Match Prediction: Evil Geniuses - ENCE | CS2 (CS:GO)
ESL Pro League Season 18Welcome back to EGamersWorld.
Big CSGO continues and it's not going anywhere. ESL Pro League Season 18 is still on the screens, and that means top teams from around the world.
We're talking about the group stage of one of the most prestigious tournaments on the professional scene, CSGO going off into the sunset, with Group B matches. Among them are Evil Geniuses and ENCE.
Evil Geniuses and ENCE will open up ESL Pro League Season 18 with a head-to-head match. And although the tags are big and big names, the match is unlikely to be The International heresy from a sporting point of view. The thing is the critical difference between the teams both on the individual level of performers and in global performance.
However, perhaps ESL Pro League Season 18 is a key mark on the way to becoming a top team? We will look for the answer to this question, and at the same time analyse who is more worthy to win.
Let's go.
ENCE form
Let's open the match with an analysis of ENCE's form. In this match they will play as clear favourites.
Bookmakers are definitely on the side of the Finnish club. The odds for the victory of ENCE are in the region of 1.1.
This is exactly the difference in the level of the teams we talked about above. ENCE is a few goals above the "evil geniuses" and it is perfectly visible by the performance.
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.
ENCE Mapple
ENCE has two 100 per cent 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).
Inferno are not playing.
Evil Geniuses Form
We continue the match analysis with an analysis of Evil Geniuses' form. The Americans are in the catch-up position here.
This is indicated by the bookmakers. The odds for Evil Geniuses to win are at around 6.6.
Where to get more than that? Evil Geniuses is the essence of the North American CSGO, and it in turn has been going through bad times for a long time, and so far A Crossoa is not visible in all this.
EG played a lot in the season, but it was almost no use. At the beginning of the year there were BLAST Premier: Spring Groups 2023 with top-12, and then there was top-24 at IEM Katowice 2023.
Played the previous EPL season where they finished in last place. Later A Cross, if you can call it that Top 8 at B-tier tournaments like CCT.
In May, returned to the title scene with appearances at IEM Dallas 2023 and BLAST Premier: Fall Groups 2023. Top-16 at the former and Top-12 at the latter.
- Evil Geniuses lineup: autimatic, Walco, Jeorge, junior, HexT.
In the second half of the season Evil Geniuses improved their performance a bit. They have already made it to the top 4, though not at title tournaments.
EG climbed into the top four at CCT North Europe, and the last tournament before ESL Pro League Season 18 was Thunderpick World Championship 2023: North American Series. But then again, with that kind of investment and opportunity, Ledgeath Nouns on the home stage isn't what you expect when you want to play internationally.
Evil Geniuses Mappool
Evil Geniuses' best map is Ancient. They have 100% wins in 3 matches.
Next are Nuke (3 wins and 1 loss), Vertigo (4 wins, 3 losses), Inferno (3 matches, 3 losses).
The worst are Overpass (2 wins with 6 matches), and also Mirage (1 win, 4 losses).
History of personal confrontations
Previously, the teams have not played each other in official matches. This match is a debut experience.
Predicted result of the match Evil Geniuses - ENCE at ESL Pro League Season 18
I think here additional analysis is unnecessary. It's enough just to look at the performance of the teams throughout the year to realise that the Americans will not struggle here. In general, ENCE will close with a score of 2-0.
Bottom line: 2-0 win for ENCE.
Bookmakers & Statistics
All bookmakers have agreed that ENCE is the favorite. This can be noticed because odds on them are 1.068. This number in the favor of Evil Geniuses amounts 8.282. Respectively, the last ones are the underdogs of the upcoming match.
Team statistics in recent matches
Last Matches | Evil Geniuses | ENCE |
5 matches (wins) | 3 | 3 |
10 matches (wins) | 7 | 7 |
It will also be necessary to mention the history of face-to-face meetings between the opponents. The teams played 0 matches with each other before. In these battles Evil Geniuses got 0 victories while ENCE managed to take 0 matches.