Match Prediction: ENCE - Alliance | CS2 (CS:GO)

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We continue to watch the action at BLAST Premier: Fall European Showdown 2023. We are still watching the quarter-finals of the tournament, where ENCE and Alliance are preparing to start their way for the prizes.

Let me remind you that at stake in BLAST Premier: Fall European Showdown 2023 is $67,500, as well as BLAST points and a ticket to the Fall Finals 2023. The autumn finals will logically be the final chord of competitive CSGO, which will be replaced by CS2.

Back to ENCE and Alliance. The teams will play each other in a Bo3 match. The winner will move further down the grid to face the winner of BIG and 9INE.

We will see which of the teams will be stronger and whether this match has a place for The International. Will Alliance impose the fight against ENCE or we will see an easy 2-0 in favour of the Finns.

Let's go.

ENCE form

Let's open the match with an analysis of ENCE's form. In this match they will have to play as favourites.

And a favourite with a huge margin. This is indicated by esport betting sites, giving the odds on the victory of ENCE in the region of 1.05.

Such a figure easily fits into the logic of what is happening on the professional CSGO scene. The fact is that ENCE is a TOP-2 team in the world, and therefore will be in favour against, let's face it, not the strongest one

During the season, the team took TOP-3 on CCT Central Europe Malta Vibes, TOP-4 on ESL Pro League Season 17, and also reached TOP-8 European RMR B - qualifying event for BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023. ENCE also played at the Major, but it was TOP-14, which is hardly a worthy result.

IEM Dallas 2023 turned out to be much more pleasant. ENCE looked quite cheerful throughout the event, which allowed them to defeat MOUZ in the grand finals with a score of 2-0. Just before IEM Cologne 2023, ESL Challenger Katowice was played, where they had to defeat Vp in the grand final 1-2.

• ENCE roster: Snappi, NertZ, Maden, dycha, SunPayus .

ENCE have been playing in a stable roster for almost half a year. SunPayus and NertZ headline the roster with a KDA of 1.12.

Thanks to their victory at IEM Dallas 2023 ENCE started Cologne from the group stage. The first opponent was the Poles from 9INE, who gave the Finns serious problems, but lost with a score of 1-2 and a series of dops on the decisive map.

The next match was a match against Fnatic. ENCE won both maps, leaving Fnatic no special chances.

In the match for the Grand Final ENCE played against Heroic. Being an outsider, the Finns took a very good approach to the match and shut down the top 1 team in the world with a score of 2-1 in a tough Bo3.

Next up was a match against Vitality and as a result a passage to the Grand Final of IEM Cologne 2023. ENCE was not enough for the title, G2 Esports were stronger.

After an offensive Cologne 2023 ENCE started Gamers8 on a high note. They defeated Liquid 2-0 in the first match of the tournament.

In the semi-final match they played against Cloud9. Again, the Finns closed the series with a score of 2-0, leaving little chance for the Americans.

Later ENCE beat Heroic again, and dry, and in the grand final Gamers8 faced Vitality. Again, ENCE failed to take the title, Ledgeiv with a 1-2 score.

At the ESL Pro League Season 18 Long Round of the ESL Pro League, ENCE faced off against Evil Geniuses. The North American club even gave a fight, but only on the second map (14-16 Nuke), but still lost.

ENCE faced MIBR in the match to reach the final of the top grid of Group B at ESL Pro League Season 18. The new generation of the legendary Brazilian tag showed beautiful CSGO, and it was enough for one map.

Before the play-offs, ENCE defeated BIG in a match to advance to the quarter-finals. The game ended 2-1, and ENCE were the winner of their group.

In the quarter-finals ENCE played against Movistar Riders. As expected, the Spaniards couldn't offer any proper resistance and were swept on two maps (16-2 Overpass and 16-5 Anubis).

ENCE's journey to ESL Pro League Season 18 ended at the semi-final stage. The Finns Ledge and future tournament champions MOUZ lost 1-2.

ENCE Mapple

ENCE has two 100 per cent maps. They are Nuke, who has already played at IEM Cologne 2023 with 9 wins in 9 matches, and Anubis with 5 matches and 0 losses.

Still playing Ancient (66% wins in 3 matches). Still playing Mirage (9 matches, 4 wins). Vertigo with 2 wins and 3 losses and Overpass (2 wins in 7 matches).

Do not play Inferno.

Alliance Form

We continue the match analysis with an analysis of Alliance's form. In this match they will have to play as a number two.

There are not many chances for Alliance to win. Bookmakers give on this outcome odds around 10.

Such a figure is not surprising. Simply ENCE is much stronger, and the second line in the HLTV rating confirms it.

Alliance itself is a new name for Counter-Strike. The well-known Swedish organisation came to competitive CS ahead of the release of the second part of the popular FPS shooter. Previously, the team was called 416Olsk.

416Olsk were a typical mix, not much of anything. They played steadily on local championships and sometimes showed good results there.

Some of their achievements include winning a number of qualifications (Pellajat.com Nordic Masters Fall 2023, Subway Suberior League Season 2 and Esportal Envia Open). In addition, 416Olsk, now Alliance, made their mark at a few modest tournaments. These were ESEA Pre-Season Circuit 2023: European Final, Pelaajat.com Nordic Masters Fall 2023 and Esportal Evnia Open. Best of the day was the ESEA Pre-Season Circuit 2023: European Final, where we managed to win, earning $5,000.

• Alliance lineup: twist, robiin, PlesseN, b0denmaster, avid .

The headliner of the team is PlesseN. The ex-player of GamerLegion and Entropiq has a rating of 1.05. The other four barely reach one, with an average rating of 0.93. And that's considering playing at local tournaments and only tournaments. Prior to BLAST Premier: Fall European Showdown 2023, Alliance had not faced any ENCE-level teams.

Alliance mappool

Alliance has a limited map pool. The best map is Anubis, where the Swedes played 2 matches and didn't lose any of them.

After Anunbis is Ancient, where the Swedes have 1 win with 2 maps.

Among the worst maps are Mirage and Vertigo. There are a match and a defeat respectively.

History of head-to-head meetings

The teams have not played each other in official matches before. This will be their debut face-to-face meeting.

Predicted result of ENCE vs Alliance at BLAST Premier: Fall European Showdown 2023

I don't know if there's any point in ranting at length here. As far as I'm concerned, it's more than obvious. Alliance, having accidentally made it to BLAST Premier: Fall European Showdown 2023, replacing Victory Zigzag, will finish in the first round of the championship. It's a tough opponent against them.

The result: a 2-0 win for ENCE.