Match Prediction: Imperial Esports - FaZe Clan | CS2 (CS:GO)
PGL CS2 Major Copenhagen 2024The elimination stage of PGL Major Copenhagen 2024 is gradually approaching its logical conclusion. Today we will learn the names of three more teams that will make it to the play-offs, as well as the three participants who will leave the competition. One of the lower matches of the fourth round is the match between Imperial Esports and FaZe Clan. The format of the match is bo3. Does the Brazilian club have a chance to succeed? 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 played their previous professional tournament, as well as how this match will end.
Imperial Esports uniforms
The previous year has been a mixed success for Brazilian squad Imperial Esports. The Brazilians took part in various qualifiers and also travelled to a number of major tournaments. The season started with a win at ESL Pro League Season 17: South American Conference, which secured a slot at EPL Season 17, where the team took 29-32nd place. Imperial were also able to qualify for Intel Extreme Masters Rio 2023 and BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023: American RMR, where they fell short. A win at BLAST Premier: Spring American Showdown 2023 sent VINI and his teammates to BLAST Premier: Spring Final 2023. There, the team was able to finish in the top 4 of the event and earn a record $40,000 in prize money for Imperial Esports. But at the Intel Extreme Masters Cologne 2023 Imperial finished on the 17th-20th position in the standings, and ESL Pro League Season 18 ended for the Brazilians on the 21st-28th place. A disappointing performance at BLAST Premier: Fall American Showdown 2023 ended Imperial Esports' participation in the tournament series from BLAST. Before the end of the year, the Brazilians tried to qualify for the ESL Challenger at DreamHack Atlanta 2023, but came in second place in the South American qualification. The win at the 2023 CBCS Invitational provided the players with $30,597.23 in prize money. The year 2024 saw Imperial fail to qualify for the Intel Extreme Masters Chengdu 2024, as well as qualify for PGL Major Copenhagen 2024: American RMR and ESL Pro League Season 19. The team was also able to qualify for the Ace South American Masters Spring 2024, a win which earned VINI and his teammates a slot in BLAST Premier: Spring Showdown 2024. The players earned their first prize money at RES Latin American Series #1, where they finished in second place and were awarded $15,000 in prize money. A top-two finish at PGL Major Copenhagen 2024: American RMR secured Imperial Esports a trip to the first Major tournament of the year.
Imperial Esports had previously competed in the BLAST Premier: Spring Showdown 2024. According to the results of the draw, the first and last opponent for the Brazilian team was the Ukrainian club Monte. Imperial lost on two maps in a row and finished their participation in the competition.
The opening round of PGL Major Copenhagen 2024 started for Imperial Esports with a tough 22-19 win over ENCE on the Anubis map, followed by a 14-16 win over Heroic. In the middle matches of the third round, Imperial Esports outlasted Apeks by a score of 13-7 on the Overpass map. A full bo3 clash with ECSTATIC ended in a 1-2 defeat for the Brazilians. In the decisive match the Brazilian team defeated GamerLegion with the result 2:1 (Overpass - 12-16, Mirage - 13-6, Nuke - 13-5). Imperial Esports advanced to the elimination stage, where they defeated Virtus.pro 13-6 on the Inferno map. The players then faced Team Spirit, who proved to be too much of a challenge for Imperial. The 2-13 defeat sent the team to the middle matches of the third round, where Imperial Esports Ledge beat Team Vitality 9-13.
Imperial Esports recent match stats:
- A loss to Team Vitality with a score of 9-13
- Defeat by Team Spirit with a score of 2-13
- 13-6 win over Virtus.pro
- 2-1 win over GamerLegion
- Defeat by ECSTATIC with the score 1:2
FaZe Clan form
FaZe Clan had a great season overall, first of all financially, although they lost some ground in the middle of the year. They started the season with 1-3rd place at BLAST Premier: Spring Groups 2023 and $27,500. Their performance at Intel Extreme Masters Katowice 2023 ended with 7th-8th place and $24,000 in prize money. The main achievement this year for FaZe Clan team can already be confidently called the championship at ESL Pro League Season 17, which brought not only $200,000, but also the victory in the fourth season of Intel Grand Slam, and this is an additional $1,000,000 in prize money. Among the big events, BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023 is also worth mentioning. There FaZe Clan took the 5th-8th places and earned $45,000. Then Intel Extreme Masters Dallas 2023 ended for karrigan and his teammates on 3-4th place, this result brought $20,000. At BLAST Premier: Spring Final 2023, FaZe Clan finished in 5th-6th place in the standings and earned an additional $20,000 in prize money. The European club travelled to BLAST Premier: Fall Groups 2023 where they finished in 1st-3rd place, earned $27,500 and received a slot in BLAST Premier: Fall Final 2023. FaZe Clan also took part in the Intel Extreme Masters Cologne 2023. There the team took 9th-12th place and received a consolation prize of $16,000 in prize money. At the big LAN-tournament Gamers8 2023 FaZe Clan took 9-16th place and received $15,000 prize money. At ESL Pro League Season 18 karrigan and team took 9-12th place and earned $25,000 in prize money. At IEM Sydney 2023 and Thunderpick World Championship 2023 FaZe Clan rehabilitated and won, earning a total of $350,000. The team also won the CS Asia Championship 2023, where the players received $250,000 as the top prize. The silver medal at BLAST Premier: Fall Final 2023 provided the European club with $85,000 in prize money. FaZe Clan finished the year in second place at BLAST Premier: Fall Final 2023 and received $250,000. The 2024th Long Contest got off to a great start for FaZe Clan players with BLAST Premier: Spring Groups 2024. As a result, the win allowed FaZe to earn $22,500 and a trip to BLAST Premier: Spring Final 2024. At the Intel Extreme Masters Katowice 2024, karrigan and his teammates won silver and were awarded $180,000 in prize money.
