Match Prediction: Apeks - FURIA | CS2 (CS:GO)
IEM Katowice 2024 Play-inLet's move on to the confrontation between Brazilian team FURIA Esports and European club Apeks in the first round of Play-In stage losers at the Intel Extreme Masters Katowice 2024 Championship. The winner will battle BIG for the group stage, while the loser will finish its participation in the tournament. The format of the match is bo3. Will sense and his teammates be able to rehabilitate themselves after failing in the first round of the top set? Let's find out.
In this betting thread you will find out how the participants of this match performed in the previous year, how they did in their previous professional tournament, and how this match will end.
FURIA Esports Uniforms
Brazilian squad FURIA Esports have been underperforming for almost the entire season in 2023, although they have attended almost all of the major LAN tournaments. The previous Intel Extreme Masters Katowice 2023 ended for the team with 17-20th place, and already at ESL Pro League Season 17 the players made it to the top-12. Victory at BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023: American RMR secured FURIA Esports a trip to BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023, the only Major tournament of last year. The team finished in 15th-16th place in the standings and earned $20,000. The performances at Intel Extreme Masters Dallas 2023 and Intel Extreme Masters Cologne 2023 did not please the fans of the Brazilian club either. Attempts to qualify for Intel Extreme Masters Sydney 2023 for arT and his teammates were unsuccessful. Top-16 finishes at Gamers8 2023 and ESL Pro League Season 18 provided the players with a combined $35,000 in prize money. Towards the end of the year, the Brazilians took 3-4th places at Roobet Cup 2023 and PARI, Please, earning another $25,000. The main achievement of FURIA Esports for the year can be considered the championship at Elisa Masters Espoo 2023 and the main prize of $100,000. At the end of the season, the team did not make any roster rotations.
The previous professional tournament for FURIA Esports was BetBoom Dacha, where the Brazilians received a direct invitation from the event organisers. According to the results of the draw, FURIA got into Group B. FURIA Esports lost their opening match against Team Spirit with a score of 0:2. Then the team managed to outplay Astralis on two maps in a row (Mirage - 19-17, Nuke - 13-5). In the decisive match arT and its teammates Ledge and Team Spirit in a rematch with the result 0:2 and finished their participation in the tournament. The 5th-6th places in the standings left the players without prize money.
At the Intel Extreme Masters Katowice 2024, FURIA Esports Long team was defeated by The MongolZ with the score 14-16. This result sent the Brazilians to the bottom of the Play-In stage.
Statistics of FURIA Esports latest results:
- 14-16 loss to The MongolZ
- 0:2 loss to Team Spirit
- 2-0 win over Astralis
- 0:2 loss to Team Spirit
- 3:1 win over Entity
Apeks form
Apeks have had quite a history of appearing at various championships over the past year, although they have been far from always successful. Apeks started last season with a run through BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023: European RMR Qualifier B and ESL Challenger at DreamHack Melbourne 2023: European Open Qualifier. A top-4 finish at CCT West Europe Series #1 provided players with their first $5,000 in prize money for the year. At the next tournament in the series, CCT West Europe Series #2, Apeks claimed silver and won $10,000. In the next qualifier for the last and only Major CS:GO tournament, BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023: European RMR A, Apeks reached sixth place and received an invitation to the main event. At BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023 sense and its teammates managed to surprise many and took 3-4th place in the standings, which brought a record $80,000 in prize money for the team. Apeks also won ESL Challenger League Season 45: Europe and earned another $20,000. The championship at the Elisa Invitational Spring 2023 allowed the team to head to the final tournament from Elisa. Participation at the iconic Intel Extreme Masters Cologne 2023 did not yield the desired results, as Apeks finished in 17th-20th place there. At the Arabian Gamers8 2023, the team finished their participation after the first match, earning $15,000. The players then successfully qualified for the Intel Extreme Masters Sydney 2023. As with Gamers8, Apeks failed to deliver a solid performance at ESL Pro League Season 18. The trip to Intel Extreme Masters Sydney 2023 ended in 9th-12th place and earned the team $5,000. Apeks ended the gaming year on a fairly Major note. The team won silver at Elisa Masters Espoo 2023 and ESL Challenger at DreamHack Atlanta 2023, earning a total of $60,000.
Before travelling to Katowice, Apeks participated in Intel Extreme Masters Chengdu 2024: European Open Qualifier #1. The qualifier started for sense and his teammates with a 13-5 win over EC BANGA on the Ancient map. But FTW Esports Apeks failed, winning only three rounds. Thus, the team left the first open qualification.
The debut at Intel Extreme Masters Katowice 2024 was just terrible for Apeks. The team failed to win a round against Team Spirit in the first match of the Play-In stage.
Statistics of Apeks' last matches:
- A 0-13 loss to Team Spirit
- A 3-13 loss to FTW Esports.
- 13-5 win over EC BANGA
- 0-2 loss to Virtus.pro
- 2-1 win over Monte
Match History of FURIA Esports - Apeks
Recently, the participants of this rivalry have played against each other three times. Two times FURIA Esports players won, and the European club only once outplayed their opponents. The last time the teams met was in the grand final of Elisa Masters Espoo 2023. FURIA Esports defeated Apeks 3-1 (Inferno - 13-9, Ancient - 7-13, Vertigo - 13-9, Mirage - 13-9).
Predicted result of the match FURIA Esports - Apeks
Taking into account the history of confrontations between the two teams and the way they started the current tournament, FURIA Esports have more chances for success. Let's bet on the victory of FURIA Esports.
Bookmakers & Statistics
According to leading bookmakers predictions, the team FURIA are the favorite with average odds 2.277 at the moment. Respectively, bookmakers consider Apeks to be the outsider of the match with odds on a victory in the sum of about 2.395.
What the team performance statistics say
Last Matches | Apeks | FURIA |
5 matches (wins) | 3 | 2 |
10 matches (wins) | 5 | 5 |
The statistics of personal battles between teams is also important for successful bets. The teams played 3 matches with each other before. And Apeks won 1 times while FURIA correspondingly became the winner 2 times.