Match Prediction: Eternal Fire - FaZe Clan | CS2 (CS:GO)
PGL CS2 Major Copenhagen 2024Welcome to EGamersWorld.
The battles are heating up at the PGL Major Copenhagen 2024 Legends Stage. Recall that here 16 teams play on Swiss system for 8 slots in the play-offs of the first world championship in Counter-Strike 2.
As far as I'm concerned, the motivation is quite good, so we should expect top games, which goes without saying with such participants. And among them are Eternal Fire and FaZe Clan, who will face each other in the second round of PGL CS2 Copenhagen Major 2024.
Let's find out how their face-to-face meeting in the second round of PGL CS 2 Copenhagen Major 2024 will end, and who will be 2-1, and who will be a step away from the Legend Stage.
FaZe Clan form
We open the match analysis with the analysis of FaZe Clan's form. In this match they will play in the status of favourite with odds of 1.6.
One of the most stable teams of last season has quite an extensive record in the first half of the year. However, it mostly consists of "near" top results.
From the main achievements - getting into the top three at BLAST Premier: Spring Groups 2023 and winning at ESL Pro League Season 17. Also this year FaZe got the award for the 4th season of Intel Grand Slam, enriched by $1,000,000.
Speaking of award tournaments, there was less luck here. Top-12 at IEM Rio 2023, and Top-4 at IEM Dallas 2023. At the only Major e in the season FaZe did not cope with the tension, but made it to TOP-8.
Before the Long Conference IEM Cologne 2023 they attended two tournaments of BLAST series: Spring Final 2023 and Fall Groups 2023. At the Finals they were ranked Top 6, and at the Fall Groups 2023 they were in the top three, earning themselves a slot at the Autumn Finals.
- FaZe Clan line-up: karrigan, rain, Frozen, ropz, broky.
Despite the ubiquitous Reshuffle and rather "average" results for the year, FaZe didn't change the main roster. However, there were some substitutions: FaZe presented a new coach, who became the legendary Pole NEO. On his post he replaced the legendary RobbaN and it affected FaZe's gameplay in IEM Cologne 2023, where FaZe took the top-12.
The setbacks continued from there onwards. At Gamers8 2023 FaZe Clan took a similar place (9-12), Ledgeiv at the Long Segment of the Vp tournament with the score 2-0.
Things didn't go too well at ESL Pro League Season 18. FaZe made it to the play-offs on the top grid of Group C, defeating 9Z Team and Fnatic, but in the match for seeding in the main stage they lost to NaVi with the score 0-2. However, FaZe didn't manage to play long at ESL Pro League Season 18: in the first play-offs match, which for FaZe started from the second stage, the team met MOUZ. The future EPL champions sent FaZe Clan home. As a result FaZe found themselves on the 9-12th place of the top tournament.
FaZe rehabilitated quite quickly. Already at IEM Sydney 2023 they triumphed with the victory over CoL in the grand final.
Thunderpick World Championship 2023 FaZe Clan have a great time. The titular European club passed the group stage without problems becoming the best team of the quartet B, and then took part in the play-offs of the championship.
The first opponent for FaZe in the play-offs of Thunderpick World Championship 2023 was MOUZ. A serious opponent, but FaZe did well: 2-1 in favour of the champions of IEM Sydney 2023.
Later MOUZ played against C9 in the match for the final of the tournament and won. They finished what they started with a match against Vp in the grand finals of Thunderpick World Championship 2023, becoming the champion of the $500,000 online tournament.
At CS Asia Championship 2023 FaZe confidently made their way to the play-offs through Group B. Having taken unquestionable TOP-1 the team went directly to the semi-finals of the tournament. FaZe then went head-to-head: first they defeated ENCE 2-1 and in the grand final they defeated MOUZ 2-0.
The last tournament before the BLAST Premier: World FInals 2023 was the BLAST Premier: Fall Final 2023. There FaZe took the top 2, Ledgeiv in the Vitality Grand Final.
At BLAST Premier: Fall Final 2023 FaZe, playing with substitutes, managed to take the top 1 in their group. They took turns beating Heroic and then G2. At this rate they reached the grand final, but there Ledge or Vitality. The outcome was almost identical at BLAST Premier: World Final 2023, where FaZe again lost to Vitality in the grand final.
Before the performance at IEM Katowice 2024 they visited BLAST Premier: Spring Groups 2024. There FaZe very confidently took the top 1 in their group, thus securing a ticket to Spring Finals 2024. IEM Katowice 2024 also went very well: FaZe managed to reach the grand finals, but they didn't have enough strength for the match with charged Spirit. As a result FaZe lost the Grand Final of Katowice with the score 0-3.
Next was PGL Major Copenhagen 2024: European RMR A, where they finished in the top 5 after losing to Eternal Fire. At the PGL CS 2 Major Copenhagen 2024 FaZe started with a defeat by Heroic, but went on to win against FURIA.
FaZe Clan Mappool
FaZe's best team is Mirage. They played 12 matches and won 9 of them.
Next were Overpass with 8 matches and 5 wins. They play Nuke (7 matches, 4 wins), Inferno (9 matches, 5 wins). Worse is Ancient with 3 wins in 6 matches, and worst of all was Anubis. His FaZe was picked 7 times, but played with a winrate of 42%.
Eternal Fire Form.
Let's continue the match analysis with the analysis of Eternal Fire's form. In this match they are playing as the number two, with odds in the region of 2.2.
