Match Prediction: Apeks - Monte | CS2 (CS:GO)

Next let's take a look at the clash between Apeks and the Ukrainian team Monte in the middle match of the third round of PGL Major Copenhagen 2024: European RMR B. These teams managed to win and lose yesterday. The format of the match is bo1. What kind of performance will Monte show today? We will find out very soon.

In this betting thread you will find out how the participants of this match performed in the previous year, how they did 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 BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023 sense and its 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, Apeks and the team lost to Cloud9 with a score of 10-13 and went to the middle matches.

Apeks recent match stats:

• A loss to Cloud9 with a score of 10-13
• 13-5 win over OG
• 1-2 loss to Metizport
• 2-0 win over 3DMAX
• 13-8 win over Metizport

Monte's form

Monte started the previous year by participating in various online tournaments and qualifying for bigger tournaments. A bronze medal at the European Pro League Season 5 provided the players with the first $3,000 in prize money. Ukrainian team in the first half of the year successfully passed a number of qualification tournaments at BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023. In parallel, sdy and team became champions of European Pro League Season 6, CCT West Europe Series #2, ESL Challenger League Season 44: Europe and CCT Central Europe Series #5. Combined, these four wins earned the players $75,000. BLAST's attempts to qualify for the tournament system ended in 5th-8th place at the RES Eastern European Masters: Spring 2023. Before travelling to Paris for last season's only Major tournament, Monte took silver at CCT Central Europe Series #6 and won CCT West Europe Series #3 for an additional $33,000 in prize money. On the international stage, Monte were able to make a name for themselves by finishing in the top 8 of the BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023. The club was awarded $45,000 in prize money. The trip to the Intel Extreme Masters Cologne 2023 ended in 9-12th place in the standings and $16,000 in prize money. The Ukrainian club spent the rest of the summer in online championships from CCT and Pinnacle, regularly finishing in the top 4. The end of September was remembered by fans of the team for their performance at ESL Pro League Season 18, where the team managed to take 3-4th place in the standings and earn $50,000. Monte also won silver at Roobet Cup 2023 and finished in the top-4 of Thunderpick World Championship 2023, adding $100,000 to the team's coffers. The first LAN tournament won for Woro2k and his teammates was the ESL Challenger at DreamHack Winter 2023. The season ended with Monte finishing in 3-4th place at ESL Challenger at DreamHack Atlanta 2023, which provided the players with $10,000 in prize money. At the beginning of 2024 the Ukrainian team went to Intel Extreme Masters Katowice 2024, where they took 9-12th place in the standings. As a reward, sdy and his teammates earned $16,000.

The previous professional event that Monte participated in was the RES Eastern European Masters: Spring 2024. The qualifying tournament for the BLAST Premier: Spring Showdown 2024 for teams from Eastern Europe was held in Group B for Monte. First, the Ukrainian club outplayed The Chosen Few with a 13-11 score on the Anubis map and advanced to the winner's bracket, where they defeated Aurora Gaming with a 13-6 score on the Mirage map. Two wins in a row secured Monte's place in the play-offs of the competition. The semi-final clash against SINNERS Esports ended with Monte winning the full bo3 series (Mirage - 13-9, Nuke - 14-16, Anubis - 13-7). In the grand final, the Ukrainian team outplayed Aurora Gaming with the result 2:1 (Mirage - 13-10, Nuke - 6-13, Ancient - 13-9). Thus sdy and the team qualified for BLAST Premier: Spring Showdown 2024.

At PGL Major Copenhagen 2024: European RMR B Monte were forced to play with a replacement in the person of Gizmy, who plays for the youth squad of the organisation. The team lost their first match to ECSTATIC with a score of 9-13. But then Monte were able to recover with a 13-9 victory over Nexus Gaming on the Mirage map.

Monte's recent results stats:

• Victory over Nexus Gaming with a score of 13-9
• 9-13 defeat of ECSTATIC
• 2-1 win over Aurora Gaming
• 2-1 win over SINNERS Esports
• 13-6 win over Aurora Gaming

Match history of Apeks - Monte

Over the past year, the participants of this confrontation have played against each other six times. Apeks outplayed their opponent twice, while Monte can boast four victories. Last time the teams met at ESL Challenger at DreamHack Atlanta 2023. Apeks defeated Monte 2-1 (Mirage - 19-16, Anubis - 11-13, Ancient - 13-10).

Predicted result of the match Apeks - Monte

In the last match Apeks outplayed Monte in a fairly even game. It should also be noted that Monte will play with a substitute, but even if the organisers PGL will allow sdy to join the server, it is not quite clear what kind of game form he will be in because of his illness. Let's bet on the victory of the Apeks team.