Match Prediction: Team Liquid - FaZe Clan | CS2 (CS:GO)

The final stage of Intel Extreme Masters Chengdu 2024 opens with a quarterfinal match between Team Liquid and FaZe Clan. The winner will advance to the semi-finals and meet Astralis. The format of the match is bo3. Which of the teams will finish on the 5th-6th line of the standings and will settle for $10,000 in prize money? Let's find out.

In this betting thread you will find out how the participants of this match performed during the previous year, how they did in their previous professional tournament, and how this match will end.

Team Liquid's form

Last season, Team Liquid did not feature much activity on the professional scene. Among the team's achievements it is worth mentioning the 3-4th place at the Intel Extreme Masters Katowice 2023, which brought the players $80,000. Top 3 at BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023: American RMR secured Team Liquid a trip to BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023, where cadiaN and his teammates finished in 5th-8th place in the standings. As a reward, Liquid earned $45,000. After that, Team Liquid failed to achieve the desired results at a series of tournaments. So at the Intel Extreme Masters Cologne 2023 the team took only 17-20th place. The players achieved similar results at the ESL Pro League Season 18. 9-16th place in the standings provided Gamers8 2023 $15,000. The year ended with Liquid's participation in BLAST Premier: Fall American Showdown 2023, where the team won silver and $12,500 in prize money. The new year of 2024 began for Team Liquid by advancing to PGL Major Copenhagen 2024 through qualifications in North America. A win at Intel Extreme Masters Chengdu 2024: North American Open Qualifier #1 secured Liquid a slot in the Intel Extreme Masters Chengdu 2024: North American Qualifier, where cadiaN and the team were one step away from travelling to a major LAN tournament in China. As a result, the team received an invitation to the tournament itself due to the fact that M80, being the winner of the qualifiers, could not make it to the event. The 7th-8th place in BLAST Premier: Spring Groups 2024 brought Liquid $10,500 and an invitation to BLAST Premier: Spring Showdown 2024. Team Liquid also overcame Intel Extreme Masters Dallas 2024: North American Open Qualifier #1 and Intel Extreme Masters Dallas 2024: North American Qualifier to qualify for another LAN Championship. A top-8 finish at PGL Major Copenhagen 2024: American RMR prevented players from travelling to Denmark for the first Major event of the season.

Team Liquid had previously participated in BLAST Premier: Spring Showdown 2024. According to the results of the draw of the qualifying tournament, the first and only opponent for Team Liquid was the Portuguese club SAW. In the first match of the grid cadiaN and his teammates lost to SAW in a full bo3 series. The 9th-16th places brought the players a consolation prize of $5,000.

After making it to Group A at Intel Extreme Masters Chengdu 2024, Team Liquid outplayed Heroic on the Ancient map with a 13-8 score. The team thus advanced to the semifinals of the top set. The full bo3 series against G2 Esports ended with Liquid's victory (Ancient - 13-6, Anubis - 10-13, Inferno - 13-9) and guaranteed the players a slot in the play-offs of the tournament. In the finals, Team Liquid's winners Ledge beat MOUZ on two maps and received seeding for the quarter-finals.

Statistics of Team Liquid's latest results:

• 2-0 win over MOUZ
• 2:1 win over G2 Esports
• 13-8 win over Heroic
• 1:2 defeat to SAW
• 1:2 defeat by Complexity Gaming

