Match Prediction: MOUZ - 9z | Counter-Strike (CS2)
IEM Dallas 2024Welcome to EGamersWorld.
The group stage of IEM Dallas 2024 is heating up. We continue our review of what's happening in Basket A, where we have one last match left to watch.
And that's the Mouz vs 9z Team match, which will close out the first round. And it seems to be the easiest match.
Let's see if 9z Team will be able to impose the struggle on the grandees in the form of MOUZ, or if the "mice" will take the victory.
Let's see.
MOUZ Form
We start our review of MOUZ vs 9z Team with an analysis of MOUZ's form. In this one they will play as clear favourites with odds to win at around 1.1.
One of MOUZ's major achievements last season was reaching the finals of the Intel Extreme Masters Dallas 2023. There they battled ENCE, but were defeated 0-2.
Prior to Long Cologne IEM Cologne MOUZ made a splash at the Elisa Invitational Spring 2023. They failed to jump above the top 4 - they were beaten by Apeks on their way to the Grand Final.
Back in the season, they made it to the top 8 at BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023: European RMR A, and then to the event itself. It didn't end well, as the team finished Top-24 at Major e.
- MOUZ line-up: Brollan, siuhy, torzsi, Jimpphat, xertioN.
IEM Cologne 2023 will be a test for the new line-up of the "mice". After Elisa Spring, siuhy, who previously played for GamerLegion, and Jimpphat, who came from the youth team of MOUZ Nxt, joined the squad.
In the debut match the revamped MOUZ roster played against The MongolZ. An easy outing on paper ended in a nervous Bo1 on the dopes, followed by a 22-19 win for MOUZ on Nuke.
Already in the match to qualify for the group stage MOUZ were much more confident. They beat NiP 2-0 (16-12 Nuke and 16-7 Inferno) without any problems.
The first match of the group stage was not a big challenge for MOUZ either. NaVi lost at Ancient with a score of 16-9 and Overpass with a score of 16-12.
After beating NaVi, MOUZ failed to gain a foothold and lost the next two series. As a result, the "mice" at IEM Cologne 2023 took the top 12.
Before ESL Pro League Season 18, the team played at the local championship Thunderpick World Championship 2023: European Series #1. They managed to win, defeating BIG 2-0 in the grand finals.
In their debut match at ESL Pro League Season 18, MOUZ faced mibr. Being the favourites, MOUZ failed to defeat the Brazilians and unexpectedly ended up in the bottom of Group B.
The group stage was a mixed bag for MOUZ, but still more successful than not. An unexpected defeat in the top set cheered MOUZ up and they effortlessly went over the heads of their opponents, Heroic among them, at the bottom of the group stage table. Having not lost a single game in the lower grid, MOUZ made it here.
In the first round of the ESL Pro League Season 18 play-offs, MOUZ seemed to be off the chain. The Brazilians from FURIA were literally stomped, and the "mice" celebrated an easy 2-0 victory, giving their opponents a total of 9 rounds per game.
In the match before that MOUZ met another grandee of the European scene - FaZe Clan. "Mice" on a spree swept through the match and closed the series with a score of 2-0.
In the match for the exit here MOUZ met G2 Esports. They became the next trophy in the "mice" piggy bank at ESL Pro League S18.
MOUZ went on to defeat ENCE (2-1) and NaVi in the EPL S18 Grand Final with a resounding 3-0 score. Prior to the Thunderpick World Championship 2023, MOUZ played at IEM Sydney 2023, where they again faced FaZe. This time FaZe retaliated for the upset defeat and knocked MOUZ out at the Top 4 stage.
Thunderpick World Championship 2023 MOUZ ended prematurely. They lost in the first round of play-offs to FaZe, who later became the tournament champions.
Later was the CS Asia Championship 2023, where MOUZ performed well. They reached the grand finals, but there they lost to FaZe Clan with a score of 0-2.
At Elisa Masters Espoo 2023 MOUZ started their performance with a rather unexpected defeat. They defeated Apeks 16-19 in the first round of the group stage. Next up was a match with CoL for life at the event, which the "mice" won with a one-card deficit. However, they couldn't stay in the championship race for long: MOUZ crashed out at the Top 6 stage.