The 15-team world ranking team has had difficulties throughout the season. Despite the huge number of matches, success has been achieved occasionally.
At the beginning of the year Eternal Fire won ESL Pro League Season 17: European Conference, thus securing their place at EPL S17. The Main Event ended miserably - only top 20 and no group.
Participated in BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023: European RMR B. There they took TOP-14, which was not enough to reach the only Major of the season.
In the middle of the year, Eternal Fire showed their best form. The Turks finished in the top 4 twice, but did so at TIR-B tournaments. They broke into the top four at CCT North Europe Series #7 and Thunderpick World Championship 2023: European Series #1.
- Eternal Fire roster: XANTARES, Calyx, MAJ3R, Wicadia, woxic.
Before the ESL Pro League Season 8 Long Round, MAJ3R's team played on CCT Central Europe and Pinnacle Cup V. Both championships ended for them on top 8.
Eternal Fire played their debut match at ESL Pro League Season 18 against Cloud9. They played as the number two and got a natural result: 0-2, but with 11 and 12 rounds respectively.
In the first match of the lower grid Eternal Fire played against 9INE. The Turks were clearly on form, as they managed to run over a pretty tough competitor without much difficulty. The match ended with a score of 2-0 in favour of Eternal Fire. As a result, the ESL Pro League Season 18 run ended very well: the team barely qualified for the play-offs of the tournament, where they managed to win two series. EF left Astralis and BIG behind, but Ledge and Natus Vincere.
EF later made the Top 16 at Roobet Cup 2023, where they finished Top 16 and Top 2 at PARI, Please. In 2024, Eternal Fire attended PGL Major Copenhagen 2024: European Qualifier B, where they placed Top 2, advancing to European RMR A.
IEM Katowice 2024 started with the Play-In stage. By the way, they passed it very easily: 13-1 against BB Team and 2-0 against Rebels Gaming allowed them to get into the group stage. In the first match of the group stage they also easily defeated Falcons (13-9; 13-6), and then showed a very cheerful CS in the match against the top-2 team of the world FaZe Clan, but Ledge were defeated on three maps (1-2). At the end of IEM Katowice 2024 Eternal Fire took the top-12 position, after which they started playing at PGL Major Copenhagen 2024: European RMR A.
At the qualifying tournament, the Turks finished in the top 8, which gave them the opportunity to qualify for the PGL CS 2 Major Copenhagen 2024, which is true in the first stage.
At PGL CS 2 Major Copenhagen 2024 Eternal Fire are feeling very good so far. The Turks have 2 wins and 1 loss: they beat Mongolz and Pain, but lost to Heroic 0-2 in the match for the next stage. However, they succeeded in their next attempt: they defeated GL with a score of 2-1.
Eternal Fire debuted in the legends stage with a surprise win against Vitality. However, they lost to MOUZ in the second round, which brought them to a 1-1 score.
Eternal Fire's mappool
The best map is Nuke. There are 4 matches and 4 wins.
Anubis (7 matches, 85% wins), Mirage (4 matches, 75% wins) are doing very well. Vertigo - 71% wins in 7 matches, Inferno and Overpass - 3 wins in 5 matches.
FaZe Clan - Eternal Fire head-to-head history
FaZe Clan and EF have played each other 4 times and FaZe won three times.
Predicted result of the match Eternal Fire - FaZe Clan at PGL CS 2 Major Copenhagen 2024
In this match I expect a very close game. And I believe in the victory of the Turks. If Eternal Fire come to the match energised, they can beat FaZe and we saw it at European RMR.
Bottom line: victory of Eternal Fire.
A very cool and haiskyl game is coming up, FaZe Clan vs Eternal Fire, the level of highlites should be at an extreme level. Teams approach this match on a 1-1 stat!
FaZe Cl an - I like this team very much with its stability, the highest level of play, and top players. The tournament for them started with a defeat from Heroic, which was quite unexpected. In the second match they have already switched on, against FURIA they left no chance for Ancient. They are still gaining form, they don't look like champions, but it's always FaZe and they are one of the favourites.
Eternal Fire - continue to play at a very good level. In the last stage they managed to defeat TheMongolz, paiN Gaming, GamerLegion, while losing to Heroic. In the second stage they have a sensational win against Vitality and a loss to MOUZ. Consistently tight cards, with TB by rounds, also it's all with an aggressive level of play and crazy shooting.
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I expect a spectacular match where FaZe Clan can win, Eternal Fire is a very uncomfortable team, it's very difficult to play against them if they catch their mojo. In Bo1 there will be even more random, on paper it should be TB 20.5 on rounds, but I think that the law of meanness will work and everything will end with the score 13-6; 13-7 - no more.
Prediction: FaZe Clan will defeat Eternal Fire for odds 1.58
Bookmakers & Statistics
At the moment, the majority of bookmakers unanimously see the team FaZe Clan as the favorite of the game with average odds on a victory in the sum of 1.958. Eternal Fire chances to prevail are evaluated with average odds 2.108 by bookmakers.
Team statistics in recent matches
Last Matches | Eternal Fire | FaZe Clan |
5 matches (wins) | 3 | 3 |
10 matches (wins) | 6 | 6 |
Also it makes sense to remember the statistics of the matches between the teams. The participants in the battle before the meeting played 3 matches with each other. And Eternal Fire won 0 times while FaZe Clan correspondingly became the winner 3 times.