Match Prediction: 3DMAX - fnatic | CS2 (CS:GO)

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ESL Pro League Season 19 has finally begun! There is a lot of Counter-Strike 2 of different levels and calibres ahead: from the matches of strong mid-tier and TIR-2 teams to the matches of the grandees of competitive Counter-Strike 2.

We are talking about the group stage of the long-term league, where 32 teams will determine the participants of the play-offs. In Group A, Fnatic and 3DMAX, among others, will do it.

Let's try to find out who of the pair 3DMAX - Fnatic will be stronger and will be the first to make it to the final of the top grid of Group A.

Let's go.

Fnatic Form

Let's open the match analysis with an analysis of Fnatic's form. In this match, the Orange will play as favourites with odds to win at around 1.6.

Fnatic started last year with a shaky top-12 finish at IEM Masters Katowice 2023 and a top-16 finish at CCT North America Europe Series #4. There was also a 16th place at EPL Season 17.

A qualitative breakthrough happened at BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023: European RMR A. There Fnatic finished in the top 2, which opened the way for them to BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023.

The only Major in 2023 went well for Fnatic. The team finished in the top 11, which is a decent result.

The last tournament before IEM Cologne 2023 was IEM Dallas 2023. Fnatic was not allowed to play in America: 9z Team knocked the "orange" out of the tournament at the TOP-16 stage.

• Fnatic roster: KRIMZ, afro, bodyy, matys, kyuubii.

Prior to the Long Round of the tournament, fnatic had a significant re-structuring of their roster. Dexter and afro joined the club during the Big Reshuffle. The Australian played for MOUZ for the past two years, while the Frenchman afro played for LDLC.

With a new roster, Fnatic made a very good debut at iEM Cologne, advancing to the group stage through Play-In. And things were going great in the groups. That is, until they fell to the bottom set after losing to ENCE.

"Orange" Ledgeili raw GamerLegion and wiped out all their efforts as IEM Cologne progressed. The tournament in Cologne ended with KRIMZ and company in 9th-12th place.

After IEM Cologne 2023 fnatic attended 2 more top championships. These were Gamers8 and ESL Pro League Season 18, where the "orange" showed, to put it mildly, a weak game: in Riyadh and Malta took the top 16 and it is clearly not something to boast about. There was also IEM Sydney 2023, where Fnatic finished top-12.

In 2024, Fnatic's focus was to qualify for the first CS2 World Championship, but they failed to do so, finishing top-11 at European RMR A and top-6 at Decider. There were qualifications for other, less titled tournaments, but everywhere without success.

In the first match of ESL Pro League Season 19, Fnatic faced Virtus.pro and rather unexpectedly beat the more status and stronger opponent at the moment.

Fnatic Mapple

The ideal map for Fnatic was Ancient. "Orange" played it 4 times and won all matches.

A hundred per cent winrate also on Nuke with Anubis, but fnatic has only 1 match there.

The worst matches for fnatic are Overpass and Vertigo, where the team has one win each in 3 matches.

3DMAX uniforms

The 28th team of the world ranking was born quite recently. The French stack was formed in the middle of the year and since then they have been playing almost everywhere they can.

3DMAX's track record includes an appearance at CCT West Europe Serie #3, which was the debut tournament for the French. There they made it to the top 3, which can be called a good Long Sogpeg.

Then there was a series of qualifying tournaments and local championships. Among those that can be noted is ESL Championnat National Spring 2023, which was the first tournament won for the French.

3DMAX's performance improved in the second half of the year. Among other things, they won the qualifiers for ESL Challenger at DreamHack Winter 2023: European Open Qualifier and ESL Challenger at DreamHack Winter 2023: European Qualifier. They also won the ESEA Cash Cup: Europe - Autumn 2023 #2.

• 3DMAX roster: hAdji, Maka, Lucky, Djoko, Ex3rcice.

The last event for 3DMAX was CCT East Europe Series #3. There we managed to reach TOP-2, but a little bit was not enough: 3DMAX took TOP-2, losing in the finals to 1WIN.

After 3DMAX played at ESL Challenger Winter 2023. They managed to get into the top 8, which is not a good result.

At ESL Challenger League Season 46: Europe 3DMAX shone. The Frenchmen went over the heads of their opponents very confidently, which eventually translated into a tournament victory with a convincing 3-0 win against forZe in the grand finals.

There were far fewer high-profile wins in the 2024 season. 3DMAX finished top-11 at PGL Major Copenhagen 2024: European Qualifier, IEM China 2024: European Open Qualifier, top-4 at RES Western European Masters: Spring 2024, and top-12 at European RMR A.

Prior to the ESL Pro League Season 19, 3DMAX played at A1 Gaming League Season 8, where they finished in the Top 2.

At ESL Pro League Season 19 3DMAX debuted as an underdog in a match against sAw, but showed class and won a tough series with extra rounds in each of the two maps.

3DMAX Mappool

3DMAX's top 1 map for the last 3 months is Mirage. L4O has a mind-blowing 92% winrate with 13 games played.

Played also on Inferno, where they won 5 matches out of 7 games. In plus winrate and Nuke, where with 5 matches and 3 wins.

The most not favoured card for 3DMAX would be Vertigo. There they have 6 maps and only 1 win.

History of head-to-head meetings Fnatic - 3DMAX

During the season the teams played each other 3 times and Fnatic won twice.

Predicted result of the match Fnatic - 3DMAX at ESL Pro League Season 19

In this match my bet is in favour of Fnatic. "Orange" in the first match showed skill not only skill, but showed the character of winners, which will play into their hands and in this match, already against a lighter opponent.

Bottom line: victory for Fnatic.