Match Prediction: MOUZ - MIBR | CS2 (CS:GO)
ESL Pro League Season 18Welcome to EGamersWorld.
We are still following the situation at ESL Pro League Season 18. We are watching what is happening in Group B, where the first game day is coming to an end.
In the quartet Heroic, Roolster, Monte, BIG, EG, ENCE, MOUZ and mibr are fighting for place under the sun. We will talk about the last two in more detail.
MOUZ and mibr will close the first day of battles on ESL Pro League Season 18. The match should be very lively, despite the serious difference in the level of the teams.
Let's see how the match will go, who will be the luckier and stronger to make it to the next round where they will play with the winner of the ENCE/Evil Geniuses pairing, and who will have to continue their performance in the bottom of Group B.
Let's go.
MOUZ Form
Let's open the match with an analysis of MOUZ's form. In this match the German club plays as clear favourites.
Bookmakers are confident in the success of the German club. The odds for their victory are at around 1.17.
The 14th team of the world ranking has literally just renewed the squad and for them IEM Cologne is a test. We have already seen how difficult it is for MOUZ to play against teams a few goals lower than NiP.
MOUZ's main achievement this season was 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 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, a youth player from 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.
MOUZ Mapple
MOUZ's favourite card 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 have won only once.
MIBR shape
We continue the match analysis with the analysis of mibr's game form. The legendary Brazilian club will have to play the second number.
Bookmakers do not really believe in the success of the Brazilians. The odds for a victory of mibr in this match are at around 4.4.
MIBR had a productive year, but not to say successful. Played in a multitude of championships, but successes were achieved point by point.
They started in 2023 with an appearance at the Intel Extreme Masters Katowice 2023. The Brazilians finished in the top 20. Then there were several qualifications, including IEM Rio Masters 2023. At the Rio itself, they finished Top 16, but before that they won several B-tier tournaments, including ESL Challenger Season 44: North America and CCT North America Series #4.
At the S-tier championships, as unlucky as they were. ESL Pro League Season 17 had a top-28 at ESL Pro League Season 17 and a top-8 at BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023: American RMR, which prevented them from qualifying for the only Major of the season.
- The mibr lineup: exit, brnz4m, insani, drop, saffee.
Prior to the ESL Pro League Season 18, mibr attended a number of other tournaments. ESL Challenger League Season 45, followed by Top 1 there. But at CCT North Europe Series #6, CCT Online Finals #2 and Gamers8 2023 the successes were more modest: top 5-8 and top 16 respectively.
MIBR Mapple
The mibr has a fairly narrow pool of cards. Among the most popular are Mirage and Nuke (2 matches and 50% wins on each).
Next is Anubis (5 matches, 2 wins). Among the worst are Inferno and Ancient (3 matches each and 1 win).
History of head-to-head meetings
It can be said that the match within ESL Pro League Season 18 is the debut meeting between MOUZ and mibr. The last time the teams played each other was in 2021 and too much has happened since then.
The predicted result of the match MOUZ - MIBR in the group stage of ESL Pro League Season 18
Despite the difference in odds and the overall level of play of the teams, I expect a spirited performance from the Brazilians. They are capable of surprising and, in my opinion, they have enough for one card. That's what I'll bet on.
Bottom line: +1.5 on mibr.
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 1.364. MIBR chances to prevail are evaluated with average odds 4.086 by bookmakers.
How did the participants perform in the last matches
Last Matches | MOUZ | MIBR |
5 matches (wins) | 4 | 2 |
10 matches (wins) | 7 | 5 |
The statistics of personal battles between teams is also important for successful bets. The teams played 9 matches with each other before. And MOUZ won 3 times while MIBR correspondingly became the winner 6 times.