Team Spirit and MOUZ are set to face off in the IEM Cologne finals after Team Vitality’s shocking loss.
| Match | IEM Cologne 2025 Finals |
|---|---|
| Kick-off | August 3, 2025 at 11 am ET |
| Top pick | MOUZ wins |
| Best price | GG.BET live odds |
| Betting favorite | Team Spirit |
If it weren’t for Team Vitality, Team Spirit might still be the most revered team in Counter-Strike. If it weren’t for Team Vitality, MOUZ may have gotten considered as the top team in Counter-Strike. Instead, Vitality’s 2025 dominance has been so thorough that other teams are struggling to find second-place bones to pick.
MOUZ broke Vitality’s lengthy winning streak and now, they’ll face Team Spirit to decide which team wins the tournament and starts making their own push toward taking the top spot on the rankings
Betting tip: MOUZ has gotten the better of Team Spirit throughout most of 2025 and that should continue here, though Spirit’s a very serious threat.
My MOUZ vs Team Spirit pick: MOUZ wins (2.03 at GG.BET)
Team Vitality is out of IEM Cologne and, shockingly, that means that MOUZ and Team Spirit are set to play in the event’s finals. It’s a jarring notion, given how Vitality has won every tournament it has played in dating back to February.
MOUZ was the team that had the honor of breaking that winning streak. There wasn’t any one thing that MOUZ did to solve Team Vitality’s proverbial puzzle. Vitality made a few key mistakes in important rounds and MOUZ managed to consistently punish them and convert that into economy-busting wins. ZywOo was also jarringly unimpactful, getting out-fragged by Dan “apEX” Madesclaire. The full MOUZ roster was great in the series, but Ádám “torzsi” Torzsás was the key driver of that success with a 40-19 KD and 1.48 rating.
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This version of MOUZ is going to be extremely difficult to beat, so can Team Spirit pull it off?
The Russian squad got the better of MOUZ during the IEM Cologne group stage, which was largely driven on Danil “donk” Kryshkovets’s individual firepower being backed up by his team. While donk will get his kills in victory or defeat, the question is whether Dmitriy “sh1ro” Sokolov or Myroslav “zont1x” Plakhotia will be able to deliver, too.
Precedent shows they can, but the odds suggest they won’t be able to.
| MOUZ | Team Spirit |
|---|---|
| torzsi | chopper (IGL) |
| xertioN | zont1x |
| Jimpphat | donk |
| Brollan (IGL) | sh1ro |
| Spinx | zweih |
| Metric | MOUZ | Team Spirit | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pistol round win% | 52.9% | 56.2% | Spirit |
| Top-rated player | xerrtioN (1.11) | donk (1.45) | Spirit |
| Map win-loss | 72-49 | 72-24 | Spirit |
Stats include all matches played by both teams in 2025.
MOUZ and Spirit have played four times in 2025 and while MOUZ won the first three, Spirit won the most recent in the IEM Cologne group stage. That was also the first match since the addition of Ivan “zweih” Gogin.
MOUZ started in the IEM Cologne quarterfinals after a loss to Team Spirit, but stayed alive in the playoffs by beating Furia then Vitality.
Team Spirit earned a semifinals berth by beating MOUZ in the IEM Cologne Group stage, but was booted from the BLAST Austin Major by MOUZ just weeks prior.
| Market | Odds |
|---|---|
| MOUZ to win | 2.03 |
| Team Spirit to win | 1.75 |
| Over 3.5 maps | 1.33 |
| Over 4.5 maps | 2.63 |
Lines pulled from GG.BET at 2:30 pm MT on August 2, 2025.
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Team Spirit is a modest favorite to win this series, which is a bit of a surprise. Thankfully, that means the GG.BET live odds offer some workable lines, regardless of which team you’re rolling with.
Our pick: MOUZ as the match winner at 3-2 at 4.98 odds at GG.BET
See all the MOUZ vs Team Spirit odds at GG.BET!
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