are expected to win this series, which is not surprising considering how solid they've looked since the start of the season. However, while Spirit have been playing well, the same can be said for MOUZ, who are fresh off a solid display against G2 Esports.

The big question here is how well donk will perform, as Spirit are not as dominant when the young rifler is not averaging a +1.20 rating. So, while Spirit have a higher ceiling, I can see MOUZ putting up some resistance and likely taking at least one map.

Team Spirit are in excellent form
MOUZ have proven to be very resilient
Spirit rely too much on donk to dominate

Head to Head

Team Spirit and MOUZ have yet to meet this season.

Team Spirit Form

Team Spirit managed a perfect run through ESL Pro League Season 21 Stage 2, with 2-0 sweeps of TYLOO, SAW, and The MongolZ, while posting the tournament's highest average team performance rating.

Despite their dominant display in the group stage, however, Spirit had to dig deep to make it past Eternal Fire in the previous round and came very close to getting swept themselves.

Spirit started the series with an overtime win on Nuke (19-15), lost Anubis (10-13), and closed it out with a 13-7 victory on Mirage. That game showed just how vulnerable Spirit can be when donk is not carrying them, and while the young rifler still posted an admirable 1.12 rating, that is below what has become expected of him.

Team Spirit Squad & Team News

No roster changes for Team Spirit.

Leonid "chopper" Vishnyakov
Boris "magixx" Vorobyev
Myroslav "zont1x" Plakhotja
Danil "donk" Kryshkovets
Dmitriy "sh1ro" Sokolov

MOUZ Form

MOUZ made it through ESL Pro League Season 21 Stage 2 with wins against FURIA (2-1), Team Falcons (2-0), and Team Liquid (2-0) but were no match for Team Vitality (0-2). That loss made it seem like MOUZ would struggle against G2 Esports in the first round of the playoffs, but they proved all the doubters wrong.

MOUZ won the previous series with a reverse sweep, picking up Nuke (13-8) and Ancient (13-11) after dropping a close game on Inferno (11-13). It was a solid display from MOUZ and a good indication of what this team is capable of when all of their players are performing well.

MOUZ Squad & Team News

MOUZ have not made any roster changes.

Ádám "torzsi" Torzsás
Dorian "xertioN" Berman
Jimi "Jimpphat" Salo
Ludvig "Brollan" Brolin
Lotan "Spinx" Giladi

Verdict

Team Spirit v MOUZ

Team Spirit should be favoured for this match, as they've shown they have a much higher ceiling than MOUZ. But that does not mean MOUZ can't do some damage on Saturday.

MOUZ are in solid shape ahead of this match, whereas Team Spirit showed some cracks against Eternal Fire, who nearly bested them 2-0 in the quarterfinals. In that game, the Turks proved that Spirit can break when donk is not having a good day, and while there is no telling how well he will perform this weekend, I've seen enough from MOUZ to believe this will be a close game.

Over 2.5 Maps

Over/Under

@100.00 - 3 Units

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