Match Prediction: FaZe Clan - MOUZ | CS2 (CS:GO)
ESL Pro League Season 18Welcome to EGamersWorld.
ESL Pro League Season 18 is underway. The tournament playoffs are gaining momentum and the further we go, the more interesting the matches are.
In the final confrontation of ESL Pro League Season 18 we are waiting for the match between MOUZ and FaZe Clan. The European derby promises to be hot.
Both clubs showed a very confident game during ESL Pro League Season 18, and they looked good during the season. This is especially true for FaZe Clan, playing here as one of the strongest teams of the tournament.
We will try to find out what to expect from this European derby and who will move further on the play-offs grid, where in the next round will play against G2 Esports. Let's go.
FaZe Clan uniforms
We start the analysis of the match with the analysis of FaZe Clan's form. It is obvious that in this match the European grands will play in the status of favourite.
This is indicated by the esports betting sites. The odds for the victory of FaZe Clan are at the level around 1.7.
It should be noted that FaZe is not an unconditional favourite, as it could be against almost any club on ESL Pro League Season 18. The influence of MOUZ is peeking through here.
One of the most consistent teams of the season has a pretty extensive record in the first half of the year. However, it mostly consists of "near" top results.
Among the main achievements - getting into the top three at BLAST Premier: Spring Groups 2023 and winning at ESL Pro League Season 17. Also this year FaZe got the award for the 4th season of Intel Grand Slam, enriched by $1,000,000.
Speaking of award tournaments, there was less luck here. Top-12 at IEM Rio 2023, and Top-4 at IEM Dallas 2023. At the only Major e in the season FaZe did not cope with the tension, but made it to TOP-8.
Before the Long Conference IEM Cologne 2023 they attended two tournaments of BLAST series: Spring Final 2023 and Fall Groups 2023. At the Finals they were ranked Top 6, and at the Fall Groups 2023 they were in the top three, earning themselves a slot at the Autumn Finals.
- FaZe Clan line-up: karrigan, rain, Twistzz, ropz, broky .
Despite the ubiquitous Reshuffle and rather "average" results for the year, FaZe didn't change the main roster. However, there were some substitutions: FaZe presented a new coach, who became the legendary Pole NEO. On his post he replaced the legendary RobbaN and it affected FaZe's gameplay in IEM Cologne 2023, where FaZe took the top-12.
The setbacks continued from there onwards. At Gamers8 2023 FaZe Clan took a similar place (9-12), Ledgeiv at the Long Segment of the Vp tournament with the score 2-0.
Things didn't go too well at ESL Pro League Season 18. FaZe made it to the play-offs on the top grid of Group C, beating 9Z Team and Fnatic, but lost 0-2 to NaVi in the main stage seeding match.
FaZe Clan Mapple
The best map FaZe - Mirage. They played 12 matches and won 9 of them.
Then there were Overpass with 8 matches and 5 wins. Nuke (7 matches, 4 wins), Inferno (9 matches, 5 wins). Worse is Ancient with 3 wins in 6 matches, and worst of all was Anubis. His FaZe was picked 7 times, but played with a winrate of 42%.
Not playing on Vertigo.
Form MOUZ
We continue the match analysis with the analysis of MOUZ form. In this match the team will play as a nominal outsider.
The odds for MOUZ to win are at around 2.1. Such a figure is very logical.
MOUZ are behind because of the general background of FaZe Clan and their weight on the competitive scene. Otherwise, the "mice" are definitely not worse, if not better than their counterparts. At least on ESL Pro League Season 18.
The main achievement of MOUZ this season is reaching the finals of Intel Extreme Masters Dallas 2023. There they battled ENCE, but were defeated 0-2.
Prior to Long Cologne IEM Cologne MOUZ made a splash at the Elisa Invitational Spring 2023. They failed to jump above the top 4 - they were beaten by Apeks on their way to the Grand Final.
Back in the season, they made it to the top 8 at BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023: European RMR A, and then to the event itself. It didn't end well, as the team finished in the top-24 at Major e.
- MOUZ line-up: frozen, siuhy, torzsi, Jimpphat, xertioN.
IEM Cologne 2023 will be a test for the new line-up of the "mice". After Elisa Spring, siuhy, who previously played for GamerLegion, and Jimpphat, who came from the youth team of MOUZ Nxt, joined the squad.
