Encore and HEET will fight for the right not to leave the ESL Pro League Season 16 Conference. I don't know what the Australians can come up with, because they show too slow and predictable CS, which even colleagues from the region can handle once or twice.
As for the French team, I just can't say why HEET plays so poorly. But the benefit in this situation, the guys have an obvious advantage over the opponent, who is completely bad.
Encore form
The 56th team of the world ranking recently visited IEM Dallas 2022, where they lost to FaZe Clan and Astralis very easily and naturally, and then went to rest.
Personally, nothing good about Encore comes to mind for me. So here the team manages to lose without a chance in the first match of the ESL Pro League Season 16 Conference, falling off their compatriots from ORDER. Moreover, there are no prerequisites that the team will suddenly somehow change and compete with HEET.
Latest Encore results:
- Victory over ORDER with a score of 2:1.
- Lost to HAVU with a score of 4:16.
- Lost to FaZe Clan with a score of 5:16.
- Defeated by Astralis with a score of 0:2.
- Defeat from ORDER with a score of 0:2.
Best Encore cards:
- Ancient - 50% win rate.
- Nuke - 33% of wins.
- Dust 2 - 25% win rate.
- Vertigo - 17% of wins.
At the same time, we remember that the Australian team refuses the Mirage card.
Form HEET
The 27th team in the world ranking continues to play one championship a month, winning only by chance. From the latter, the French team made it to the playoffs of the ESL Challenger League Season 41 Europe, having obtained two difficult victories in the group.
As for the start within the ESL Pro League Season 16 Conference, here HEET managed to lose to Endpoint, even though it managed to catch on to the game as a whole. I do not think that this defeat hit the team hard, which is already a favorite against the background of the Australians.
Latest HEET results:
- Defeated by Sprout with a score of 0:2.
- Defeat from SKADE with a score of 0:2.
- Victory over Sprout with a score of 2:1.
- Victory over ex-MAD Lions with a score of 2:1.
- Defeat from Endpoint with a score of 0:2.
Best HEET cards:
- Dust 2 - 83% of wins.
- Inferno - 62% of wins.
- Ancient - 62% of wins.
- Nuke - 50% win rate.
- Vertigo - 20% of wins.
- Overpass - 18% of wins.
Interestingly, the French team also refuses the Mirage card.
Encore vs HEET Match Statistics
The teams have not met before.
Prediction for the match Encore — HEET
I don't know what the Australians need to do in order not to fall into the dirt face and not get another quick 0-2 in their account. In this case, the French team is two heads stronger, even if it is in an intermediate state.
At the same time, HEET has a full set of maps, including Vertigo, where the team has always looked decent, but in recent weeks it began to lose mercilessly. Well, let's not forget about the difference in the class of teams, since Encore wins only in Australia.
Therefore, here I would recommend betting on the victory of the HEET team with a score of 2:0.
