Match Prediction: Vitality - ENCE | CS2 (CS:GO)
PGL CS2 Major Copenhagen 2024: European RMR BNext, let's take a look at the clash between Team Vitality and ENCE, which will take place in the top matches of the fourth round of PGL Major Copenhagen 2024: European RMR B. Both teams now have a 2-1 statistic, so the winner will earn a coveted ticket to Denmark. The format of the match is bo3. How great are ENCE's chances of success? Let's find out.
In this betting thread you will find out how the participants of this match performed during the previous year, how they did in their previous professional tournament, as well as how this match will end.
Team Vitality's form
Team Vitality have had a great year of play, although they didn't start the previous season in the best way. The European squad started the year with a 1st-3rd place finish at BLAST Premier: Spring Groups 2023, followed by 5th-8th place finishes at Intel Extreme Masters Katowice 2023 and ESL Pro League Season 17. But then ZywOo and his teammates were able to pick up their form and win the Intel Extreme Masters Rio 2023 and BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023, earning a combined $600,000 in prize money at those two events. In BLAST Premier: Spring Final 2023, Team Vitality finished in second place at the tournament and won $85,000. BLAST Premier: Fall Groups 2023 finished in 4th-6th place for Vitality, which earned them $17,500 in prize money and a slot in BLAST Premier: Fall Final 2023. ZywOo and his team also participated in the Intel Extreme Masters Cologne 2023 where they finished in 3rd-4th place and won $80,000. At Gamers8 2023, a LAN event in Saudi Arabia with a prize pool of $1,000,000, Team Vitality was victorious and earned the top prize of $400,000. Vitality also competed at ESL Pro League Season 18, where they managed to finish in the top 8. The 5th-8th places in the standings provided the players with $35,000 in prize money. At the Intel Extreme Masters Sydney 2023, Team Vitality finished in the top 16 and received a $4,000 consolation prize. ZywOo and his teammates ended the year as BLAST Premier: Fall Final 2023 champions, earning $200,000 as well as a slot in BLAST Premier: World Final 2023. The gaming year ended with a win at BLAST Premier: World Final 2023, which earned the team a top prize of $500,000. The new year started for Team Vitality with a win in Group A at BLAST Premier: Spring Groups 2024, which earned them $22,500 and a trip to BLAST Premier: Spring Final 2024.
The previous professional tournament that Team Vitality participated in was the Intel Extreme Masters Katowice 2024. Team Vitality got past the Play-In stage and started their journey in Group B. In the first match, the team lost to ENCE in a full bo3 series and fell to the lower grid. There ZywOo and his teammates Ledge and Heroic with the result 1:2 and sensationally finished their participation in the cult tournament. The 13th-16th places provided the players with $10,000 in prize money.
Team Vitality started their appearance at PGL Major Copenhagen 2024: European RMR B with a 13-2 victory over GamerLegion on the Nuke map, which ensured their advancement to the top matches of the second round. There, ZywOo and his teammates easily defeated Heroic with a 13-3 win on the Overpass map. In the top match of the third round, Team Vitality Ledge or Cloud9 in a full bo3 series.
Statistics of Team Vitality's latest results:
- A 1-2 loss to Cloud9
- 13-3 win over Heroic
- 13-2 win over GamerLegion
- 1:2 defeat by Heroic
- 1:2 defeat by ENCE
ENCE uniform
Finnish team ENCE started the previous gaming year with a rather weak performance at Intel Extreme Masters Katowice 2023, where the team took 17th-20th place and $4,500. ENCE missed the Intel Extreme Masters Rio 2023 and finished fourth in the European qualification. From there, the team only began to gain momentum. Bronze at CCT Central Europe Malta Finals and 3rd-4th place at ESL Pro League Season 17 allowed ENCE to earn a total of $65,000. Eighth place at BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023: European RMR B allowed ENCE to qualify for the only and last Major CS:GO tournament of the year. The performance at Brazy Party can be considered a failure, because there dycha and the team failed to get into the top 8 and earn at least some prize money. BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023 ended for ENCE on the 12th-14th place, which brought the team $20,000. The team's biggest achievement so far is winning the Intel Extreme Masters Dallas 2023. ENCE showed a decent performance and won the $100,000 grand prize. Silver at ESL Challenger Katowice 2023 brought ENCE $20,000 in prize money. After that, the Finnish club also won silver at Intel Extreme Masters Cologne 2023, for which they received $180,000. Second place at Gamers8 2023 provided the players with an additional $180,000 in prize money. The 3-4th place at ESL Pro League Season 18 allowed ENCE to earn another $50,000. The European club achieved a similar result at BLAST Premier: Fall European Showdown 2023, where it was able to get $7,500 as a reward. 5th-6th place at Intel Extreme Masters Sydney 2023 provided ENCE with $10,000 in prize money. The trip to China for CS Asia Championships 2023 was a bit more successful, where the team took 3-4th place and earned $50,000 in prize money. ENCE had the same result at Elisa Masters Espoo 2023. The season ended with a disappointing performance at BLAST Premier: World Final 2023, where the players took 7th-8th place. ENCE started 2024 with a failure at Intel Extreme Masters Chengdu 2024: European Open Qualifier #1.
