Match Prediction: Monte - Cloud9 | CS2 (CS:GO)
IEM Katowice 2024Monte and Cloud9 will determine the second team to leave Group B at the Intel Extreme Masters Katowice 2024. The match will take place in the quarterfinals of the lower grid. The winner will continue at the tournament, while the loser will take 13th-16th places and earn $10,000. The format of the match is bo3. Which of the teams will be stronger at the end of this confrontation? 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 played in their previous professional tournament, and how this match will end.
Monte's form
The Monte squad started the previous year by competing in various online tournaments and qualifying for bigger andVent tournaments. The bronze medal at the European Pro League Season 5 provided the players with the first $3,000 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 previous professional championship that Monte players participated in was the ESL Challenger at DreamHack Atlanta 2023. As a result of the group stage sdy and the team started their journey in Group B. In the opening match the Ukrainian club outplayed BESTIA with a score of 13-8 on the Ancient map. The match against Virtus.pro ended with the defeat of Monte. So the team once again met with BESTIA for the right to enter the play-offs stage of the tournament. Monte outplayed their opponent on two maps in a row (Ancient - 13-7, Anubis - 13-3) and went to the final part of the event. In the semi-final of the tournament Ukrainian club Ledgeil Apeks in full bo3 series and finished their participation in the play-offs. The 3-4th place in the standings provided the players with $10,000.
Having got into Group B at Intel Extreme Masters Katowice 2024, Monte showed a rather weak performance against GamerLegion, lost on two maps in a row and lost the right to make a mistake.
Statistics of Monte's latest results:
- 0:2 defeat to GamerLegion
- Defeat by Apeks 1:2
- 2:0 win over BESTIA
- 6-13 defeat by Virtus.pro
- 13-8 win over BESTIA
Cloud9 uniforms
Cloud9 have attended almost all major international tournaments this year and are showing pretty good results. The year started for the Russian squad with a 13th-16th place finish at Intel Extreme Masters Katowice 2023 and $10,000 in prize money. Winning the RES Eastern European Masters: Spring 2023 ensured their participation in BLAST Premier: Spring European Showdown 2023. The next major championship in which Cloud9 participated was ESL Pro League Season 17, where the team finished second and earned $90,000. After that, HObbit and his teammates won the BLAST Premier: Spring European Showdown 2023 to take home the $20,000 grand prize and a trip to the Spring Final. BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023 Cloud9 missed out after failing in the European RMR Decider against FaZe Clan. The 3-4th place at Intel Extreme Masters Rio 2023 provided the Russian squad with another $20,000. At Brazy Party Cloud9 won the Brazy Party and took home an impressive $133,000. Heading to Cologne for the Intel Extreme Masters Cologne 2023, HObbit and team took 5th-6th place and received $40,000. A major tournament in Saudi Arabia, Gamers8 2023, ended with Cloud9 in 5th-8th place in the standings. Triumphs at RES Eastern European Masters: Fall 2023 and BLAST Premier: Fall European Showdown 2023 earned C9 $20,000 and a slot at the Fall Final. Unlike Season 17, ESL Pro League Season 18 was a complete failure for the Russian squad. The 21st-28th places earned a consolation prize of $8,000. At the Intel Extreme Masters Sydney 2023, Cloud9 took 9th-12th place in the standings and earned $5,000. The team was able to finish in the top 4 at Thunderpick World Championship 2023 and received $50,000 in prize money. A 3-4th place finish at BLAST Premier: Fall Final 2023 provided the players with $40,000 in prize money. At BLAST Premier: World Final 2023, Cloud9 finished in the top 6, earning $25,000. The new year started for C9 with a run through PGL Major Copenhagen 2024: European Qualifier A.
Cloud9 had previously participated in BLAST Premier: Spring Groups 2024. In Group D, C9 first outplayed Heroic 2-0 (Mirage 13-5, Anubis 13-1). In the final winner HObbit and his team lost to Virtus.pro in a full bo3 series and fell to the bottom of the grid. The defeat from BIG on two maps in a row finished the team on the 9th-12th place in the standings, bringing the players $8,500 and a slot in BLAST Premier: Spring Showdown 2024.
Intel Extreme Masters Katowice 2024 began for Cloud9 with the Play-In stage. The team lost the opening match against Rebel Gaming and fell to the losers' bracket, where they defeated BetBoom Team in a full bo3 series (Overpass - 22-25, Anubis - 13-6, Ancient - 13-7). In the decisive match Cloud9 defeated Virtus.pro with the same result (Overpass - 13-5, Anubis - 6-13, Ancient - 13-4) and entered the group stage. The draw determined the players to Group B, where C9 Ledge or MOUZ in the quarter-finals of the upper grid with the score 1:2.
Cloud9's recent results stats:
- A 1:2 defeat to Team Vitality
- 2:1 win over Virtus.pro
- 2:1 win over BetBoom Team
- 10-13 loss to Rebel Gaming
- 0:2 loss to BIG
Match history of Monte - Cloud9
Recently the participants of this confrontation have not played against each other. Their last match dates back to June, but since then the teams' playing form has undergone a number of changes.
Predicted result of the match Monte - Cloud9
Monte showed a rather weak game yesterday and it is not a fact that they will be able to correct the mistake in one day. Let's bet on the victory of Cloud9 team.
Bookmakers & Statistics
At the moment, the majority of bookmakers unanimously see the team Monte as the favorite of the game with average odds on a victory in the sum of 2.315. Cloud9 chances to prevail are evaluated with average odds 2.326 by bookmakers.
Team statistics in recent matches
Last Matches | Monte | Cloud9 |
5 matches (wins) | 2 | 2 |
10 matches (wins) | 5 | 6 |
Also it makes sense to remember the statistics of the matches between the teams. The teams played 2 matches with each other before. And Monte won 1 times while Cloud9 correspondingly became the winner 1 times.