Match Prediction: B8 - fnatic | CS2 (CS:GO)
BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023 Europe RMR AB8 and fnatic will meet in the third round of the BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023 Europe RMR A, where they will play for one of the first two tickets to the "legends" of the major.
To be fair, the Ukrainian squad could take another shot, as many have clearly underestimated the lads, myself included. However, B8 show quite a confident game, with which they definitely do not seem to be outsiders.
For my part, I wouldn't get my hopes up about fnatic, as this team is showing a disgusting game. And there are fears that in this match the crack will give way and the base will collapse.
Therefore here I would rely on the card from the B8 team. And it makes sense to take a chance and take the win for the Ukrainians in general, but not about that.
Form B8
The 42nd ranked team in the world hardly qualified for the RMR Tournament, as they started their way through the qualifiers with two defeats.
Further on, the Ukrainian team failed in qualifying for ESL Challenger Melbourne 2023, but at the same time made it to the final of ESEA Advanced Season 44 Europe.
However, B8 managed to take a shot at the BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023 Europe RMR A where they defeated MOUZ and Virtus.pro. Understandably, anything can happen in a single maps, but the guys really prepared hard.
The latest B8 results:
- 14-16 defeat to crisinjo.
- beat Viperio 19-15.
- 9-16 defeat at the hands of Taipan.
- 16-9 win over MOUZ.
- 16-14 victory over Virtus.pro.
Top B8 scores:
- Mirage - 100% wins.
- Ancient - 78% wins.
- Vertigo - 71% wins.
- Nuke - 70% wins.
- Anubis - 60% wins.
It is worth reminding that the Ukrainian team is not featured on the Overpass map.
Form fnatic
The twelfth team in the world rankings in fact failed in ESL Pro League Season 17, where, though it managed to break into the play-offs, but quickly lost to FURIA.
The European side went nowhere at the BLAST Premier Spring Showdown 2023 Europe and also crashed out of the IEM Dallas 2023 qualifiers early.
However, on the first game day of the BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023 Europe RMR A team had problems but still outplayed Viperio and 1WIN. However, based on the game, fnatic clearly did not deserve to get into the "legends".
Latest fnatic results:
- A 2-0 win over Team Spirit.
- Victory over Ninjas in Pyjamas 2-1.
- 1-2 defeat of OG.
- Beat Viperio 22-20.
- 16-12 victory over 1WIN.
Best fnatic scores:
- Nuke - 71% wins.
- Overpass - 71% wins.
- Vertigo - 64% of wins.
In turn, the fnatic team is most often denied by maps Anubis.
B8 - fnatic encounter statistics
The teams have played two meetings within the last season:
- A 16-4 win for fnatic in open qualification for IEM Road to Rio 2022 Europe.
- B8 won IEM Road to Rio 2022 Europe RMR A by 16-9.
The teams then played Nuke and Ancient on the cards.
B8 vs fnatic
I very much hope that the Ukrainian team will continue to press with motivation and confidence. And fnatic with this has a big problem, as the team strongly lost their potential and rolled back to the baseline.
Here also The International it is interesting that B8 strongly performs on the Ancient map, while the European team almost never plays on it. And the Ukrainians will also give up Overpass, which will put fnatic at a disadvantage.
Therefore, in this case, I would recommend betting on the Forum on cards (+1.5) for the B8 team.
Bookmakers & Statistics
At the moment, the majority of bookmakers unanimously see the team fnatic as the favorite of the game with average odds on a victory in the sum of 1.31. B8 chances to prevail are evaluated with average odds 4.269 by bookmakers.
Team statistics in recent matches
Last Matches | B8 | fnatic |
5 matches (wins) | 4 | 4 |
10 matches (wins) | 8 | 5 |
It will also be necessary to mention the history of face-to-face meetings between the opponents. The teams played 2 matches with each other before. And B8 won 1 times while fnatic correspondingly became the winner 1 times.