At Intel Extreme Masters Katowice 2024 ENCE Long Competed in the Play-In stage with a defeat by BIG. At the bottom of the grid, dycha and his teammates defeated Astralis on two maps in a row (Vertigo - 13-10, Ancient - 13-4). A full bo3 series win against The MongolZ (Mirage - 16-13, Nuke - 10-13, Anubis - 13-5) allowed ENCE to head to Group B. In the quarter-finals of the top set, gla1ve and crew outlasted Team Vitality 2-1 (Vertigo - 13-6, Anubis - 4-13, Nuke - 13-8). The next challenge for ENCE was G2 Esports, who were beaten by two maps in a row (Mirage - 13-8, Anubis - 13-7). Thus ENCE reached the final of the group, where Ledge beat MOUZ 0:2. Once in the play-offs, gla1ve and his teammates lost to Team Falcons with the result 1:3. As a result, the team took 5th-6th place and earned $40,000.
As a result of the draw ENCE faced Team Spirit in the first round of PGL Major Copenhagen 2024: European RMR B. There gla1ve and the team crushingly lost to IEM Katowice 2024 champions Katowice 2024 with a score of 0-13. In the bottom match of the second round ENCE managed to rehabilitate themselves by beating Guild Eagles with a score of 13-6 on the Anubis map. The third round for ENCE ended with a 16-14 victory over GamerLegion on the Nuke map.
Statistics of ENCE's last result:
- 16-14 victory over GamerLegion
- 13-6 win over Guild Eagles
- 0-13 defeat of Team Spirit
- 1-2 loss to Team Falcons
- 0:2 defeat by MOUZ
Match history of Team Vitality - ENCE
Since the beginning of the previous year the participants of this rivalry have played against each other five times. ENCE have outplayed their opponent three times, while Team Vitality can boast only two wins. The last time the teams met was at the recent Intel Extreme Masters Katowice 2024. ENCE defeated Team Vitality 2:1 (Vertigo - 13-6, Anubis - 4-13, Nuke - 13-8).
Predicted result of Team Vitality - ENCE match
As the history of recent confrontations shows, although Team Vitality are one of the strongest teams in the world, they can beat ENCE by one card or lose the series altogether. Let's bet on the total of cards more than 2.5.
Vitality vs. ENCE
On Wednesday 21.02.2024 at 17:30 there will be a BO3 match in CS2 (CS:GO) format between Vitality (France) and ENCE (Finland). 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 for Vitality vs ENCE, Vitality is considered the favourite and bookmakers give the team a 78% chance of winning the match. In terms of individual performance Vitality is stronger by an order of magnitude. Vitality looks better in the tournament. In head-to-head meetings ENCE leads with a score of 4-1. Against common opponents the teams are equal.
Prediction:
In this match for me the clear favourite is Vitalty, yes ENCE have picked up form, but they are still far away from Zywoo, I think after yesterday, they have toned up and will seriously approach the meeting, especially we need to avenge Katowice, I think it will be 2-0 here.
Bet:
Vitality (-1.5) - 12.5% of the bank (~coef. 1.85)
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Bookmakers & Statistics
Vitality are listed as the favorites of the match in the majority of bookmakers and odds on them are equal to 1.188. ENCE, in turn, are the outsiders of the match. Odds on their victory are about 5.395.
How the teams played in the last matches
Last Matches | Vitality | ENCE |
5 matches (wins) | 2 | 2 |
10 matches (wins) | 6 | 6 |
Also it makes sense to remember the statistics of the matches between the teams. The teams played 25 matches with each other before. In these matches Vitality won 14 times, ENCE active consisits of 10 wins.