Match Prediction: FURIA - TheMongolz | CS2 (CS:GO)
IEM Katowice 2024 Play-inIntel Extreme Masters Katowice 2024, the iconic tournament for professional Counter-Strike with a prize pool of $1,000,000, is starting. In the Play-In stage we will see a clash between the Brazilians from FURIA Esports and the Mongolian team The MongolZ. The winner will advance to the next round of the stage, while the loser will fall to the bottom of the grid. The format of the match is bo1. Which of the participants will start the championship in Poland with an unfortunate defeat? We will find out very soon.
In this betting thread you will find out how the participants of this match performed during the previous year, how they did in their previous professional tournament, as well as 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 in prize money. 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 place in the standings left the players without prize money.
Statistics of FURIA Esports latest results:
- Defeat by Team Spirit with the score 0:2
- Victory over Astralis with the score 2:0
- 0:2 loss to Team Spirit
- 3:1 win over Entity
- 2:0 win over HAVU Gaming
The MongolZ's form
The MongolZ had a great showing last year at the regional level and made it to several major championships. They started the season with a silver medal at BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023: Asia-Pacific RMR and a slot at BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023, where the team finished in 20th-22nd place in the standings and earned a $10,000 consolation prize. The MongolZ then went on to win the IESF Asian Championship 2023: East Asian Qualifier, XSE Pro League 2023: Online Stage and ESN National Championship 2023. After making it to the top-16 of Intel Extreme Masters Cologne 2023, The MongolZ earned $10,000. However, the team failed to qualify for the Intel Extreme Masters Sydney 2023, finishing in third place in the Asian qualification. A win at the MESA Pro Series: Fall 2023 earned them $3,178.92. In November, The MongolZ were also able to qualify for tournaments such as the ESL Challenger at DreamHack Atlanta 2023 and eXTREMESLAND 2023. The championship at ESL Challenger League Season 46: Asia-Pacific earned bLitz and his teammates $15,000 in prize money. And at ESL Challenger at DreamHack Atlanta 2023, the team managed to finish in the top 4 and earn $10,000. The MongolZ started 2024 by winning the PGL Major Copenhagen 2024: East Asian Qualifier, which will allow The MongolZ to participate in the PGL Major Copenhagen 2024: Asia-Pacific RMR. At the Intel Extreme Masters Chengdu 2024: Asian Qualifier, the team is one step away from travelling to the tournament in China.
The MongolZ previously played in the eXTREMESLAND 2023 Championship, a LAN event held in Shanghai with a $50,000 prize pool. The team was drawn into Group A, where they defeated ACME at Mirage 13-3 in the opening game. A long bo1 series against the Chinese TYLOO on Inferno ended with The MongolZ winning 28-26. Thus bLitz and his teammates reached the semi-finals of the play-offs. The MongolZ defeated Team NKT (Mirage - 13-2, Nuke - 9-13, Ancient - 19-17) in a full bo3 confrontation. The Mongolian club became the tournament champions and earned $25,000 in prize money by defeating Lynn Vision Gaming on two maps in a row (Ancient - 16-14, Anubis - 13-3) in the grand finals of the competition.
The MongolZ's recent match statistics:
- A 2-0 win over Lynn Vision Gaming
- 2:1 win over Team NKT
- Defeat TYLOO 0:2
- 2:0 win over TYLOO
- 2:0 win over The Huns Esports
Match History of FURIA Esports - The MongolZ
Last year the participants of this confrontation played against each other once. In the Intel Extreme Masters Cologne 2023, The MongolZ defeated FURIA Esports 2:0 (Inferno - 19-15, Overpass - 16-8).
Predicted result of the match FURIA Esports - The MongolZ
In their current form, the Brazilian players look preferable to their Mongolian counterparts. Let's bet on the victory of FURIA Esports.
Bookmakers & Statistics
FURIA are listed as the favorites of the match in the majority of bookmakers and odds on them are equal to 1.894. TheMongolz, in turn, are the outsiders of the match. Odds on their victory are about 2.176.
What the team performance statistics say
Last Matches | FURIA | TheMongolz |
5 matches (wins) | 3 | 3 |
10 matches (wins) | 6 | 7 |
It will also be necessary to mention the history of face-to-face meetings between the opponents. The teams played 1 matches with each other before. And FURIA won 0 times while TheMongolz correspondingly became the winner 1 times.