Match Prediction: Cloud9 - MOUZ | CS2 (CS:GO)
BLAST Premier World Final 2023Welcome to EGamersWorld.
The big Counter-Strike 2 is back along with matches from the final tournament of the year, BLAST Premier: World Finals 2023. The final championship of 2023 will see the play-offs begin.
And opening up the main championship stage will be C9 and MOUZ. The teams will compete with each other for the semi-finals of the tournament, where the winner of the match is already waiting for the tough FaZe Clan.
We are trying to find out which of the teams will be stronger and one step closer to the title of BLAST Premier: Fall Finals 2023 champion, and who will have to say goodbye to the tournament for 1,000,000 dollars at the first stage of play-offs.
Let's go.
Cloud9 Form.
We open the match analysis with an examination of C9's match form. The Americans are playing the number one in this match, with odds to win at around 1.6. To capitalize on these insights, consider exploring the best CS2 trading sites for optimal betting opportunities and enhanced odds.
C9 have had a very good half of the year. "The Cloudies made it to the ESL Pro League Season 17 Grand Final and won the BLAST Premier: Spring European Showdown 2022.
In addition, the team won the commercial BB Playlist. Urbanistic. In April, C9 seriously stumbled: they lost two qualifications at BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023 and missed the only Major of the season.
Next up was a top-4 finish at IEM Rio 2023 and a win at Brazy Party. Before IEM Cologne 2023, C9 failed IEM Dallas 2023 (top-8) and BLAST Premier: Spring Final 2023 (top-8).
- Cloud9 line-up: H0bbit, electroNic, Ax1Le, BoombI4, Perfecto.
Before Gamers8 Cloud9 attended another major summer tournament - IEM Cologne 2023. The most prestigious event went well for Cloud9: not good, but not bad either.
A very difficult Long Corner in Cologne forced Cloud9 to mobilise all their resources in order not to drop out at the group stages, and these resources were enough until the first round of play-offs, where C9 were defeated by Vitality.
Next, C9 visited Gamers8, but even there everything was not so good. At the TOP-8 stage the team faced ENCE, and they were unable to do anything against the overclocked Finns. That's how they ended up in the TOP-8.
However, in front of Long Copeg IEM Sydney managed to rehabilitate a bit for the very mediocre performance at the last TOP tournaments. C9 won the BLAST Premier: Fall European Showdown 2023, earning them a slot at the BLAST Autumn Finals.
Before competing at Thunderpick World Championship 2023, Cloud9 made an appearance at IEM Sydney 2023. It wasn't great there, as C9 failed to make it past the group stage, crashing out after losing to Complexity.
Thunderpick World Championship 2023 was C9's first tournament with BoombI4 officially as captain. It worked out pretty well: Cloud9 made it to the play-offs of the tournament and finished in the top 4, losing in the semi-finals to future champions FaZe with a 1-2 score.
Cloud9's record also includes a top-4 finish at BLAST Premier: Fall Finals 2023, where C9 managed to reach the top-4 of the championship. At the BLAST Premier: World FInals 2023 itself, C9 is doing well, with Cloud9 finishing top-2 in Group A and clawing their way into the play-offs.
Cloud9 Mappool
The best map of C9 is Vertigo. There are 2 wins in 3 matches.
Next is Inferno. On Inferno Cloud9 played 5 times, of which they won 3 matches.
Minus winrate on 4 maps at once: Ancient (42% wins in 7 matches), Overpass (33% wins in 3 matches), Anubis (3 matches, 33% wins), Mirage (2 matches, 0 wins).
Form MOUZ
We continue the match analysis with the analysis of MOUZ form. In this match, the Mice will play as Underpassdogs, with odds to win at around 2.3.
One of MOUZ's major achievements this season is reaching the finals of the Intel Extreme Masters Dallas 2023. There they battled ENCE, but were defeated 0-2.
Prior to Long Cologne IEM Cologne MOUZ made a splash at the Elisa Invitational Spring 2023. They failed to jump above the top 4 - they were beaten by Apeks on their way to the Grand Final.
Back in the season, they made it to the top 8 at BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023: European RMR A, and then to the event itself. It didn't end well, as the team finished Top-24 at Major e.
- MOUZ line-up: Brollan, siuhy, torzsi, Jimpphat, xertioN.
IEM Cologne 2023 will be a test for the new line-up of the "mice". After Elisa Spring, siuhy, who previously played for GamerLegion, and Jimpphat, who came from the youth team of MOUZ Nxt, joined the squad.
