Match Prediction: ENCE - G2 Esports | CS2 (CS:GO)
IEM Cologne 2023The last day of play and the last match of the Intel Extreme Masters Cologne 2023 will be a showdown between two of the strongest teams in the tournament, namely ENCE and G2 Esports. The winner of the match will become the champion of IEM Cologne 2023, earn $400,000 in prize money and get a slot in IEM Katowice 2024. The format of the match is bo5. Who will be the winner of the European derby? We will find out very soon.
It has long been known that CSGO gamling is unthinkable without quality predictions. So let's take a look at how the participants of the match have been performing lately, how they played in the last tournament and try to predict the winner.
ENCE uniforms
Finnish team ENCE started the current gaming year with a rather weak performance at the 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 in fourth place 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, as Snappi and the team failed to make it to the top 8 and earn any prize money. BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023 ended with ENCE in 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.
The last tournament for ENCE before the Intel Extreme Masters Cologne 2023 was ESL Challenger Katowice 2023, an eight-player international LAN tournament with a $100,000 prize pool. According to the results of the draw, ENCE were placed in Group A. The team finished 2-1, beating Bravado Gaming and Party Astronauts, but lost to Virtus.pro. Thus ENCE advanced to the play-offs stage of the championship. Their opponent in the semifinals was FORZE Esports. The Finnish club defeated the Russian team 2:0 (Nuke - 16-11, Overpass - 16-5) without any problems and made it to the finals. In the full bo3 series ENCE failed to outplay Virtus.pro, Ledgeili with the result 1:2 and took the second place. Thus, the team earned $20,000 in prize money.
At the Intel Extreme Masters Cologne 2023, ENCE's path began in the group stage, bypassing the Play-In. On their way to the play-offs, the Finnish team defeated such teams as 9INE 2:1, Fnatic 2:0 and Heroic, who Snappi and his teammates defeated 2:1. Thus ENCE were able to advance directly to the semi-finals of the final stage. Their semi-final opponent was Team Vitality. Both players showed a great game, but ENCE was stronger, beating their opponent 2:1 (Mirage - 16-14, Nuke - 14-16, Vertigo - 16-7).
Statistics of ENCE's latest results:
- Victory over Team Vitality with a score of 2:1
- Victory over Heroic with the score 2:1
- 2:0 win over Fnatic
- 2:1 win over 9INE
- 1:2 defeat to Virtus.pro
G2 Esports uniform
German esports organisation G2 Esports started the current year on a Major note. First, the team took 1-3rd place at BLAST Premier: Spring Groups 2023, earning $27,500. G2 Esports' next 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 ended with a 3rd-4th place finish for G2 Esports, earning $40,000 in prize money.
The European squad's last tournament was BLAST Premier: Fall Groups 2023. At the BLAST tournament, G2 Esports fell straight into Group C, where they lost to Team Liquid 1-2 in the semi-finals. After falling to the bottom of the group, HooXi and his teammates defeated OG (Ancient - 16-6, Inferno - 16-6) to advance to the final losers' bracket of their group. After losing to FaZe Clan on two maps in a row, G2 Esports went to Play-In. There their opponent was Evil Geniuses. G2 managed to win the full bo3 series (Inferno - 16-7, Nuke - 13-16, Mirage - 19-15). Thus, the team advanced to the second round of the Play-In. In the final match of the tournament, G2 Esports faced NAVI and lost on two consecutive maps. The 7th-9th place finish earned HooXi and the team $8,500 and a slot on BLAST Premier: Fall European Showdown 2023.
The G2 Esports team started their journey to the Intel Extreme Masters Cologne 2023 with a 2-1 win over Astralis. In the semifinals of the grid winners HooXi and team outplayed FaZe Clan on two maps in a row and advanced to the group finals. G2 Esports defeated Team Vitality with the score 2:1 (Inferno - 17-19, Vertigo - 16-10, Mirage - 16-8) and passed to the semi-final play-offs of the tournament. There the team once again confidently outplayed Astralis 2-0 (Ancient - 16-12, Inferno - 16-9) and earned a place in the final.
G2 Esports latest results stats:
- 2-0 win over Astralis
- Victory over Team Vitality with the score 2:1
- Defeat FaZe Clan 2:0
- Victory over Astralis with the score 2:1
- Defeat by Natus Vincere with the score 0:2
Match history of ENCE - G2 Esports
ENCE has played against G2 Esports only once since the beginning of this year. In ESL Pro League Season 17 ENCE defeated G2 Esports 2-0 (Ancient - 16-14, Vertigo - 16-10).
Predicted result of the match ENCE vs G2 Esports
Despite one defeat in the history of the joint matches, G2 Esports are having a better season. Let's bet on the victory of G2 Esports team.
Bookmakers & Statistics
Now, the majority of bookmaker companies believe in G2 Esports victory. Odds on them are equal to 1.445. According to bookmakers data, ENCE are the outsider and odds on their victory amounts 5.182.
How the teams played in the last matches
Last Matches | ENCE | G2 Esports |
5 matches (wins) | 4 | 4 |
10 matches (wins) | 8 | 6 |
We will also remind you of the statistics of matches that the teams played with each other. The competitors have held 17 matches. In these battles ENCE got 9 victories while G2 Esports managed to take 8 matches.