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

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CS Asia Championship 2023 is the start of the most interesting part of The International - the championship play-offs. Let me remind you that there is an impressive prize of $250,000 for the first place.

There will be 6 teams competing for the prize money. Of these, 4 will begin their march to the championship cup from the quarter-finals. Among them are ENCE and NiP.

The European derby will close the first day of the CS Asia Championship 2023 play-offs. The winner goes to the semi-finals to FaZe Clan, and the loser leaves the tournament with TOP-6 in his pocket.

Let's see who will be stronger in the single Bo3 and will go to the next round of CS Asia Championship 2023, and who will have to say goodbye to the championship at the first stage of the main stage.

Let's go.

ENCE uniforms

Embarking on the match analysis, let's delve into an assessment of ENCE's current form. Notably, in this particular matchup, the Finns are set to face the top-ranked team, carrying odds to win at 1.7 on the best CS2 gambling sites.

During the season, the team finished 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, VLDN, 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.

They played at BLAST Premier: Fall Showdown, which they failed. At the tournament the Finns finished top 4, which is hardly a serious result considering the level of the championship and the teams that played there.

ENCE also played at IEM Sydney 2023 - the first major tournament in CS2. There they managed to reach the play-offs of the championship, but in the first match of the main stage Ledge and FaZe Clan, who later became the champions of the tournament.

Directly at the CS Asia Championship 2023 ENCE played Group A on TOP-2. In the play-offs seeding match, they lost to Astralis in a very lacklustre manner, even though the match ended 2-1.

ENCE Mapple

ENCE has two 100 per cent maps. They are Nuke, already used 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).

Inferno are not playing.

NiP Form

We continue the analysis of the match ENCE - NiP with the analysis of the Swedes' form. In this match they play as the number two, and the odds for their victory are around 2.1.

If in the first half of the year NiP were remembered only for getting to Paris Major 2023 after 7th place at European RMR B, and then TOP-8-11 at the Paris tournament itself. It got better after coming out of the competition break.

NiP lost to Last Change Qualifiers at Gamers8 at the Long Crest of the second half of the year, but then played solidly at BLAST Premier: Fall Groups 2023. They managed to reach the Autumn Finals quite easily, beating grands like Vitality.

• NiP lineup: REZ, hampus, maxster, headtr1ck, k0nfig.

NiP are approaching IEM Cologne 2023 in full readiness. Before the tournament the team had no substitutions. This will clearly play to the Swedish club's advantage.

In the first round of the Play-In IEM Cologne 2023 Ninjas in Pyjamas met Into The Breach. The match ended in NiP's easiest outing at Ancient with a score of 16-5.

In the match to advance to the group stage of IEM Cologne 2023 NiP played against MOUZ. The Mice beat the Swedes on class, giving them 19 rounds in two matches.

They managed to get out of the Play-In after the second round match of the lower grid against Imperial. Nervously, with the score 2-1.

However, it was not possible to play long in IEM Cologne 2023. NiP finished their journey through the tournament in the bottom set of Group B with a loss against Astralis.

After failing at IEM Cologne 2023, NiP failed to qualify for IEM Sydney 2023 and also completely failed ESL Pro League Season 18, finishing in the top-26 of the tournament.

At Roobet Cup 2023 Ninjas In Pyjamas played with a revamped roster. Maxster temporarily joined the roster, replacing Brollan. The young Swede was the best player of the match in the game against Fnatic, which NiP won, but then they were unlucky.

NiP lost to Monte and then to OG, dropping out of Roobet Cup 2023 at the group stage and finishing top-12 in the overall standings.

At CS Asia Championship 2023, NiP had already completed the minimum programme. Even though they finished top-3 in their group, they looked good, especially in a crazy bo1 against FaZe Clan, which ended on round 53 with FaZe winning.

Ninjas in Pyjamas Mappool

Ninjas in Pyjamas' top 1 map for the last 3 months is Mirage. Ninjas in Pyjamas has a mind-blowing winrate of 92% with 13 games played.

They also played Inferno where they won 5 matches out of 7 games. Nuke is also in plus winrate, where the "ninjas" have 3 wins from 5 matches.

The most not favoured card for NiP will be Vertigo. NiP has 6 cards and only 1 win.

History of head-to-head meetings between ENCE and NiP

Last time ENCE and NiP played during BLAST Paris Major 2023. Then the Swedes celebrated a clean victory.

Predicted result of the match ENCE - NiP at CS Asia Championship 2023

Taking into account the results of the teams during the CS Asia Championship 2023, I expect a roughly even game here. The logical option I would see a total of +2.5, with ENCE winning.

Bottom line: total +2.5.