After that, it was BLAST Premier: World Final 2023, where the "mice" took TOP-4. This was the last tournament of the 2023 season. They started the 2024 season with a top-7 finish at PGL Major Copenhagen 2024: European Qualifier B. Next was IEM Katowice 2024, where the "mice" took TOP-4.
At PGL Major CS2 Copenhagen 2024, they made their way from TOP-1-2 to European RMR B. At the tournament itself, Mice started off with a win over Ecstatic and then beat Eternal Fire, which gave them a 2-0 lead.
Next up was IEM China 2024, where MOUZ continued to "dial it up". This time the team managed to reach the grand final, but FaZe were stronger.
MOUZ were very confident in the play-offs of ESL Pro League Season 19. They also confidently swept through the play-offs championship and won the tournament by shutting out Vitality 3-0 in the grand finals.
MOUZ Mapple.
MOUZ's favourite card remains Inferno. The Mice have played it three times in the last 3 months and won all their games there. Nuke is also doing well, with MOUZ winning 3 out of 4 Nuke games played.
Among the good options are Vertigo and Ancient, where MOUZ have 2 wins in 3 games each.
The most undesirable map is Mirage. MOUZ have played it 6 times, but only won once.
Form 9z Team
We continue the analysis of the match 9z Team - MOUZ with the analysis of 9z Team's form. Here the Argentinians play in the status of an absolute outsider with odds to win at around 5.
The Argentine club spent the whole year at all sorts of championships. Most of them were regional tournaments like CCT South America, where at one of the championships 9Z Team took TOP-1.
They have also made appearances at prestigious international events. For example, in March this year they visited Intel Extreme Masters Dalls 2023, where they even managed to beat Fnatic, but still didn't make it past the group stage and finished in the top 12.
- 9Z Team: dgt, max, buda, HUASOPEEK, Martinez.
Prior to the ESL Pro League Season 18, the Argentinians played at a number of "medium" level championships. These were CCT North Europe Series 7, where 9Z Team finished in the top 16 and Thunderpick World Championship 2023: Europe, where the team finished in the top 8.
At ESL Pro League Season 18, 9Z managed to qualify for the play-offs by going the longest way possible - the last chance grid. 9Z got there by losing to FaZe in the beginning and then to Imperial. Then a very solid comeback at the bottom: a clean win against M80 and Apeks and a 2-1 win against 5cyclone. However, it failed to get any further than the top 12.
In the 2024 season, 9z never gave up trying to play wherever they could. This was the case at the qualifiers for Intel Extreme Masters Chengdu 2024: SA, PGL Major Copenhagen 2024: SA Qualifier and ESL Pro League Season 19: SA Qualifier.
Among the big tournaments where 9z made their mark were IEM Chengu 2024, where they finished top-16, Global Esports TOur Rio de Janeiro 2024 with top-6. There were also smaller championships like RES Latin American Series #4 with TOP-2 and CBCS Season 4 with TOP-2.
Mappul 9Z Team
The best map of the Argentinians is Inferno. 9Z have played there 11 times and have a statistic of 8-3. Next comes Nuke (8-4) and Ancient (4-2).
Things are not much worse on Mirage and Overpass. On the former, which is true, only 3 games, but 2-1, but on Overpass it's already 5-3.
Neutral map is Anubis. 9Z has a score of 2-2 there.
They don't play on Vertigo.
History of head-to-head meetings MOUZ - 9z Team
Previously the teams have not played each other on the professional stage.
Predicted result of 9z Team - MOUZ at IEM Dallas 2024
In this match I see no chance for 9z Team. MOUZ should and will demolish without much trouble.
Bottom line: victory MOUZ.
Bookmakers & Statistics
MOUZ are listed as the favorites of the match in the majority of bookmakers and odds on them are equal to 1.696. 9z, in turn, are the outsiders of the match. Odds on their victory are about 4.384.
How the teams played in the last matches
Last Matches | MOUZ | 9z |
5 matches (wins) | 5 | 3 |
10 matches (wins) | 9 | 7 |
It will also be necessary to mention the history of face-to-face meetings between the opponents. The competitors have held 1 matches. In these matches MOUZ won 1 times, 9z active consisits of 0 wins.