Match Prediction: Apeks - ECSTATIC | Counter-Strike (CS2)
PGL CS2 Major Copenhagen 2024: European RMR BThe third match day of PGL Major Copenhagen 2024: European RMR B opens with a match between Apeks and ECSTATIC. The winner will secure a trip to PGL Major Copenhagen 2024, and the loser will go to play in the final round of qualification. The format of the match is bo3. Which of the participants will be stronger at the end of this confrontation? We will find out very soon.
In this betting thread you will find out how the participants of this match performed during the previous year, how they played in their previous professional tournament, and how this match will end.
Apeks Form
Apeks have had quite a history of performing in various championships in the past year, although far from always successful. Last season started for Apeks with a run through BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023: European RMR Qualifier B and ESL Challenger at DreamHack Melbourne 2023: European Open Qualifier. A top-4 finish at CCT West Europe Series #1 provided players with their first $5,000 in prize money for the year. At the next tournament in the series, CCT West Europe Series #2, Apeks claimed silver and won $10,000. In the next qualifier for the last and only Major CS:GO tournament, BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023: European RMR A, Apeks reached sixth place and received an invitation to the main event. At the BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023 sense and his teammates managed to surprise many and took 3-4th place in the standings, which brought a record $80,000 in prize money for the team. Apeks also won ESL Challenger League Season 45: Europe and earned another $20,000. The championship at the Elisa Invitational Spring 2023 allowed the team to head to the final tournament from Elisa. Participation at the iconic Intel Extreme Masters Cologne 2023 did not yield the desired results, as Apeks finished in 17th-20th place there. At the Arabian Gamers8 2023, the team finished their participation after the first match, earning $15,000. The players then successfully qualified for the Intel Extreme Masters Sydney 2023. As with Gamers8, Apeks failed to deliver a solid performance at ESL Pro League Season 18. The trip to Intel Extreme Masters Sydney 2023 ended in 9th-12th place and earned the team $5,000. Apeks ended the gaming year on a fairly Major note. The team won silver at Elisa Masters Espoo 2023 and ESL Challenger at DreamHack Atlanta 2023, earning a total of $60,000. Apeks started the new season with a failure at Intel Extreme Masters Chengdu 2024: European Open Qualifier #1. The team also took 13th-16th places at Intel Extreme Masters Katowice 2024 and earned $10,000.
Apeks previously competed in the RES Western European Masters: Spring 2024, a qualifier where teams competed for a slot in the BLAST Premier: Spring Showdown 2024. The draw placed Apeks in Group B. First, the team defeated ex-Anonymo Esports on the Ancient map with a score of 13-2. In the match winner sense and its teammates outplayed Metizport with the result 13-8 on Ancient. Two wins in a row put Apeks into the play-offs. The semi-final match against 3DMAX ended with Apeks winning 2-0 (Ancient - 13-6, Inferno - 13-9). But in the grand finals of the tournament, the team was one step away from the coveted victory. Apeks Ledge and Metizport are in a full bo3 series and miss BLAST Premier: Spring Showdown 2024.
PGL Major Copenhagen 2024: European RMR B Long The round started for Apeks with a 13-5 win over OG on the Ancient map. In the second round, sense and team lost to Cloud9 with a score of 10-13 and went into the middle matches. A 13-5 win over Monte on the Anubis map brought the team closer to a trip to the Major tournament.
Apeks recent match stats:
- 13-5 win over Monte
- 10-13 loss to Cloud9
- 13-5 win over OG
- 1-2 loss to Metizport
- 2-0 win over 3DMAX
ECSTATIC uniforms
The team from Denmark spent the previous year in various qualifications and online championships, only attending two not so big LAN tournaments. ECSTATIC's first good result was a victory at the European Pro League Season 5, which brought the players $11,000 in prize money. The team had no successes almost all February, but at the end of the month they managed to win ESL Challenger at DreamHack Melbourne 2023: European Open Qualifier, CCT North Europe Series #4: Closed Qualifier and ESL Challenger at DreamHack Melbourne 2023: European Qualifier. Silver at the Pelaajat.com Nordic Masters Spring 2023 put ECSTATIC one step away from getting into the tournament system from BLAST. A trip to the ESL Challenger at DreamHack Melbourne 2023 resulted in a top-4 LAN tournament finish and $10,000 in prize money. Patti and his teammates went on to win ESEA Cash Cup: Europe - Spring 2023 #4 and qualified for ESL Challenger Katowice 2023: European Qualifier. Second place in CCT Online Finals #1 earned the players $40,000. At ESL Challenger Katowice 2023 ECSTATIC finished in 5th-6th place in the standings. In the last months of 2023 ECSTATIC only finished in the top 4 at CCT East Europe Series #3 and CCT East Europe Series #4, which brought the team a total of $10,000. The new year started for Patti and the team with qualifications for PGL Major Copenhagen 2024. The players managed to qualify for PGL Major Copenhagen 2024: European Qualifier A at the third attempt, but they only placed 9-11 and went to the Decider tournament. The victory in PGL Major Copenhagen 2024: European Qualifier Decider secured ECSTATIC a slot in PGL Major Copenhagen 2024: European RMR B. ECSTATIC also failed to qualify for the Pelaajat.com Series Spring 2024 open qualifiers.