In the debut match the revamped MOUZ roster played against The MongolZ. An easy outing on paper ended in a nervous Bo1 on the dopes, followed by a 22-19 win for MOUZ on Nuke.
Already in the match to qualify for the group stage MOUZ were much more confident. They beat NiP 2-0 (16-12 Nuke and 16-7 Inferno) without any problems.
The first match of the group stage was not a big challenge for MOUZ either. NaVi lost at Ancient with a score of 16-9 and Overpass with a score of 16-12.
After beating NaVi, MOUZ failed to gain a foothold and lost the next two series. As a result, the "mice" at IEM Cologne 2023 took the top 12.
Before ESL Pro League Season 18, the team played at the local championship Thunderpick World Championship 2023: European Series #1. They managed to win, defeating BIG 2-0 in the grand finals.
In their debut match at ESL Pro League Season 18, MOUZ faced mibr. Being the favourites, MOUZ failed to defeat the Brazilians and unexpectedly ended up in the bottom of Group B.
The group stage was a mixed bag for MOUZ, but still more successful than not. An unexpected defeat in the top set cheered MOUZ up and they effortlessly went over the heads of their opponents, Heroic among them, at the bottom of the group stage table. Having not lost a single game in the lower grid, MOUZ made it here.
In the first round of the ESL Pro League Season 18 play-offs, MOUZ seemed to be off the chain. The Brazilians from FURIA were literally stomped, and the "mice" celebrated an easy 2-0 victory, giving their opponents a total of 9 rounds per game.
In the match before that MOUZ met another grandee of the European scene - FaZe Clan. "Mice" on a spree swept through the match and closed the series with a score of 2-0.
In the match for the exit here MOUZ met G2 Esports. They became the next trophy in the "mice" piggy bank at ESL Pro League S18.
MOUZ went on to defeat ENCE (2-1) and NaVi in the EPL S18 Grand Final with a resounding 3-0 score. Prior to the Thunderpick World Championship 2023, MOUZ played at IEM Sydney 2023, where they again faced FaZe. This time FaZe retaliated for the upset defeat and knocked MOUZ out at the Top 4 stage.
Thunderpick World Championship 2023 MOUZ ended prematurely. They lost in the first round of play-offs to FaZe, who later became the tournament champions.
Later was the CS Asia Championship 2023, where MOUZ performed well. They reached the grand finals, but there they lost to FaZe Clan with a score of 0-2.
At Elisa Masters Espoo 2023 MOUZ started their performance with a rather unexpected defeat. They defeated Apeks 16-19 in the first round of the group stage. Next up was a match with CoL for life at the event, which the "mice" won with a one-card deficit. However, they couldn't stay in the championship race for long: MOUZ fell out at the Top 6 stage.
In the first match of the group stage of BLAST Premier: World Finals 2023 MOUZ played against G2 Esports. "Samurai" after a failed CCT Online #5 managed to pull themselves together and beat MOUZ 2-0. However, the "mice" managed to pull themselves together further, winning the match of life against Heroic with a score of 2-0.
MOUZ Mapple
MOUZ's favourite card remains Inferno. The Mice have played it three times in the last 3 months and won all their games there. Nuke is also doing well, with MOUZ winning 3 out of 4 Nuke games played.
Among the good options are Vertigo and Ancient, where MOUZ have 2 wins in 3 games each.
The most undesirable map is Mirage. MOUZ played it 6 times, but won only once.
History of head-to-head meetings between C9 and MOUZ
Last time the teams played each other at ESL Pro League Season 17. Then C9 celebrated the victory.
Predicted result of C9 vs MOUZ at BLAST Premier: World Finals 2023
In this match I expect a close game and a fight, first of all from MOUZ. I will bet on one card from the "mice".
Bottom line: +1.5 on MOUZ.
Bookmakers & Statistics
Now, the majority of bookmaker companies believe in MOUZ victory. Odds on them are equal to 1.936. According to bookmakers data, Cloud9 are the outsider and odds on their victory amounts 4.212.
How did the participants perform in the last matches
Last Matches | Cloud9 | MOUZ |
5 matches (wins) | 2 | 2 |
10 matches (wins) | 4 | 5 |
It will also be necessary to mention the history of face-to-face meetings between the opponents. The teams played 9 matches with each other before. In these battles Cloud9 got 4 victories while MOUZ managed to take 5 matches.