Match Prediction: 9z - Apeks | CS2 (CS:GO)
ESL Pro League Season 18Let's move on to the confrontation between the European team Apeks and representatives of Latin America from 9z Team. The match will take place in the semifinals of the lower grid of Group C at the ESL Pro League Season 18 tournament. The winner will qualify for the finals, playing against Chinese team 5yclone for the last slot in the play-offs. The format of the match is bo3. Will 9z Team be able to cope with the European club? Let's find out.
In this betting tipNNEW you will find out how the participants of this match are performing in the current year, how they did in their previous professional tournament, as well as how this match will end.
Apeks' form
For the first three months of the current year, Apeks have not pleased their fans with any major results other than winning qualifiers such as BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023: European RMR Qualifier B and ESL Challenger at DreamHack Melbourne 2023: European Open Qualifier. The 3-4th place at CCT West Europe Series #1 brought the team $5,000. The second and third series of this tournament ended with silver for Apeks and a total of $20,000 in prize money. The main achievement of the European club this year so far is the 3-4th place at BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023, the only Major event of this year and the last one in CS:GO, where the team earned $80,000. After that, the team participated in ESL Challenger League Season 45: Europe, where they were victorious and won $20,000. At the Elisa Invitational Spring 2023, Apeks was victorious and earned the $12,500 grand prize. Intel Extreme Masters Cologne 2023 was a failure for the Norwegian organisation. The last place players won a consolation prize of $4,500. Also unsuccessful were appearances at CCT Online Finals #2 and Thunderpick World Championship 2023: European Series #1. Apeks also travelled to Gamers8 2023, a LAN Championship in Saudi Arabia. 9th-16th place in the standings secured kyxsan and his teammates $15,000 in prize money. The victory at the Intel Extreme Masters Sydney 2023: European Qualifier secured Apeks a trip to another major international tournament.
The last professional championship for Apeks so far is CCT North Europe Series #7. The tournament organiser fantasyexpo invited the Norwegian organisation directly to the play-offs stage. Thus Apeks passed the group stage. The first and only opponent for kyxsan and his team were los kogutos. The defeat with the score 1:2 (Mirage - 16-12, Anubis - 12-16, Ancient - 14-16) ended the participation of the Norwegian team in the tournament. Finishing in 9th-16th place, Apeks went home empty-handed.
According to the results of the ESL Pro League Season 18 draw, the Apeks team got into Group C. Their first opponent was the team M80. On two maps in a row kyxsan and his teammates defeated the American team. Then Apeks played against Natus Vincere. The 0:2 defeat sent the European club to the middle set of the group. In the quarterfinals of the middle set, Apeks defeated Imperial Esports on two consecutive maps and advanced to the semifinals of the set. After losing 1-2 to Fnatic, Apeks went down to the lower grid semi-finals.
Apeks latest results stats:
- A 1-2 defeat to Fnatic
- 2:0 win over Imperial Esports
- 0:2 loss to Natus Vincere
- 2:0 win over M80
- 1:2 defeat by los kogutos
9z Team uniforms
9z Team are one of the strongest teams in South America. The Argentine team this year regularly takes high places in local tournaments and passes various qualifications, but at major championships is not distinguished by any achievements. The season started for max and his teammates with 9-16th place in CCT North Europe Series #3 and ESEA Cash Cup: Europe - Winter 2023 #3. Also, 9z Team managed to qualify for almost all international tournaments, with the exception of BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023. In the South American RMR tournament max and the team finished in eighth place. A win at CCT South America Series #5 earned 9z Team $11,000 in prize money. The Intel Extreme Masters Rio 2023 itself ended unsuccessfully for the Argentine club. The 13th-16th places allowed the players to earn $4,000. At CCT South America Series #7 9z Team earned $2,500 and finished in 3-4th place in the standings. At the Intel Extreme Masters Dallas 2023, the Argentineans finished in 9th-12th place and received $5,000 in prize money. 9z Team also won at ESEA Cash Cup Circuit 2023: North American Cup #8, CCT South America Series #8 and KaBuM! Legends. At ESL Challenger Katowice 2023, the Argentines took 3-4th place and received $10,000 in prize money. The biggest earner for 9z Team so far was their participation in FiReLEAGUE Battle 2023, a showdown against Virtus.pro, where they earned $50,000 for one lost match.
Prior to participating in ESL Pro League Season 18, 9z Team competed in CCT North Europe Series #7. The tournament organisers invited the team straight to the play-offs stage. In Round of 16 9z Team Ledgeil 9Pandas on two maps in a row (Overpass - 14-16, Inferno - 10-16). 9-16th place in the standings left max and his teammates without prize money.
The Argentine team got to ESL Pro League Season 18 thanks to a convincing victory at ESL Pro League Season 18: South American Qualifier. 9z Team faced FaZe Clan in the first match of Group C. They lost 0:0 to FaZe Clan. The 0:2 defeat sent the Argentinians to the middle net. 9z Team also lost their next match to Imperial Esports on two maps in a row. In the quarter-finals of the lower grid, the Latin American representatives defeated M80 with a 2-0 score. This saved 9z Team from elimination and made them one step closer to the play-offs.
Statistics of 9z Team's recent results:
- Victory over M80 with a score of 2-0
- Defeat by Imperial Esports 0:2
- Defeat by FaZe Clan 0:2
- 0:2 defeat by 9Pandas
- Defeat by Fluxo with the score 12-16.
History of matches Apeks - 9z Team
Since the beginning of this year the participants of this match have not played against each other in professional matches.
Predicted result of the match Apeks - 9z Team
Apeks Team demonstrates a better game than their opponents, and had better success on their way to the semi-finals of the lower set of Group C. Let's bet on the victory of Apeks team.
Bookmakers & Statistics
9z are listed as the favorites of the match in the majority of bookmakers and odds on them are equal to 2.459. Apeks, in turn, are the outsiders of the match. Odds on their victory are about 5.162.
What are the successes of the teams in the last games
Last Matches | 9z | Apeks |
5 matches (wins) | 3 | 2 |
10 matches (wins) | 5 | 5 |
Gamblers will definitely be interested in the statistics of personal meetings between the teams. The competitors have held 0 matches. In these matches 9z won 0 times, Apeks active consisits of 0 wins.