Match Prediction: Team Spirit - fnatic | CS2 (CS:GO)
IEM Dallas 2023 Europe Closed QualifierTeam Spirit and fnatic will play in the first round of the lower reaches of the IEM Dallas 2023 indoor qualifiers. Both teams suffered defeats at Long Cognegg qualifiers, with each of them considered favourites.
All in all, looking from afar, fnatic are in huge trouble. It's gotten to the point where the team is losing to everyone and not only to FURIA in the LAN tournaments.
On the other hand the Dragons' situation does not seem that bad and they lost to Astralis in a close game. Therefore, I would keep an eye on Team Spirit's logical victory here.
Team Spirit's form
The fourteenth ranked team in the world managed to fail at CCT Central Europe Malta Finals 1 as they failed to make the play-offs after close defeats to ENCE and Movistar Riders.
From there, the Russian side didn't make it to the play-offs of ESL Pro League Season 17, although they had a decent showing in the Long Corner of the group that was trivialized and lost their chances.
As for Long Corner in the indoor qualification for IEM Dallas 2023, here again Team Spirit lost to Astralis. And you can't say the team is bad in any way. The game just isn't going well.
The latest results for Team Spirit:
- A 1-2 defeat at the hands of FORZE.
- Defeated Team Liquid 2-0.
- Defeat to Natus Vincere 0-2.
- Defeat at the hands of Astralis 1-2.
- 0-2 defeat to Astralis.
Team Spirit's best records:
- Overpass - 100% wins.
- Anubis - 71% wins.
Let's not forget that the Russian team is steadily giving up Inferno maps.
Fnatic uniforms
The eleventh team in the world rankings managed to be in the play-offs of ESL Pro League Season 17, but already in the first round toothless Ledge was defeated by FURIA without showing any struggle.
At the same time, fnatic visited the play-offs of CCT North Europe Series 4, where they were quickly defeated by Let us cook.
And at the Long Converge of the IEM Dallas 2023 indoor qualifier, the European side was defeated by GODSENT. The only thing they can be praised for is the Overpass comeback. But even there, the Swedes gave the game away themselves.
Latest fnatic results:
- A 2-1 victory over IHC Esports.
- Victory over Eternal Fire, 2-1.
- 1-2 defeat at the hands of Let us cook.
- 0-2 defeat to FURIA.
- Defeat by GODSENT 1-2.
Best fnatic scores:
- Overpass - 73% wins.
- Nuke with 71% of wins.
In turn, the European team has most often given up maps Anubis.
Team Spirit - fnatic encounter statistics
Last season, the teams met once - fnatic won 2-0 in ESL Pro League Season 16.
Team Spirit vs. fnatic
It is clear that Team Spirit is in a bad shape at the moment. However, the situation with fnatic is certainly not better. Even more, the European team doesn't play at all, clearly expecting changes in the line-up.
On cards there is a rough parity, although fnatic strongly depends on their signature cards where the Dragons are quite good.
Therefore, in this case, I would recommend betting on Team Spirit to win.
Bookmakers & Statistics
According to leading bookmakers predictions, the team fnatic are the favorite with average odds 1.73 at the moment. Respectively, bookmakers consider Team Spirit to be the outsider of the match with odds on a victory in the sum of about 2.276.
What are the successes of the teams in the last games
Last Matches | Team Spirit | fnatic |
5 matches (wins) | 1 | 1 |
10 matches (wins) | 3 | 4 |
It will also be necessary to mention the history of face-to-face meetings between the opponents. The participants in the battle before the meeting played 4 matches with each other. In these battles Team Spirit got 1 victories while fnatic managed to take 3 matches.