Match Prediction: BIG - ENCE | CS2 (CS:GO)
ESL Pro League Season 18Welcome to EGamersWorld.
The great CSGO action continues. We continue to watch what's happening in the ESL Pro League Season 18 arena in Malta. At stake: $835,000, a trip to IEM Katowice 2024 and BLAST Fall Finals 2023.
The tournament is currently in the group stage. There 32 participating teams have started their way to the play-offs, but not all of them will get there. However, today we are not talking about the players.
We are talking about Group B and the match between BIG and ENCE. A match for seeding in the main stage of the play-offs, as both teams have already guaranteed their place in the next stage.
The match is certainly important, as Long compete from the first round and from the second round - the difference is obvious. And The International is also interesting, as it's a real eye-opener to see BIG here.
Let's see which of the teams will be stronger in this match and earn themselves a more comfortable place for the main stage of Long Sogpeg. Let's go.
ENCE Form
We open the match analysis with an analysis of ENCE's form. The Finnish club plays here as a clear favourite.
Esports betting sites are confident in the stability of ENCE. The odds on the team's success are estimated at 1.4.
Such a figure is not surprising, as ENCE, especially in the second half of the year, shows itself from the best side. They are consistently ranked high and, to all appearances, intend to go high in ESL Pro League Season 18.
During the season, the team took TOP-3 at CCT Central Europe Malta Vibes, TOP-4 at 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 a beautiful CSGO, and it was enough
ENCE's Mappul
ENCE has two 100% maps. They are Nuke with 9 wins in 9 matches, 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).
Not playing Inferno.
Form BIG.
BIG will face off in the play-offs seeding match. In this match the Germans are playing as the number two.
The bookmakers confirm BIG as the underdogs. The odds for their victory are at 2.8.
The twofold gap is easy to explain. BIG are weaker and less titled, but this does not prevent them from showing a really good game during ESL Pro League Season 18.
BIG participated in a lot of championships, but there were not many decent results. They started the season with a top-9 finish at BLAST Premier: Spring Groups 2023, and continued with a top-16 finish at IEM Extreme Masters Katowice 2023.
There was also an appearance at ESL Pro League Season 17 with a top-20 there. The failures partially managed to cap off the Top-4 at the Elis Invitational Winter 2023, where the team reached the Top-4.
In the middle of the year, the Germans failed to qualify for BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023, finishing top-11 at RMR Europe and then top-3 at qualification. In the second half of the year they started playing CCT Series championships, where it is worth noting CCT Online Finals #1, with TOP-4, CCT West Europe Series $4 with TOP-2.
Back to the S-Tier tournaments with BLAST Premier: Fall Groups 2023 with Top-9, and then Top-24 at IEM Cologne 2023.
- BIG lineup: tabseN, Krimbo, mantuu, prosus, s1n.
Prior to the ESL Pro League Season 18 Long Round, the team played at Thunderpick World Championship 2023: European Series #1 with a top-2 finish. There was also a top-8 at CCT East Europe Series #7 and a win at CCT Europe Series #7.
At ESL Pro League Season 18 they debuted with a match against Monte. The Ukrainian club fought honourably, but in the end they were defeated by Ledgeil with the score 1-2, putting BIG in the semi-finals of Group B at ESL Pro League Season 18.
In the previous match, BIG made perhaps the biggest sensation of the tournament. The Germans narrowly defeated Heroic, sending them to the bottom set.
BIG Mapple
BIG has 3 of the best maps in their arsenal. They are Overpass, Vertigo and Anubis with 5 matches and 3 wins on each.
The most played map is Ancient. BIG have played 14 matches there and have a 57% win rate.
The most unlucky map is Inferno with two wins and two losses. The worst map is Mirage (9 matches, 33% wins).
History of head-to-head meetings BIG - ENCE
The last time the teams played each other was during IEM Brazil 2023, where BIG beat ENCE 2-0.
Predicted result of BIG vs ENCE at ESL Pro League Season 18
I expect a good game from both sides, but I'm going to believe in a win for ENCE. The Finns consistently do well in the qualifying stages of major tournaments, and ESL Pro League Season 18 is just like that. I don't deny that BIG are capable of putting up a serious fight, but it won't be enough for them to win.
Bottom line: ENCE wins.
Bookmakers & Statistics
Now, the majority of bookmaker companies believe in ENCE victory. Odds on them are equal to 1.253. According to bookmakers data, BIG are the outsider and odds on their victory amounts 7.394.
What are the successes of the teams in the last games
Last Matches | BIG | ENCE |
5 matches (wins) | 5 | 4 |
10 matches (wins) | 8 | 8 |
Also it makes sense to remember the statistics of the matches between the teams. The teams played 9 matches with each other before. In these battles BIG got 3 victories while ENCE managed to take 6 matches.