The team had previously competed in the European Pro League Season 13. As a result of the draw, ECSTATIC made it to Group B where they first defeated Alliance in a full bo3 series (Vertigo - 9-13, Overpass - 16-13, Inferno - 13-8). A win over Sangal Esports on two maps (Nuke - 13-11, Ancient - 16-12) put Patti and team into the play-offs of the competition. In the quarter-finals, winner ECSTATIC outplayed Into The Breach 2-0 (Overpass - 13-11, Vertigo - 13-4) and advanced to the semifinals of the gridiron where they defeated Preasy Esports 2-1 (Anubis - 13-8, Ancient - 7-13, Vertigo - 16-14). In the top grid final, ECSTATIC defeated TSM by two maps (Anubis - 13-5, Inferno - 13-5). But Preasy Esports proved to be too difficult an obstacle in the bo5 rematch. The 2:3 defeat ended ECSTATIC's participation in the tournament in the second place. The silver medal brought the players $5,000 in prize money.
Upon arrival at PGL Major Copenhagen 2024: European RMR B, ECSTATIC faced the Ukrainian club Monte. A 13-9 victory on the Anubis map sent the players into the top match of the second round. Later in the day, ECSTATIC Ledge and MOUZ travelled to the middle matches, where they defeated OG in a tense match with a 13-11 result on the map Inferno.
ECSTATIC's latest results stats:
- Victory over OG with a score of 13-11
- 8-13 loss to MOUZ
- 13-9 win over Monte
- Defeat by Preasy Esports with the score 2:3
- 2-0 win over TSM
Apeks - ECSTATIC Match History
The participants of this confrontation have not played against each other on the professional scene for the last year.
Predicted result of the match Apeks - ECSTATIC
Taking into account the current form of both teams, as well as recent performances in this tournament, let's bet on the victory of the team Apeks.
Apeks vs. ECSTATIC
On Wednesday 21.02.2024 at 14:00 there will be a BO3 match in CS2 (CS:GO) format between Apeks (Norway) and ECSTATIC (Denmark). The event takes place in the format of the Europe RMR B stage of the Major Championship PGL Copenhagen 2024 tournament. According to the list of odds on Apeks vs ECSTATIC, Apeks is considered the favourite for the match and bookmakers give the team 62% chance to win. According to the analysis of individual indicators Apeks is a bit stronger. On the tournament is much better Apeks. In terms of head-to-head meetings Apeks is leading with a score of 1-0 on the cards. Against common opponents the results are equal.
Prediction:
A meeting of two equal teams, I did not think I would see them in 2-1, but what we have is what we have, most likely we will see a victory Apeks, but I believe that without a fight match for the exit to the home Major ECSTATIC will not give up, bet on their head start.
Bet:
FORA ECSTATIC (+1.5) - 15% of the pot (~coeuf. 1.44)
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Bookmakers & Statistics
All bookmakers have agreed that Apeks is the favorite. This can be noticed because odds on them are 1.511. This number in the favor of ECSTATIC amounts 3.912. Respectively, the last ones are the underdogs of the upcoming match.
Team statistics in recent matches
Last Matches | Apeks | ECSTATIC |
5 matches (wins) | 3 | 3 |
10 matches (wins) | 6 | 7 |
The statistics of personal battles between teams is also important for successful bets. The teams played 2 matches with each other before. And Apeks won 1 times while ECSTATIC correspondingly became the winner 1 times.