In the debut match the revamped MOUZ roster played against The MongolZ. An easy outing on paper ended in a nervous Bo1 on the dopes, followed by a 22-19 win for MOUZ on Nuke.
Already in the match to qualify for the group stage MOUZ were much more confident. They beat NiP 2-0 (16-12 Nuke and 16-7 Inferno) without any problems.
The first match of the group stage was not a big challenge for MOUZ either. NaVi lost at Ancient with a score of 16-9 and Overpass with a score of 16-12.
After beating NaVi, MOUZ failed to gain a foothold and lost the next two series. As a result, the "mice" at IEM Cologne 2023 took the top 12.
Before ESL Pro League Season 18, the team played at the local championship Thunderpick World Championship 2023: European Series #1. They managed to win, defeating BIG 2-0 in the grand finals.
In their debut match at ESL Pro League Season 18, MOUZ faced mibr. Being the favourites, MOUZ failed to defeat the Brazilians and unexpectedly ended up in the bottom of Group B.
The group stage was a mixed bag for MOUZ, but still more successful than not. An unexpected defeat in the top set cheered MOUZ up and they effortlessly went over the heads of their opponents, Heroic among them, at the bottom of the group stage table. Having not lost a single game in the lower grid, MOUZ made it here.
In the first round of the ESL Pro League Season 18 play-offs, MOUZ seemed to be off the chain. The Brazilians from FURIA were literally stomped, and the "mice" celebrated an easy 2-0 victory, giving their opponents a total of 9 rounds per game.
MOUZ Mapple
MOUZ's favourite map remains Inferno. The Mouses have played it three times in the last 3 months and won all their games there. Nuke is also doing well, with MOUZ winning 3 out of 4 Nuke games played.
Among the good options are Vertigo and Ancient, where MOUZ have 2 wins in 3 games each.
The most undesirable map is Mirage. MOUZ have played it 6 times, but won only once.
Head-to-head history
Last time the teams played each other at European RMR A. Then MOUZ won with a score of 2-1.
Predicted result of MOUZ vs FaZe at ESL Pro League Season 18
Taking into account the form of the teams, I would look for the outcome "MOUZ win" here. The mice show a very confident game at this tournament and are gaining momentum with every match, but FaZe are having difficulties since IEM Cologne 2023 and RobbaN's departure. They are not themselves and will definitely give away one card.
+1.5 looks like the safest bet and that's what we'll play on.
Bottom line: +1.5 on MOUZ.
We're still in a rut at ESL. We're in playoff round 2, aka 1/8.
The Mouth team is coming in, and they're facing the Face clan. Eeyore played Fury yesterday, well as a game, it was more like a warmap. I honestly do not understand why with such an approach and with such an attitude even somewhere to perform. Well, apparently, it's just media and that's it. Nevertheless, we can say that Mauz's attitude is serious. The guys are in great shape, the guys shoot, take clutch, team play on the spot, all banch!
The teams have met before, but it was a long time ago, back in April, and the Mouses took the game in their piggy bank, albeit with a squeak. Faze Clan is not a mastodon at the moment, the guys are tired, underachieved, underinflated and changes are coming, in principle, the results of the team it can be seen the decline is quite serious a lot of lost games with a score of 2:0. Yes, and in general here on the outsiders jumped through, defeating teams 9z and Fnatic. At the same time against a serious rival Natus vincer in the final of the top grid guys just fell off.
What we have in the end. Softened Mice, but it's not clear in what form, because the game against Fury is just a laugh on a stick. And Fazes, who can produce anything, the guys have seen the sights and they have a lot of experience.
I think the game against the Brazilians will create false confidence for the mice and they will lose for that reason. I'll take old man Kerrigan to win.
Bookmakers & Statistics
At the moment, the majority of bookmakers unanimously see the team MOUZ as the favorite of the game with average odds on a victory in the sum of 1.949. FaZe Clan chances to prevail are evaluated with average odds 3.459 by bookmakers.
Team statistics in recent matches
Last Matches | FaZe Clan | MOUZ |
5 matches (wins) | 2 | 3 |
10 matches (wins) | 5 | 7 |
Also it makes sense to remember the statistics of the matches between the teams. The competitors have held 41 matches. And FaZe Clan won 18 times while MOUZ correspondingly became the winner 23 times.