Match Prediction: Team Liquid - Cloud9 | Counter-Strike (CS2)
IEM Dallas 2022Team Liquid and Cloud9 will meet in the group stage of IEM Dallas 2022. Both teams failed at the last major. But if nothing was expected from the North Americans, then Cloud9 definitely did not live up to expectations, losing to Imperial limply. Still, the Russian team seems to be much more stable and interesting, just as the "liquid" ones are actually on the verge of another lineup change due to unmotivated shox.
Form Team Liquid
The 13th team of the world ranking finished its way in the “legends” of PGL Major Antwerp 2022 without winning maps. Moreover, the North Americans lost both Heroic and FURIA with Vitality. In order to understand the depth of the difficulties, the team is waiting for the next line-up changes, as shox is already about to go home. And in the bottom line, Team Liquid does not show anything that could cling to. In addition, the team has little success in terms of ideas, as confusion with captains on different maps makes itself felt.
Latest Team Liquid results:
- Victory over Complexity with a score of 2:0.
- Victory over Astralis with a score of 2:0.
- Defeat from Heroic with a score of 11:16.
- Defeat from FURIA with a score of 9:16.
- Defeat from Vitality with a score of 0:2.
The best maps of Team Liquid:
- Mirage - 78% of wins.
- Vertigo - 73% of wins.
- Ancient - 70% of wins.
- Overpass - 50% of wins.
- Inferno - 50% win rate.
- Dust 2 - 50% win rate.
At the same time, the team continues to refuse the Nuke card.
Form Cloud9
The ninth team in the world ranking failed at PGL Major Antwerp 2022, winning only one match. However, then there were mistakes on Inferno against NIP, a strange pick of Nuke against FaZe Clan, as well as monstrous implementation and overconfidence against the Brazilians from Imperial. As a result, we got the failure of the team, which many saw in the playoffs. Not to say that Cloud9 failed so much that it's time to write the team off. In many ways, the factors were layered on top of each other, but the bell is alarming.
Latest Cloud9 results:
- Victory over Astralis with a score of 2:1.
- Victory over the Outsiders with a score of 16:12.
- Defeat from NIP with a score of 14:16.
- Lost to FaZe Clan with a score of 9:16.
- Defeated by Imperial with a score of 1:2.
Best Cloud9 Maps:
- Mirage - 80% of wins.
- Ancient - 75% of wins.
- Inferno - 50% win rate.
- Overpass - 50% of wins.
Interestingly, the Russian team also does not play on the Nuke map.
Team Liquid - Cloud9 meeting statistics
Within the framework of the current season, the teams held one meeting - at ESL Pro League Season 15, Cloud9 won (2:0).
Prediction for the match Team Liquid — Cloud9
It's hard for me to say what you can expect from a team whose most experienced player wants to leave the squad as soon as possible and return to France. Yes, the Russian team failed at the last championship, although Team Liquid performed even worse there.
As for this matchup, we can see both Mirage and Vertigo with Overpass. There is no way to predict this in advance, since on paper Team Liquid has no particular advantages. Therefore, here I would recommend betting on the victory of the Cloud9 team.
Bookmakers & Statistics
Cloud9 are listed as the favorites of the match in the majority of bookmakers and odds on them are equal to 1.312. Team Liquid, in turn, are the outsiders of the match. Odds on their victory are about 7.92.
How the teams played in the last matches
Last Matches | Team Liquid | Cloud9 |
5 matches (wins) | 2 | 1 |
10 matches (wins) | 4 | 1 |
It will also be necessary to mention the history of face-to-face meetings between the opponents. The competitors have held 33 matches. In these matches Team Liquid won 19 times, Cloud9 active consisits of 14 wins.