Match Prediction: ENCE - fnatic | CS2 (CS:GO)
IEM Sydney 2023Welcome to EGamersWorld.
The big Counter-Strike 2 event is heating up. IEM Sydney 2023, the first big CS2 tournament in the history of Valve's new flagship, is heating up in Australia.
We're watching what's happening in the group stage, and more specifically in Group B. The battles for the right to get into the play-offs continue there. And they continue with the top grid matches in Group B.
Having passed the first round with unpredictable bo1 we got to bo3, where more logical matches should take place. ENCE vs Fnatic risks to become one of them.
Let's find out who will be stronger in this confrontation and will continue their way to the play-offs and after winning this match already guarantee themselves a slot in the main stage, and who will have to make their way there on the lower grid.
Let's go.
ENCE uniforms
Let's open the European derby with an analysis of ENCE's form. In this match, the Finnish club will play with the number one.
During the season, the team took TOP-3 on CCT Central Europe Malta Vibes, TOP-4 on ESL Pro League Season 17, and also reached TOP-8 European RMR B - qualifying event for BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023. ENCE also played at the Major, but it was TOP-14, which is hardly a worthy result.
IEM Dallas 2023 turned out to be much more pleasant. ENCE looked quite cheerful throughout the event, which allowed them to defeat MOUZ in the grand finals with a score of 2-0. Just before IEM Cologne 2023, ESL Challenger Katowice was played, where they had to defeat Vp in the grand final 1-2.
- ENCE roster: Snappi, NertZ, Maden, dycha, SunPayus .
ENCE have been playing in a stable roster for almost half a year. SunPayus and NertZ headline the roster with a KDA of 1.12.
Thanks to their victory at IEM Dallas 2023 ENCE started Cologne from the group stage. The first opponent was the Poles from 9INE, who gave the Finns serious problems, but lost with a score of 1-2 and a series of dops on the decisive map.
The next match was a match against Fnatic. ENCE won both maps, leaving Fnatic no special chances.
In the match for the Grand Final ENCE played against Heroic. Being an outsider, the Finns took a very good approach to the match and shut down the top 1 team in the world with a score of 2-1 in a tough Bo3.
Next up was a match against Vitality and as a result a passage to the Grand Final of IEM Cologne 2023. ENCE was not enough for the title, G2 Esports were stronger.
After an offensive Cologne 2023 ENCE started Gamers8 on a high note. They defeated Liquid 2-0 in the first match of the tournament.
In the semi-final match they played against Cloud9. Again, the Finns closed the series with a score of 2-0, leaving little chance for the Americans.
Later ENCE beat Heroic again, and dry, and in the grand final Gamers8 faced Vitality. Again, ENCE failed to take the title, Ledgeiv with a 1-2 score.
At the ESL Pro League Season 18 Long Round of the ESL Pro League, ENCE faced off against Evil Geniuses. The North American club even gave a fight, but only on the second map (14-16 Nuke), but still lost.
ENCE faced MIBR in the match to reach the final of the top grid of Group B at ESL Pro League Season 18. The new generation of the legendary Brazilian tag showed beautiful CSGO, and it was enough for one map.
Before the play-offs, ENCE defeated BIG in a match to advance to the quarter-finals. The game ended 2-1, and ENCE were the winner of their group.
In the quarter-finals ENCE played against Movistar Riders. As expected, the Spaniards couldn't offer any proper resistance and were swept on two maps (16-2 Overpass and 16-5 Anubis).
ENCE's journey to ESL Pro League Season 18 ended at the semi-final stage. The Finns Ledge and future tournament champions MOUZ lost 1-2.
Before taking part in IEM Sydney 2023, ENCE played at BLAST Premier: Fall Showdown, which they frankly failed. At the tournament, the Finns finished in the top 4, which is hardly a serious result considering the level of the championship and the teams that played there.
In their debut match at CS2 ENCE played against Lynn Vision. The Chinese were powerless against the titular European club and lost (6-13), while ENCE moved further up the grid.
ENCE Mapple
ENCE has two 100 per cent maps. They are Nuke, who have already won 9 wins in 9 matches at IEM Cologne 2023, and Anubis with 5 matches and 0 losses.
Still playing Ancient (66% wins in 3 matches). Still playing Mirage (9 matches, 4 wins). Vertigo with 2 wins and 3 losses and Overpass (2 wins in 7 matches).
Inferno are not playing.
Fnatic Form
We continue the match analysis with the analysis of Fnatic's form. In this match the team will play as an outsider.
Fnatic started the year with a shaky top-12 at IEM Masters Katowice 2023 and top-16 at CCT North America Europe Series #4. There was also a 16th place at EPL Season 17.
A qualitative breakthrough happened at BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023: European RMR A. There Fnatic finished in the top 2, which opened the way for them to BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023.
The only Major in 2023 went well for Fnatic. The team finished in the top 11, which is a decent result.
The last tournament before IEM Cologne 2023 was IEM Dallas 2023. Fnatic was not allowed to play in America: 9z Team knocked the "orange" out of the tournament at the TOP-16 stage.
- Fnatic roster: KRIMZ, dextre, roej, mezii, afro .
Prior to the Long Round of the tournament, fnatic had a significant reshuffle in their roster. Dexter and afro joined the club during the Big Reshuffle. The Australian played for MOUZ for the past two years, while the Frenchman afro played for LDLC.
With a new roster, Fnatic made a very good debut at iEM Cologne, advancing to the group stage through Play-In. And things were going great in the groups. That is, until they fell to the bottom set after losing to ENCE.
"Orange" Ledgeili raw GamerLegion and wiped out all their efforts as IEM Cologne progressed. The tournament in Cologne ended with KRIMZ and company in 9th-12th place.
After IEM Cologne 2023 fnatic attended 2 more top championships. These were Gamers8 and ESL Pro League Season 18, where the "orange" showed, to put it mildly, a weak game: in Riyadh and Malta took the top 16 and this is clearly not something to brag about.
They debuted at IEM Sydney 2023 with a match against Cloud9. Being the underdog there they managed to pull out a close 10-13 win.
Fnatic Mapple
Ancient was the perfect map for Fnatic. "Orange" played it 4 times and won all matches.
A hundred per cent winrate also on Nuke with Anubis, but fnatic has only 1 match there.
Fnatic has the worst record on Overpass and Vertigo, where they have one win each in 3 matches.
Head-to-head history
Last time the teams played each other at IEM Cologne 2023. Then ENCE won cleanly.
Predicted result of ENCE vs Fnatic at IEM Sydney 2023
Considering the overall level of the teams, I'm leaning towards 2-0 in favour of ENCE. The switch to CS2 doesn't seem to have deterred the Finnish club at all and they are still ready to take on the big tournaments.
Fnatic are certainly doing well. To outplay a serious opponent in the face of Cloud9 is worthy of praise, but the orange team is obviously more difficult than their teammates on the distances, so they will have to go to the lower grid.
Bottom line: Ence wins.
Bookmakers & Statistics
All bookmakers have agreed that ENCE is the favorite. This can be noticed because odds on them are 1.43. This number in the favor of fnatic amounts 3.773. Respectively, the last ones are the underdogs of the upcoming match.
Team statistics in recent matches
Last Matches | ENCE | fnatic |
5 matches (wins) | 2 | 3 |
10 matches (wins) | 6 | 3 |
We will also remind you of the statistics of matches that the teams played with each other. The competitors have held 8 matches. In these battles ENCE got 5 victories while fnatic managed to take 3 matches.