Prediction on match CS2 Outsiders - Liquid

Outsiders and Team Liquid will meet in the group stage of BLAST Premier World Final 2022. A very entertaining match, since YEKINDAR will play against their former team for the first time.

However, the advantage of the Outsiders is that the guys are the champions of IEM Rio Major 2022, where they showed an incredible game in terms of concentration and flexibility.

So this match promises to be interesting, although I don't have so many hopes for a North American team that might not be able to cope even now.

Well, the main problem of Team Liquid can be a sniper, who is simply not in the right matches. Against this background, the Outsiders really stand out, even if a whole month has passed since the victory in Rio de Janeiro.

Form Outsiders

Back in October, the second team of the world ranking became the winner of the ESL Challenger Rotterdam 2022, where they showed the first signs of life. Then the Russian team went to IEM Rio Major 2022, where they even started with a defeat from MOUZ.

And yet, further Outsiders got three confident victories in a row to break into the "legends". Remarkably, here the team again lost in the first round, but this time to Heroic.

What do you think? The team again won three meetings and now has reached the playoffs. Well, then there is no point in remembering, because there Outsiders drove over their opponents, showing the genius of shooting and tactics.

Latest Outsiders results:

• Victory over Team Spirit with a score of 16:14.
• Victory over MOUZ with a score of 2:0.
• 2-0 victory over fnatic.
• Victory over MOUZ with a score of 2:1.
• Victory over Heroic with a score of 2:0.

Best Outsiders cards:

• Ancient - 75% of wins.
• Overpass - 71% of wins.
• Mirage - 67% of wins.
• Inferno - 60% of wins.

Usually the Russian team refused the Nuke card.

Form Team Liquid

The eighth team of the world ranking, on the contrary, played poorly at IEM Rio Major 2022. Yes, at some point the North American team had a chance to reach the playoffs, but the defeats from Heroic and Team Spirit put everything on the shelves.

Then Team Liquid practically did not rest in order to immediately go to BLAST Premier Fall Final 2022. There the team managed to surprise, beating both G2 and NAVI in the group.

On the other hand, success in the group did not save Heroic from the defeat in the semi-finals. And in fact, the problems of the "liquid" are still the same - the lack of stability even during one championship.

Latest Team Liquid results:

• Defeat from Heroic with a score of 1:2.
• Defeat from Team Spirit with a score of 1:2.
• Victory over G2 with a score of 2:0.
• Victory over NAVI with a score of 2:1.
• Defeat from Heroic with a score of 1:2.

The best maps of Team Liquid:

• Mirage - 86% of wins.
• Inferno - 79% of wins.
• Ancient - 75% of wins.

Interestingly, the North Americans used to refuse the Nuke card.

Match statistics Outsiders — Team Liquid

The teams have not yet met in the current lineups.

Prediction for the match Outsiders — Team Liquid

A very interesting meeting not only in terms of personalities, but also in terms of preparation. Yes, the teams have had enough time to train the Anubis card, but who will take the risk first?

There is also such a situation that both teams are banning Nuke, and here they will have to think ahead and risk twice.

Otherwise, we have approximately equal teams, where, however, there is some advantage in favor of the Outsiders. Firstly, the Russian team is definitely not worse on the Inferno and Mirage maps. Secondly, Team Liquid had a real problem on Overpass and Vertigo.

In general, the meeting promises to be interesting, although the statistical advantage should be decisive. Therefore, in this case, I would recommend betting on the Outsiders team to win.