Match Prediction: Team Liquid - FaZe Clan | CS2 (CS:GO)
EPICENTER 2018The last time when the collectives met happened in the middle of July 2018 at the ESL One Belo Horizonte 2018 tournament and then the guys from FaZe Clan turned out to be stronger, winning over their opponents by the score of 2:1.
Team Liquid hold the third place in the world rating thanks to the second positions at ESL One: New York 2018 and ELEAGUE CS:GO Premier 2018, as well as the third position at FACEIT Major: London 2018. The guys entered the championship being in a good shape and were considered to be one of the main favourites and at the group stage the collective took the first place winning over AVANGAR and Swole Patrol.
Meanwhile, FaZe Clan are in a bad shape. In autumn they participated in DreamHack Masters Stockholm 2018, FACEIT Major: London 2018 and ESL One: New York 2018, but neither of them managed to result in more than the 7-8 position, so the guys are placed on the 6 place in the list of the best teams on the professional stage. At the group stage, the collective won over ENCE eSports, but lost against Natus Vincere, which led to the second place. At the playoff, GuardiaN and the team defeated NiP.
Bookmakers think that Team Liquid are the favourites of the battle and set the coefficient of their win equal to 1.4, while the triumph of FaZe Clan is evaluated as 2.7. We also agree with the fact that the North American collective is more likely to win the match.