Match Prediction: OG - ENCE | CS2 (CS:GO)

OG and ENCE will meet in the group stage of BLAST Premier Spring Finals 2022. Both teams have already guaranteed themselves participation in the playoffs of the tournament, having obtained their victories the day before. Moreover, OG made a sensation at all, having managed to outplay NAVI.

In turn, ENCE spent too much effort in the game with BIG, as it seems, not fully preparing their attack. Although in the current meta it is quite logical to take only three or four rounds in attack, and then recoup in defense, which sAw's wards showed the day before.

Nevertheless, in this confrontation, ENCE is the obvious favorite. Another question is whether OG will be able to show the same strong game today. And if he can, then what map to pick against ENCE, since the opponent feels great on all six options.

In any case, there are too many open questions that only the game itself can answer. Although I have to agree that, given what I've seen from both teams, OG has a pretty good chance to compete.

Form OG

The 24th team of the world ranking managed to update its roster by inviting a couple of young and green players from the vastness of the TIER-2 scene. Moreover, the start turned out to be successful, since the team got a confident victory over MIBR within the framework of some kind of exhibition match in Portugal.

However, then the Global Esports Tour 2022: Dubai happened, where OG showed something monstrous. Firstly, the team managed to give away the Complexity card, which is already scary. Secondly, the guys in the salad lost to NIP, which is not as embarrassing as with the North Americans, but still rather weak.

As a result, OG was left without a sniper who got sick with a coronavirus. It turned out to take degster to the tournament, with which the team arrived at BLAST Premier Spring Finals 2022.

It turned out unexpectedly, as the team by some miracle closed NAVI, having managed to snatch victory after the defeat at Inferno. Moreover, OG showed something unthinkable in terms of reading the opponent, predicting almost all the actions of the Born to Win. But something is not strongly believed in this team, which can shoot once a month, but certainly not on an ongoing basis.

Latest OG results:

• Defeat from Eternal Fire with a score of 0:2.
• Victory over MIBR with a score of 2:0.
• Victory over Complexity with a score of 2:1.
• Defeated by NIP with a score of 0:2.
• Victory over NAVI with a score of 2:1.

Best OG cards:

• Overpass - 50% of wins.
• Mirage - 50% of wins.
• Dust 2 - 33% win rate

Interestingly, in the last matches the team refused the Nuke card.

Form ENCE

The second team in the world ranking shows stable results over the past few months. Only during this time the team managed to gain a foothold among the leaders of the scene, simultaneously playing in two finals: ESL Pro League Season 15 and Intel Extreme Masters XVII - Dallas. Don't forget about PGL Major Antwerp 2022, where sAw's players reached the semi-finals.

So, at the recent IEM Dallas 2022, the team managed to reach the final, having played the entire tournament without Spinx. The loss in that grand final against Cloud9 is the tenth thing, but everyone cares only about history.

As for the start at BLAST Premier Spring Finals 2022, here ENCE managed to cope with BIG, albeit showing a terrible attack on both maps.

If the trend continues, then the wards of sAw can get a mountain of problems in the upcoming match. Although here you still need to look at the cards, and we will learn them only before the start of the match itself.

Latest ENCE results:

• Victory over G2 with a score of 2:0.
• Victory over FaZe Clan with a score of 2:1.
• Victory over FURIA with a score of 2:0.
• Defeated by Cloud9 with a score of 0:3.
• Victory over BIG with a score of 2:0.

Best ENCE cards:

• Nuke - 86% of wins.
• Ancient - 79% of wins.
• Vertigo - 64% of wins.
• Dust 2 - 62% of wins.
• Mirage - 55% of wins.
• Overpass - 44% of wins.

It is worth recalling that the team has been refusing the Inferno map for a long time.

OG vs ENCE meeting statistics

The teams have not met before.

Forecast for the match OG — ENCE

A very difficult match in terms of analysis. On the one hand, OG created a sensation yesterday and jumped above their heads, closing NAVI on two maps that were convenient for them. But at the same time, the team is not a stronghold of stability, constantly failing matches with rivals from the TOP-10.

In turn, ENCE yesterday showed some kind of monstrous attack, simply crawling around the server in search of errors. If this happens again today, then the wards of sAw can easily lose a map, or even two.

And yet, I would not endow OG with the status of a favorite, even if degster managed to liberate the team. Still, ENCE is now playing much more stable in terms of discipline and final results. But it's always worth the risk, since you don't beat NAVI every day.

Therefore, here I would recommend betting on Handicap by cards (+1.5) for the OG team.