Match Prediction: ENCE - Vitality | CS2 (CS:GO)
Gamers8 2023Gamers8 2023, a major LAN championship in Saudi Arabia, is coming to an end. ENCE and Team Vitality will determine the strongest team in the competition, which will earn the championship trophy as well as $400,000 in prize money. The silver medallist will receive a $180,000 prize. The format of the match is bo3. Who will be the winner of the European derby? Let's find out.
In this betting tipNNEW you will find out how the participants of this match are performing in the current year, how they did in their previous professional tournament, as well as how this match will end.
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. Silver at ESL Challenger Katowice 2023 brought ENCE $20,000 in prize money.
ENCE's previous professional tournament was the Intel Extreme Masters Cologne 2023, where the team's journey began in the group stage, bypassing the Play-In. On their way to the play-offs, the Finnish squad defeated teams like 9INE 2-1, Fnatic 2-0 and Heroic, who Snappi and his teammates beat 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 participants showed a great game, but ENCE was stronger, outplaying their opponent 2:1 (Mirage - 16-14, Nuke - 14-16, Vertigo - 16-7). The grand final clash against G2 Esports ended in a 1-3 loss for ENCE. Second place allowed the players to earn $180,000 in prize money.
According to the results of the draw, the first opponent of ENCE at Gamers8 2023 was Team Liquid. ENCE players defeated them and two other opponents, Cloud9 and Heroic, 2:0. This allowed them to advance to the $1,000,000 grand finals of the championship.
Statistics of ENCE's latest results:
- A 2-0 victory over Heroic
- 2:0 win over Cloud9
- A 2-0 win over Team Liquid.
- 1:3 defeat by G2 Esports
- 2:1 win over Team Vitality
Team Vitality uniform
Team Vitality had a far from perfect start to the season. The European team started this year with 1-3rd place at BLAST Premier: Spring Groups 2023, followed by 5th-8th place at Intel Extreme Masters Katowice 2023 and ESL Pro League Season 17. But then ZywOo and his teammates were able to pick up their form and win the Intel Extreme Masters Rio 2023 and BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023, earning a combined $600,000 in prize money at those two events. At BLAST Premier: Spring Final 2023, Team Vitality finished in second place at the tournament and won $85,000. BLAST Premier: Fall Groups 2023 finished in 4th-6th place for Vitality, which earned them $17,500 in prize money and a slot in BLAST Premier: Fall Final 2023.
Prior to the trip to Riyadh, Team Vitality travelled to the Intel Extreme Masters Cologne 2023. Team Vitality made it directly into the group stage, bypassing the Play-In stage matches. The draw placed the European team in Group B. In the top set, the team easily defeated such opponents as OG and MOUZ with a score of 2:0 and made it to the final winner's bracket, guaranteeing themselves a place in the play-offs. ZywOo and his Ledge team defeated G2 Esports in a full bo3 series to advance to the quarter-finals of the play-offs. There the European team outplayed Cloud9 2-0 (Mirage - 16-11, Inferno - 19-17) and advanced to the semi-finals of the tournament. ENCE gave a worthy rebuff to Vitality, and for the European club this match became the last one. The defeat with the score 1:2 ensured Team Vitality 3-4th place and $80,000 prize money.
The organisers of the Gamers8 2023 tournament invited Team Vitality to participate in the $1,000,000 competition. The draw determined the first opponent for ZywOo and the Brazilian team from MIBR. The Brazilian team could not oppose the European club. The victory with the score 2:0 (Anubis - 16-7, Inferno - 16-8) took Team Vitality to the quarter-finals of the championship. After defeating Natus Vincere on two maps in a row (Mirage - 16-2, Nuke - 16-11), the European club advanced to the semi-finals. The full bo3 series against G2 Esports ended with Vitality's victory.
Team Vitality's recent results stats:
- Victory over G2 Esports with a score of 2-1
- Victory over Natus Vincere with the score 2:0
- 2:0 win over MIBR
- 1:2 defeat by ENCE
- 2:0 win over Cloud9
History of matches between ENCE and Team Vitality
Since the beginning of this year the participants of this match have played against each other three times. ENCE players won twice, while Team Vitality managed to win only once.
Predicted result of the match ENCE - Team Vitality
We are facing a grand final with two top European teams, so it will be strange to expect an easy victory from one of the participants. Let's bet on the card total over 2.5.
All bookmakers have agreed that ENCE are the favourites. This can be seen by the fact that the odds in their favour are 1.939. This figure in favour of Vitality equates to 5.649. Accordingly, the latter are the underdogs in the upcoming duel.
Statistics of the teams in the last matches
Last matches | ENCE | Vitality |
5 matches (wins) | 4 | 4 |
10 matches (wins) | 8 | 6 |
It is not superfluous to point out the history of face-to-face meetings between the rivals. The participants of the duel before this meeting played 22 matches between them. In these matches ENCE won 8 victories, Vitality has 13 victories.
- Vitality: apEX, ZywOo, Magisk, Spinx, flameZ .
After the triumphant Parisian major Vitality said goodbye to Dupreeh, and flameZ took his place. The "newcomer" Vitality has already managed to pass the adaptation period and is looking good: the young Israeli has a KDA of 1.09 and this is the third result of the team. He, by the way, started his ascent on the big stage just with OG.
In their debut match at IEM Cologne 2023, Vitality only confirmed their status as one of the main favourites for Group B. OG tried, but were defeated 16-6 by Mirage and 16-13 by Anubis.
After defeating OG, Vitality took on MOUZ, who were dealt an even worse 16-4 and 16-5 defeat by the Bees.
In the playoff seeding match, Vitality faced another top club, G2 Esports. A nerve-wracking game where Vitality pulled out a 19-17 win on Inferno on extra time, but then lost 10-16 to Vertigo and 8-16 to Mirage.
Bookmakers & Statistics
At the moment, the majority of bookmakers unanimously see the team Vitality as the favorite of the game with average odds on a victory in the sum of 1.525. ENCE chances to prevail are evaluated with average odds 3.733 by bookmakers.
Team statistics in recent matches
Last Matches | ENCE | Vitality |
5 matches (wins) | 4 | 4 |
10 matches (wins) | 8 | 7 |
We will also remind you of the statistics of matches that the teams played with each other. The teams played 23 matches with each other before. In these matches ENCE won 9 times, Vitality active consisits of 13 wins.