Prediction on match CS2 9INE - G2 Esports

9INE and G2 will meet in the first round of the BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023 Europe RMR B. It must be said that the Polish team has made a noticeable breakthrough in the last few months, and even qualified for several major tournaments, including this one.

On the other hand, G2 still leads the world ranking, and they are still regarded as the favourites for every championship. And we want to believe that Samurai will be able to recover after their failure in ESL Pro League Season 17.

So here I would lean on G2 to win. On the other hand, I don't ѕtuppo pick a head start, as there are a lot of pros and cons parameters here.

Form 9INE

The 25th ranked team in the world became the winner of the RES Western European Masters Spring 2023 to qualify for the last championship from BLAST.

The Polish squad went on to make it to the semi-finals of CCT South Europe Series 3, but also failed in the play-offs of the Elisa Invitational Winter 2023 and CCT North Europe Series 4.

As for the performances at the BLAST Premier Spring Showdown 2023 Europe, 9INE managed to close out fnatic, but the team was edged out by BIG in a close match in the semi-finals.

9INE's latest results:

• A 2-1 win over 1WIN.
• Defeat to Monte by a score of 1-3.
• 11-16 defeat at the hands of 500.
• 2-1 win over fnatic.
• 1-2 defeat at the hands of BIG.

Top 9INE scores:

• Vertigo - 88% wins.
• Nuke - 82% wins.
• Anubis - 73% wins.
• Overpass - 64% wins.
• Mirage - 61% wins.

Let's not forget that the Polish team has not played on Inferno map for a long time.

G2 form

The first team in the world ranking won IEM Katowice 2023 where they played really strong and gave up only one map during the championship.

The European side then easily qualified for the BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023 Europe RMR with three victories in qualification.

However, after that, G2 had a mixed performance in the group stage of ESL Pro League Season 17, and the first bell rang at the hands of Cloud9. Well, in the play-offs the team showed nothing, managing to lose to ENCE.

Latest G2 results:

• A 0-2 loss to Cloud9.
• Defeated MIBR 2-0.
• Beat fnatic 2-1.
• 2-0 win over Movistar Riders.
• 0-2 defeat to ENCE.

Top teams in G2:

• Anubis - 100% wins.
• Nuke - 91% wins.
• Inferno - 82% wins.
• Ancient - 67% wins.
• Vertigo - 60% wins.

In turn, the European team has not played on the Overpass card for a long time.

9INE - G2 encounter statistics

The teams have not met before.

Prediction for the match 9INE - G2

Let's dispense with any unnecessary conclusions, as the Poles are showing some growth, but G2 is still on another level. Yes, in Malta the Samurai team had a failure, but it's very much a pleasure to judge by one championship. Therefore, in this case, I'd recommend betting on a G2 win.