Match Prediction: MOUZ - Team Liquid | CS2 (CS:GO)
ESL Pro League Season 16MOUZ and Team Liquid will fight for the right to get into the semi-finals of ESL Pro League Season 16. To be honest, for me the candidacy of the "mice" does not seem so unambiguous. Moreover, the coefficients do not speak in favor of MOUZ, which can make a mistake at any time, having not the most stable composition.
In turn, the North American team continues its small marathon, clearly taking advantage of performances in the last group. Yes, the "liquids" also have some stability problems, but with experience and cool decisions, Team Liquid manages to take out difficult matches and interrupt the failures of its sniper.
In general, here I am all for the North Americans, who, in my subjective opinion, have a much better chance of winning the series. If we talk about MOUZ, then the recent failure at TWR Eastern European Masters Fall 2022 slightly lowered expectations from the performance of the "mice" in the playoffs.
MOUZ form
The fifth team in the world ranking managed to qualify for the IEM Road to Rio 2022 for Europe on the first try, even though they managed to lose to Sprout during the qualifiers.
Then the "mice" came to the group stage of ESL Pro League Season 16, where they showed quite a good game, with which they took the first place. Moreover, MOUZ lost only to Astralis, but even without that, scored 12 points and went directly to the quarterfinals.
Of the latter, the team took part in the TWR Eastern European Masters Fall 2022 qualifying championship, where, however, they failed. And okay, we don't look at all the victories over ONYX and SINNERS, but already in the semifinals the team lost to Eternal Fire.
Latest MOUZ results:
- Victory over Complexity with a score of 2:1.
- Victory over HEET with a score of 2:1.
- Victory over ONYX with a score of 16:1.
- Victory over SINNERS with a score of 16:14.
- Defeat from Eternal Fire with a score of 1:2.
Best MOUZ cards:
- Mirage - 100% wins.
- Overpass - 100% wins.
- Inferno - 56% of wins.
- Vertigo - 50% of wins.
It is worth recalling that the European team usually refuses the Dust 2 map.
Form Team Liquid
The third team in the world ranking became one of those who won BLAST Premier Fall Groups 2022. At the same time, the North American team suffered one defeat in the tournament, and even then in BO1 from NAVI.
Almost a month later, Team Liquid arrived at the group stage of ESL Pro League Season 16, where they started with two good victories. However, in the middle of the sextet, the “liquids” went haywire, putting themselves at a disadvantage.
Still, the team managed to outplay Cloud9, showing good preparation for the opponent in that match. But the most important thing is that Team Liquid did not actually rest and did not have time to lose shape. As a result, the North Americans managed to close fnatic in the first round of the playoffs.
Latest Team Liquid results:
- 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.
- 2:1 victory over fnatic.
The best maps of Team Liquid:
- Mirage - 83% of wins.
- Dust 2 - 75% win rate.
- Inferno - 71% of wins.
- Ancient - 60% of wins.
- Vertigo - 57% of wins.
- Overpass - 50% of wins.
In turn, the North American team refuses the Nuke card.
Match statistics MOUZ — Team Liquid
The teams have not yet met in the current lineups.
Prediction for the match MOUZ — Team Liquid
I don't know why, but I don't believe in the prospects of MOUZ. Although, this week-long break affected the condition of the “mice”, which played too badly in the TWR Eastern European Masters Fall 2022.
In turn, the North American team is in a privileged position. Yes, the “liquid” ones have minor problems, but more often the team finds the strength to turn on within a specific series.
If we talk about maps, MOUZ will definitely want to pick Mirage, where Team Liquid didn't play so confidently. In turn, the North Americans have enough choice to surprise the opponent. And yet, it seems to me more the option with the Inferno map, where the "liquid" can win back from a position of strength.
Therefore, in this case, I would recommend betting on Team Liquid to win.
Bookmakers & Statistics
According to leading bookmakers predictions, the team Team Liquid are the favorite with average odds 1.46 at the moment. Respectively, bookmakers consider MOUZ to be the outsider of the match with odds on a victory in the sum of about 4.99.
What are the successes of the teams in the last games
Last Matches | MOUZ | Team Liquid |
5 matches (wins) | 4 | 3 |
10 matches (wins) | 7 | 7 |
Also it makes sense to remember the statistics of the matches between the teams. The competitors have held 13 matches. In these battles MOUZ got 6 victories while Team Liquid managed to take 7 matches.