FaZe Clan form

FaZe Clan had a great season overall, first of all financially, although they lost some ground in the middle of the year. They started the season with a 1st-3rd place finish at BLAST Premier: Spring Groups 2023 and $27,500. Their performance at Intel Extreme Masters Katowice 2023 ended with 7th-8th place and $24,000 in prize money. The main achievement this year for FaZe Clan team can already be confidently called the championship at ESL Pro League Season 17, which brought not only $200,000, but also the victory in the fourth season of Intel Grand Slam, and this is an additional $1,000,000 in prize money. Among the big events, BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023 is also worth mentioning. There FaZe Clan took the 5th-8th places and earned $45,000. Then Intel Extreme Masters Dallas 2023 ended for karrigan and his teammates on 3-4th place, this result brought $20,000. At BLAST Premier: Spring Final 2023, FaZe Clan finished in 5th-6th place in the standings and earned an additional $20,000 in prize money. The European club travelled to BLAST Premier: Fall Groups 2023 where they finished in 1st-3rd place, earned $27,500 and received a slot in BLAST Premier: Fall Final 2023. FaZe Clan also took part in the Intel Extreme Masters Cologne 2023. There the team took 9th-12th place and received a consolation prize of $16,000 in prize money. At the big LAN-tournament Gamers8 2023 FaZe Clan took 9-16th place and received $15,000 prize money. At ESL Pro League Season 18 karrigan and team took 9-12th place and earned $25,000 in prize money. At IEM Sydney 2023 and Thunderpick World Championship 2023 FaZe Clan rehabilitated and won, earning a total of $350,000. The team also won the CS Asia Championship 2023, where the players received $250,000 as the top prize. The silver medal at BLAST Premier: Fall Final 2023 provided the European club with $85,000 in prize money. FaZe Clan finished the year in second place at BLAST Premier: Fall Final 2023 and received $250,000. The 2024th Long Contest got off to a great start for FaZe Clan players with BLAST Premier: Spring Groups 2024. As a result, the win allowed FaZe to earn $22,500 and a trip to BLAST Premier: Spring Final 2024. At Intel Extreme Masters Katowice 2024 karrigan and his teammates won silver and were awarded $180,000 in prize money. 3rd-5th place at PGL Major Copenhagen 2024: European RMR A allowed the team to qualify for the Major Championship.

Upon arrival at PGL Major Copenhagen 2024, FaZe Clan passed the first stage of the tournament and got into the elimination stage. In the first match karrigan and his teammates Ledge defeated Heroic on the map Ancient with the score 10-13, then later in the day FaZe defeated FURIA Esports with the score 13-7 on the same Ancient. In the middle matches of the third round FaZe Clan sensationally lost to Eternal Fire with a score of 1-13 on the map Overpass. After that FaZe rehabilitated themselves by defeating Imperial Esports in full bo3 series (Nuke - 13-8, Anubis - 8-13, Mirage - 13-8). In the final match, karrigan and team had no trouble defeating Complexity Gaming 2-0 (Nuke - 13-6, Overpass - 13-6) to head into the final stage of the tournament. In the quarter-final play-offs FaZe outplayed Team Spirit in a full bo3 series (Mirage - 13-7, Nuke - 16-19, Vertigo - 16-14). The semifinal clash with Team Vitality ended with the victory of karrigan and his teammates with the similar result (Nuke - 13-7, Vertigo - 5-13, Inferno - 13-8), which ensured FaZe place in the grand final. But in the deciding match karrigan and Team Ledge beat NAVI in a full bo3 series and won the silver medal of the tournament as well as $170,000 in prize money.

At the Intel Extreme Masters Chengdu 2024 FaZe Clan started their journey in Group B. The top grid quarter-final against Nemiga Gaming ended with FaZe winning 13-8 on the Inferno map. Then karrigan and his teammates sensationally Ledgeili Astralis on two maps and fell to the bottom of the grid. There FaZe Clan first defeated Cloud9 with the score 2:0 (Overpass - 13-4, Nuke - 13-11), and in the decisive match they defeated FlyQuest with the score 2:0 (Ancient - 13-4, Nuke - 13-10). Thus the team made it to the quarter-finals of the play-offs.

Statistics of FaZe Clan's last results:

• Victory over FlyQuest with the score 2:0
• Victory over Cloud9 with the score 2:0
• Defeat by Astralis with the score 0:2
• 13-8 win over Nemiga Gaming
• Defeat by Natus Vincere with the score 1:2

History of matches Team Liquid - FaZe Clan

Recently, the participants of this confrontation have played against each other only once. Within BLAST Premier: Spring Groups 2024 FaZe Clan defeated Team Liquid with the score 2:0 (Nuke - 13-11, Mirage - 13-9).

Predicted result of the match Team Liquid - FaZe Clan

FaZe Clan though Ledge and Astralis, and also failed to cope with NAVI at the Major tournament, but they are clearly a higher level team than their upcoming opponent. Let's bet on the victory of FaZe Clan.