Match Prediction: G2 Esports - ENCE | CS2 (CS:GO)
IEM Katowice 2024After a successful Long Sogpeg group stage of the Intel Extreme Masters Katowice 2024 ENCE will play against G2 Esports for a place in the final of the top grid of Group B. The winner will secure a place in the play-offs, while the loser will fall to the bottom of the grid. The winner will secure a place in the play-offs, while the losing team will fall to the bottom of the grid. The format of the match is bo3. Which team will lose the right to make a mistake? 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 did in their previous professional tournament, as well as how this match will end.
ENCE uniforms
Finnish team ENCE started the previous year of play with a rather poor showing at the Intel Extreme Masters Katowice 2023, where the team finished in 17th-20th place for $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 the same result at BLAST Premier: Fall European Showdown 2023, where they were 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 the new year with a disappointing performance at Intel Extreme Masters Chengdu 2024: European Open Qualifier #1, where the team lost to ENTERPRISE esports 9-13 on the Overpass map. This ended the Finnish team's journey to IEM Chengdu 2024.
At the Intel Extreme Masters Katowice 2024, ENCE Long Competed in the Play-In stage with a loss to 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 outplayed Team Vitality 2-1 (Vertigo - 13-6, Anubis - 4-13, Nuke - 13-8).
Statistics of the last ENCE result:
- Victory over Team Vitality with a score of 2:1
- 2:1 win over The MongolZ
- Victory over Astralis 2:0
- 9-13 defeat of BIG
- 9-13 defeat to ENTERPRISE esports
G2 Esports uniforms
German esports organisation G2 Esports started the previous year on a Major note. First, the team took 1-3rd place at BLAST Premier: Spring Groups 2023, earning $27,500. The next G2 event was the legendary tournament in Katowice, Intel Extreme Masters Katowice 2023. There, G2 Esports emerged victorious and the championship earned them $400,000 in prize money. ESL Pro League Season 17 ended for the team with 9-12th place and $25,000. At the Major event in Paris, the Katowice champions did not have much success, finishing in 12th-14th place and failing to qualify for the Legends stage. G2 Esports also competed at the Intel Extreme Masters Dallas 2023, where 5th-6th place earned the team $10,000. BLAST Premier: Spring Final 2023 saw G2 Esports finish 3rd-4th in the standings to earn $40,000 in prize money. At BLAST Premier: Fall Groups 2023, 7th-9th place earned HooXi and team $8,500 and a slot at BLAST Premier: Fall European Showdown 2023. G2 Esports then went on to win at Intel Extreme Masters Cologne 2023, earning $400,000 and a slot at Intel Extreme Masters Katowice 2024. At Gamers8 2023, the European club finished in the top 4, earning $80,000 in prize money. G2 Esports also participated in ESL Pro League Season 18, where they took 5th-8th place and received $35,000. 3rd-4th place finishes at BLAST Premier: Fall European Showdown 2023 and Intel Extreme Masters Sydney 2023 provided an additional $27,500. Next, G2 Esports took 5th-6th place at CCT Online Finals #5 and earned $5,000 in prize money. The year ended with G2 Esports taking part in BLAST Premier: World Final 2023, where they finished in 5th-6th place and earned $25,000.
As a result of the BLAST Premier: Spring Groups 2024 draw, G2 Esports was placed in Group C. In their first match, G2 outlasted Ninjas in Pyjamas by two maps in a row (Vertigo - 13-7, Anubis - 13-2) and travelled to the final of the top set. There, HooXi and his teammates Ledge beat Natus Vincere in a full bo3 series and fell to the net losers. Ninjas in Pyjamas once again failed to give G2 Esports proper resistance. A 2-0 win (Vertigo - 13-6, Anubis - 13-9) in the final of the lower set allowed G2 to head into the deciding match of the group. A rematch against Natus Vincere in the group grand final was not a success for G2 Esports. The defeat on two maps sent the players to the Play-In stage. There, G2 Esports defeated Team Liquid 2-0 (Overpass - 13-10, Anubis - 13-7) and earned a coveted slot at BLAST Premier: Spring Final 2024.
G2 Esports made their debut at Intel Extreme Masters Katowice 2024 in Group B, where the team outplayed Heroic in a complete bo3 series (Overpass - 16-13, Anubis - 13-16, Nuke - 13-6). This is how G2 made it to the semifinals of the top set.
G2 Esports recent results stats:
- 2-1 win over Heroic
- 2-0 win over Team Liquid
- 0:2 defeat to Natus Vincere
- 2:0 win over Ninjas in Pyjamas
- Defeat by Natus Vincere with the score 1:2
Match History of ENCE - G2 Esports
ENCE have recently changed their roster significantly, and the participants of this match have not played against each other with the current rosters.
Predicted result of the match ENCE - G2 Esports
G2 Esports show a stable game and regularly defeat big-name teams, while the benefit of the roster change is not so obvious for ENCE. Let's bet on the victory of G2 Esports.
Bookmakers & Statistics
All bookmakers have agreed that G2 Esports is the favorite. This can be noticed because odds on them are 1.73. This number in the favor of ENCE amounts 2.476. Respectively, the last ones are the underdogs of the upcoming match.
How did the participants perform in the last matches
Last Matches | G2 Esports | ENCE |
5 matches (wins) | 3 | 3 |
10 matches (wins) | 5 | 5 |
Gamblers will definitely be interested in the statistics of personal meetings between the teams. The teams played 19 matches with each other before. In these matches G2 Esports won 10 times, ENCE active consisits of 9 wins.