Match Prediction: fnatic - Team Liquid | CS2 (CS:GO)
ESL Pro League Season 16fnatic and Team Liquid will meet in the first round of the ESL Pro League Season 16 playoffs. The winner of this confrontation will advance to the ¼ finals at MOUZ, which, in theory, can predict a place in the semi-finals.
For me personally, fnatic remains a very strange team that a month ago shone in Group A, but immediately after managed to fail in the qualifying championship for BLAST.
In turn, Team Liquid has a slight advantage, since the North Americans finished their journey in the group only a day ago. And against the backdrop of a weekly series of official matches, "liquid" can become the favorites of the match.
Other than that I don't have much faith in fnatic as the team doesn't seem strong to me personally. So in this situation, I prefer to look in favor of the North American team.
fnatic form
The 22nd team in the world ranking performed relatively well in the group stage of ESL Pro League Season 16, where they got three wins and suffered two losses. However, even there the team lost to stronger opponents, without showing any struggle.
Then fnatic became the winner of the SteelSeries Nova Cup Western Europe Fall 2022, but after that they failed in the second qualifying tournament GAM3RS_X EU Champions Fall 2022. And for me personally, this result does not fit into the logic, because the team managed to lose both LDLC and Sangal there.
Another point is that fnatic hasn't played in almost two weeks. It is clear that the team will get ground for preparation, but how will it actually play?
fnatic's latest results:
- Victory over SC with a score of 2:1.
- Victory over Genk with a score of 16:11.
- Lost to LDLC with a score of 10:16.
- Victory over PACT with a score of 16:9.
- Defeat from Sangal with a score of 1:2.
Best fnatic cards:
- Vertigo - 100% wins.
- Nuke - 89% of wins.
- Ancient - 80% of wins.
- Overpass - 75% of wins.
At the same time, fnatic continues to abandon the Dust 2 map.
Form Team Liquid
The third team in the world ranking came out of vacation just before the start of BLAST Premier Fall Groups 2022, where they took second place in the group after losing to NAVI.
Then the North American team opened up in the BO3 format, where they outplayed Ninjas in Pajamas and Heroic, and at the same time made it to the autumn finals of the season.
As for the group stage of ESL Pro League Season 16, here Team Liquid managed to pamper us with some intrigue. First of all, "liquid" unexpectedly lost to Eternal Fire. Nevertheless, the team made it to the playoffs, because the day before they again showed solid preparation for the opponent, thereby outplaying Cloud9.
In general, Team Liquid looks more interesting to me, as well as the presence of hot pursuit practice should play in favor of the North Americans.
Latest Team Liquid results:
- Victory over Movistar Riders with a score of 2:1.
- Victory over Evil Geniuses with a score of 2:0.
- Defeat from FURIA with a score of 1:2.
- Defeat from Eternal Fire with a score of 0:2.
- Victory over Cloud9 with a score of 2:0.
The best maps of Team Liquid:
- Mirage - 83% of wins.
- Dust 2 - 75% win rate.
- Inferno - 67% of wins.
- Overpass - 60% of wins.
- Vertigo - 57% of wins.
- Ancient - 50% win rate.
In turn, the North American team refuses the Nuke card.
fnatic vs Team Liquid stats
The teams have not yet met in the current lineups.
Prediction for the match fnatic — Team Liquid
In general, we can repeat the words said above - fnatic does not have the best statistics in recent weeks, since the team managed to lose a couple of matches to just anyone.
In turn, the North American team is favored by recent practice, plus a great game against Cloud9. If the "liquid" approach the series like this again, they can close fnatic without a chance. And otherwise, I don't really like the game of keita's wards.
Therefore, here I would recommend betting on Team Liquid to win.
Bookmakers & Statistics
All bookmakers have agreed that Team Liquid is the favorite. This can be noticed because odds on them are 1.44. This number in the favor of fnatic amounts 4.088. Respectively, the last ones are the underdogs of the upcoming match.
How the teams played in the last matches
Last Matches | fnatic | Team Liquid |
5 matches (wins) | 3 | 3 |
10 matches (wins) | 6 | 7 |
The statistics of personal battles between teams is also important for successful bets. The teams played 13 matches with each other before. And fnatic won 4 times while Team Liquid correspondingly became the winner 9 times.