Match Prediction: Team Liquid - paiN Gaming | CS2 (CS:GO)

Liquid and paiN will play in the IEM Fall 2021 North America group stage. I believe that the "liquid" already have one foot in the playoffs, while the Brazilians need blood from their nose glasses. However, I doubt that the guys just have enough talent to outplay the hardened grandfathers from Liquid.

Liquid form

The 12th World Ranked Team got off to a great start in the IEM Fall 2021 North America group stage with six points. Moreover, there were no questions about shooting against the "liquid" ones, since the guys are noticeably stronger than everyone else in their group. And Liquid's confidence was incredible, which resulted in two confident victories.

Recent Liquid results:

• Defeat against Vitality with a score of 1: 2.
• Victory over Evil Geniuses with a score of 2: 0.
• Defeat to Astralis with a score of 1: 2.
• Beat Bad News Bears 16: 9.
• Victory over ATK with a score of 16: 4.

Best Liquid cards:

• Overpass - 100% wins.
• Inferno - 75% wins.
• Vertigo - 71% wins.
• Mirage - 50% wins.

At the same time, we don't have to wait for the Ancient card, and the guys are unlikely to play on Dust 2 either.

PaiN form

The 33rd world ranked team had a terrible start in IEM Fall 2021 North America for some reason risking playing Mirage. As a result, the Brazilians got what they deserved, forgetting to bring the attack. However, the team nevertheless gained their three points by closing EXTREMUM. Although I strongly doubt paiN is confident enough to handle the favorite.

Recent results paiN:

• Lost to FURIA with a score of 0: 2.
• Victory over Extra Salt with a score of 2: 1.
• Defeat from GODSENT with a score of 1: 2.
• Lose from Extra Salt with a score of 17:19.
• Victory over EXTREMUM with a score of 16: 8.

Best paiN cards:

• Dust 2 - 100% wins.
• Ancient - 85% wins.
• Vertigo - 83% wins.
• Nuke - 80% wins.
• Overpass - 56% wins.

In this case, the Brazilians should abandon Mirage and Inferno.

Liquid - paiN meeting statistics

During the current season, the teams held two meetings:

• PaiN wins DreamHack Open March 2021 North America 2: 1.
• Liquid's victory in cs_summit 8 with a score of 2: 0.

But do not forget that a lot of water has flown under the bridge since the last meeting.

Prediction for the match Liquid - paiN

Liquid has almost in its hands an exit to the playoffs, and at the same time a trip to Stockholm. To do this, it is enough for the team not to waste on the second game day, multiplying by its excellent start in the championship. In turn, paiN looked too mediocre to believe in a fairy tale so immediately. Therefore, here I propose to bet on the victory of the Liquid team with a Handicap (-3.5).