Match Prediction: Virtus.pro - 3DMAX | CS2 (CS:GO)
ESL Challenger Jonköping 2023Welcome to EGamersWorld.
Counter-Strike 2 competition continues and doesn't seem to be going anywhere. The CS Asia Championship 2023 recently thundered away, BLAST Premier: Fall Finals 2023 is underway, but if that's not enough for you, welcome to ESL Challenger Jonkoping 2023.
ESL Challenger Jonkoping 2023 is another Challenger Series tournament where the main prize is a trip to ESL Pro League Season 19. However, in addition to that, there will also be a pretty nice prize pool of $100,000.
For the main prizes will fight 8 teams, which are divided into 2 baskets of 4 teams in each. Among the participants there is Vp - Looking4Org.
Let's find out who will be stronger and advance through the group stage further, and who will have to go to the match for life in the tournament.
Let's go.
Form Vp
Commencing the match analysis, let's dissect the current form of Virtus.pro (VP). They are set to face the top-ranked team in this matchup, and the odds for a VP victory stand at approximately 1.6. This dynamic sets the stage for those considering a CSGO gamble, as they weigh the possibilities in this high-stakes encounter.
Vp played in three TIR tournaments at the beginning of the year. These were BB Playlist. Urbanistic, BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023: European RMR A, and also BB Playlist. Freeddom. At the two "home" championships from BB Vp were in the top 8, but at the European RMR everything was even less happy - top 14.
Then Vp made a breakthrough by winning at ESL Challenger Katowice 2023. The victory there allowed them to qualify for ESL Pro League Season 18.
Among the victories, CCT Online Finals #2 is also worth mentioning. They beat Team Spirit in the grand finals and earned $100,000, which is pretty good.
- Vp lineup: Jame, FL1T, fame, n0rb3r7, mir.
Before ESL Pro League Season 18 Vp visited Gamers8, where they didn't get further than the top 8, and Dunav Party LAN, where in the grand finals they got revenge for their defeat on CCT by Spirit.
In the first match of EPL Season 18, Vp's opponent was Team Liquid. The match, as expected, ended in a full-fledged, combative Bo3 with Vp winning 2-1.
Next up, VP played G2 Esports and legitimately Ledgeili, though they fought back and took the map. The defeat sent Vp to the lower grid, where they first beat Eternal Fire and then outplayed Liquid again, thus reaching the EPL play-offs.
Vp did not manage to play in the main stage. Vp lost their first match against 9z Team, which was a rather unexpected result. At the end of the EPL S18 Vp finished in the top 16.
Things are going well at the Roobet Cup. Vp won the first match against their compatriots from Spirit with a score of 2-1. Next up was a battle with Movistar Riders to qualify for the Roobet Cup 2023 play-offs, which ended 2-0 in favour of Vp, a solid 2-0.
The Roobet Cup 2023 itself was the pulse of Vp's triumph. They beat Monte 2-1 in the grand final, earning their first major win in a long time. Later was Thunderpick World Championship 2023, where Vp also reached the final, but failed to defeat FaZe and as a result - 0-2.
Vp Mapple
The best map for Vp remains Ancient, where Vp won 3 maps out of 3 played. The most played map is Overpass, where Vp played 11 maps and won 9 of them.
In the pool there is a good Anubis (3-1 on maps), Mirage (6 wins in 9 matches) and Inferno (7 wins in 11 games).
The worst choice for vp is Vertigo. It has 44% wins with 9 matches.
Looking4Org Form
We continue the match analysis with Looking4Org's form. The French, still in the mix, will play the number two with win odds over 2.
The 28th team of the world ranking came into existence quite recently. The French stack was formed in the middle of the year and since then they have been playing almost everywhere they can.
Looking4Org's record includes an appearance at CCT West Europe Serie #3, which was the debut tournament for the French. There they reached the top 3, which can be called a good Long Sogpeg.
Then there was a series of qualifying tournaments and local championships. Among what can be noted is ESL Championnat National Spring 2023, which was the first tournament won for the French.
Looking4Org's performance improved in the second half of the year. Among other things, they won the qualifiers for ESL Challenger at DreamHack Winter 2023: European Open Qualifier and ESL Challenger at DreamHack Winter 2023: European Qualifier. They also won the ESEA Cash Cup: Europe - Autumn 2023 #2.
- Looking4Org roster: hAdji, Maka, Lucky, Djoko, Ex3rcice.
The last event for Looking4Org was CCT East Europe Series #3. There they managed to get to TOP-2, but a little bit was not enough: Looking4Org took TOP-2, losing in the final to 1WIN.
At ESL Challenger League Season 46 Lucky and company feel not bad. They managed to secure a spot in the top 2 of Group C, losing only to Team Spirit.
Before playing at ESL Challenger Jonkoping 2023 Looking4Org are playing at ESL Challenger Season 46. There they are in the play-offs and have a very good chance to move on and claw their way to ESL Pro League Season 19.
Looking4Org Mappool
Looking4Org's top 1 map for the last 3 months is Mirage. L4O has a mind-blowing winrate of 92% with 13 games played.
They also played on Inferno where they won 5 matches out of 7 games. Nuke is also in plus winrate, where the "ninjas" have 3 wins from 5 matches.
The most not favoured card for Looking4Org will be Vertigo. There they have 6 cards and only 1 win.
History of head-to-head meetings
Earlier the teams crossed each other at Thunderpick World Championship 2023. The French won that time.
Predicted result of the match Vp - Looking4Org at ESL Challenger Jonkoping 2023
From this match I expect a pretty spirited game. Both teams are skilled in CS2 and will show a bright game. Considering the Bo1 format, I would look for a Looking4Org win.
Bottom line: Looking4Org win.