Match Prediction: Monte - GamerLegion | CS2 (CS:GO)
IEM Katowice 2024Ukrainian team will debut at the Intel Extreme Masters Katowice 2024 in Group B. Their opponent will be the German club GamerLegion, which managed to pass the Play-In stage. The winner will advance to the semi-finals, while the loser will lose the right to make a mistake. The format of the match is bo3. Will Woro2k and his teammates manage to keep GamerLegion? 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.
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.
Statistics of Monte's latest results:
- 1:2 loss to Apeks
- Victory over BESTIA with the score 2:0
- 6-13 loss to Virtus.pro
- 13-8 win over BESTIA
- Technical defeat by EYEBALLERS
GamerLegion form
GamerLegion started the previous game year in a measured manner and gradually gained momentum. The first achievement of the team was the 3-4th place at CCT South Europe Series #2. After not so successful qualifications at IEM Rio and another tournament from CCT Gamer Legion won Thunderpick Bitcoin Series #2, earning $32,000. This was followed by qualifying for BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023, where the team finished in second place and earned a slot in the only Major event of the year. In addition, Snax and his teammates won silver at CCT West Europe Series #1, RES Western European Masters: Spring 2023 and CCT North Europe Series #4, earning another $20,000. Also in March, the team won the Elisa Invitational Winter 2023, which earned them $12,500. The main achievement in the history of GamerLegion was the second place at BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023 and a record $170,000 in prize money for the team. 7th-8th place in the standings at Intel Extreme Masters Cologne 2023 provided GL with $24,000. In Saudi Arabia at Gamers8 2023, GamerLegion finished in 5th-8th place in the standings and received $35,000. But at ESL Pro League Season 18 the European club did not achieve such success, finishing in 17th-20th place and earned $15,000 in prize money. GamerLegion finished in 7th-8th place at the Intel Extreme Masters Sydney 2023 and received $6,000 in prize money. A 5th-6th place finish in the standings at the Elisa Masters Espoo 2023 provided the players with $10,000. Rounding out the year for GL was a top-8 finish at BetBoom Dacha and ESL Challenger at DreamHack Atlanta 2023.
GamerLegion kicked off the 2024 year by participating in BLAST Premier: Spring Groups 2024. According to the results of the draw, the team got into Group B. First GL managed to defeat FaZe Clan on two maps in a row (Overpass - 13-11, Ancient - 16-13). In the final of the top set the team lost to Team Liquid with the score 0:2 and fell to the bottom of the net. A 1-2 loss in the rematch against FaZe Clan ended GamerLegion's performance. For 9th-12th place Snax and his teammates were rewarded with $8,500 and a slot in BLAST Premier: Spring Showdown 2024.
At the Intel Extreme Masters Katowice 2024, GamerLegion already managed to beat the Americans from M80 with a score of 13-10 on the Nuke map, which allowed them to advance to the second round of the Play-In stage. In the full bo3 series GL defeated Virtus.pro (Vertigo - 13-3, Inferno - 5-13, Overpass - 13-9) and went to the group stage of the tournament.
GamerLegion's latest results stats:
- A 2-1 win over Virtus.pro
- Victory over M80 with the score 13-10
- Defeat by FaZe Clan with the score 1:2
- Defeat by Team Liquid with the score 1:2
- Victory over FaZe Clan with the score 2:0
History of Monte - GamerLegion matches
In the previous year the participants of this confrontation played against each other twice. At BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023 GamerLegion beat Monte with the score 2:0 (Mirage - 16-10, Overpass - 16-3). Later in the Intel Extreme Masters Cologne 2023, Monte managed to win a rematch with a score of 2-0 (Mirage - 16-8, Overpass - 16-11).
Predicted result of the match Monte - GamerLegion
Monte look preferable in their current form, considering how the Ukrainian club finished the previous season. Let's bet on the victory of the Monte team.
Bookmakers & Statistics
At the moment, the majority of bookmakers unanimously see the team GamerLegion as the favorite of the game with average odds on a victory in the sum of 2.295. Monte chances to prevail are evaluated with average odds 3.848 by bookmakers.
How the teams played in the last matches
Last Matches | Monte | GamerLegion |
5 matches (wins) | 2 | 3 |
10 matches (wins) | 5 | 3 |
The statistics of personal battles between teams is also important for successful bets. The participants in the battle before the meeting played 2 matches with each other. And Monte won 1 times while GamerLegion correspondingly became the winner 1 times.