The previous professional tournament for FaZe Clan was PGL Major Copenhagen 2024: European RMR A. FaZe started the tournament with a 13-6 victory over 9Pandas on the Mirage map. In the second round karrigan and team outplayed Team Falcons with a 13-7 score on Nuke. FaZe Ledge then went on to defeat G2 Esports on two maps in a row. Round 4 against Eternal Fire ended with FaZe Clan winning on two maps in a row (Overpass - 19-17, Nuke - 13-5). The 3-1 statistics ensured FaZe 3-5th place in the standings and a trip to the Major Championship in Denmark.
On arrival at PGL Major Copenhagen 2024 FaZe Clan passed the first stage of the tournament and got into the elimination stage. In the first match karrigan and his teammates Ledge defeated Heroic on the map Ancient with the score 10-13, then later in the day FaZe defeated FURIA Esports with the score 13-7 on the same Ancient. In the middle matches of the third round FaZe Clan sensationally lost to Eternal Fire with a score of 1-13 on the map Overpass.
Statistics of FaZe Clan's last results:
- Defeat by Eternal Fire with the score 1-13
- Victory over FURIA Esports with the score 13-7
- Defeat by Heroic with the score 10-13
- 2-0 win over Eternal Fire
- 0-2 loss to G2 Esports
Match history Imperial Esports - FaZe Clan
The participants of this confrontation have not played against each other on the professional stage before.
Predicted result of the match Imperial Esports - FaZe Clan
FaZe Clan at this tournament show an extremely unstable game, and the defeat in the previous match turned the fans into a shock. Nominally Imperial Esports is weaker for their opponent, but with such FaZe anything can happen. Let's bet on the total of cards more than 2.5.
I expect to see a very nervous and at the same time spectacular game from both teams. FaZe Clan vs Imperial in the elimination match from PGL Major: Copenhagen 2024, who would have thought, but this is the reality.
FaZe Cl an - slowly accelerating, very much disappointed and surprised with such a weak preparation on Overpass against Eternal Fire. Let me remind you, they went down 1-13 there. Overall, at this tournament they lost to Heroic 10-13, and won to FURIA 13-7, who are already out.
Imperial - continue their march towards the playoffs from the Opening stage, specifically in this stage they managed to take down Virtus.pro at Inferno with a score of 13-6, but then a crushing loss to Spirit 2-13 and Vitality 9-13. I think the Brazilians can only hang on to 1 card against FaZe and that's the maximum.
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Prediction for FaZe Clan vs Imperial:
Bookmakers mark FaZe as the clear favourite, the odds on their victory are 1.32, on Imperial - 3.4. I think yesterday's 1-13 loss should make FaZe angry and today they will show a completely different game. As there are no odds, I take a good risk and 2:0 (-1.5) for FaZe - for 2.10.
Prediction: FaZe Clan will defeat Imperial with the score 2:0 - odds 2.10
Bookmakers & Statistics
FaZe Clan are listed as the favorites of the match in the majority of bookmakers and odds on them are equal to 1.293. Imperial Esports, in turn, are the outsiders of the match. Odds on their victory are about 3.575.
What are the successes of the teams in the last games
Last Matches | Imperial Esports | FaZe Clan |
5 matches (wins) | 2 | 2 |
10 matches (wins) | 5 | 6 |
Also it makes sense to remember the statistics of the matches between the teams. The teams played 0 matches with each other before. In these matches Imperial Esports won 0 times, FaZe Clan active consisits of 0 wins.