Match Prediction: FaZe Clan - G2 Esports | CS2 (CS:GO)
BLAST Premier World Final 2023Welcome to EGamersWorld.
We continue to watch the top Counter-Strike 2 with the matches of BLAST Premier: World Finals 2023. At the same time, we are watching the denouement of the group stage of the tournament.
FaZe and G2 Esports will close what is happening on the stage of BLAST Premier: World Finals 2023. Both teams have already guaranteed themselves a place in the play-offs, but nobody cancels the seeding in the main stage of the championship.
We are trying to find out who will be stronger in this fight and earn a place in the semifinals, and who will have to start play-offs from the first round.
Let's go.
Form FaZe
Commencing our match analysis, let's delve into the evaluation of FaZe's form. In this particular matchup, the world's top team is poised to be the favorite, boasting odds of victory around 1.6. To optimize your betting endeavors, consider exploring the best CS2 trading sites for enhanced odds and a more rewarding betting experience.
One of the most stable teams of the season has quite an extensive record in the first half of the year. However, it is predominantly made up of "near" top results.
From the main achievements - getting into the top three at BLAST Premier: Spring Groups 2023 and winning at ESL Pro League Season 17. Also this year FaZe got the award for the 4th season of Intel Grand Slam, enriched by $1,000,000.
Speaking of award tournaments, there was less luck here. Top-12 at IEM Rio 2023, and Top-4 at IEM Dallas 2023. At the only Major e in the season FaZe did not cope with the tension, but made it to TOP-8.
Before the Long Conference IEM Cologne 2023 they attended two tournaments of BLAST series: Spring Final 2023 and Fall Groups 2023. At the Finals they were ranked Top 6, and at the Fall Groups 2023 they were in the top three, earning themselves a slot at the Autumn Finals.
- FaZe Clan line-up: karrigan, rain, Frozen, ropz, broky .
Despite the ubiquitous Reshuffle and rather "average" results for the year, FaZe didn't change the main roster. However, there were some substitutions: FaZe presented a new coach, who became the legendary Pole NEO. On his post he replaced the legendary RobbaN and it affected FaZe's gameplay in IEM Cologne 2023, where FaZe took the top-12.
The setbacks continued from there onwards. At Gamers8 2023 FaZe Clan took a similar place (9-12), Ledgeiv at the Long Segment of the Vp tournament with the score 2-0.
Things didn't go too well at ESL Pro League Season 18. FaZe made it to the play-offs on the top grid of Group C, beating 9Z Team and Fnatic, but in the match for seeding in the main stage they lost to NaVi with the score 0-2. However, FaZe didn't manage to play long at ESL Pro League Season 18: in the first play-offs match, which for FaZe started from the second stage, the team met MOUZ. The future EPL champions sent FaZe Clan home. As a result FaZe found themselves on the 9-12th place of the top tournament.
FaZe rehabilitated quite quickly. Already at IEM Sydney 2023 they triumphed with the victory over CoL in the grand final.
Thunderpick World Championship 2023 FaZe Clan have a great time. The titular European club passed the group stage without problems becoming the best team of the quartet B, and then took part in the play-offs of the championship.
The first opponent for FaZe in the play-offs of Thunderpick World Championship 2023 was MOUZ. A serious opponent, but FaZe did well: 2-1 in favour of the champions of IEM Sydney 2023.
Later MOUZ played against C9 in the match for the final of the tournament and won. They finished what they started with a match against Vp in the grand finals of Thunderpick World Championship 2023, becoming the champion of the $500,000 online tournament.
At CS Asia Championship 2023 FaZe confidently made their way to the play-offs through Group B. Having taken unquestionable TOP-1 the team went directly to the semi-finals of the tournament. FaZe then went head-to-head: first they defeated ENCE 2-1 and in the grand final they defeated MOUZ 2-0.
The last tournament before the BLAST Premier: World FInals 2023 was the BLAST Premier: Fall Final 2023. There FaZe took the top 2, Ledgeiv in the Vitality Grand Final.
FaZe Clan Mappool
The best FaZe map is Mirage. They played 12 matches and won 9 of them.
Then there were Overpass with 8 matches and 5 wins. They play Nuke (7 matches, 4 wins), Inferno (9 matches, 5 wins). Worse is Ancient with 3 wins in 6 matches, and worst of all was Anubis. His FaZe was picked 7 times, but played with a winrate of 42%.
Not playing on Vertigo.
G2 Esports uniforms
We continue the match analysis with the analysis of G2 Esports form. In this match G2 is the obvious outsider with win odds around 2.3.
Almost all year G2 Esports have not left the podiums of major championships. Their rise as a top team started with BLAST Premier: Spring Groups 2023 and IEM Katowice 2023. Both championships G2 passed confidently and at two tournaments they deservedly became champions.
Next, the "samurai" were stormy. Last season ESL Pro League Season 17 G2 Esports finished on the 9-12 line, which is clearly not the level of the team that recently won Katowice 2023.
After a frankly weak performance at EPL Season 17 G2 Esports played at BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023. NiKo and company had a real fiasco in Paris, as the tournament for them ended at the TOP-14 stage, which certainly did not fit into G2's plans.
- G2 Esports line-up: huNter, NiKo, m0NESY, nexa, HooXi.
Before ESL Pro League Season 18, G2 Esports made their mark on several other major tournaments. These were BLAST Premier: Spring Finals and Fall Groups, where G2 took top 4 and top 8 respectively.
Next up was IEM Cologne 2023 and finally a win. In the Grand Final they beat ENCE 3-1, thus taking another IEM title for the year.
The last championship was Gamers8. The biggest commercial tournament of the season ended with G2 Esports in the top 4.
G2 Esports started off ESL Pro League Season 18 with a betting tirerable win. They beat Lynn Vision 2-0 in their opening match, but to be fair, they were close to a fiasco on the first map. However, G2 Esports subsequently advanced to the play-offs, and straight into the quarter-finals, where they met MOUZ. The Mice outplayed G2 Esports and later became EPL S18 champions.
G2 Esports attended two more events before competing at BLAST Premier: World Finals 2023. These were BLAST Premier: Fall European Showdown 2023 and IEM Sydney 2023. Both tournaments saw the team finish in the Top 4 stage. There was also CCT Online Finals #5, where G2 showed a frankly mediocre result. The titular European club failed to make it to the Top 2 and get a slot to the Global Finals, and settled for only the Top 4.
G2 Esports kicked off the 2023 World Finals with a surprisingly solid win over MOUZ. "Samurai" closed out the match with a 2-0 score, which was even more of a surprise.
G2 Esports Mappool
G2's main map is Ancient. G2 have played 8 matches there, of which they have won 6.
Then comes Anubis (3 games, 2 wins), Vertigo (5 matches, 3 wins), Inferno (12 matches, 58% wins).
G2 Esports has no minus winnings on mapx. Among the "worst" choices are Nuke (7 matches, 4 wins), Mirage (4 wins, 4 losses).
History of personal meetings FaZe - G2 Esports
Earlier the teams played at IEM Cologne 2023 and then G2 Esports won. But the times are not the same now.
Predicted result of the match FaZe - G2 Esports
Today I can not betting the victory of G2 Esports. FaZe Clan remain the reference victory and they are the ones who will win this series. Perhaps G2 will have enough for one map, but not more than that.
Bottom line: FaZe victory.
Bookmakers & Statistics
FaZe Clan are listed as the favorites of the match in the majority of bookmakers and odds on them are equal to 1.37. G2 Esports, in turn, are the outsiders of the match. Odds on their victory are about 4.162.
What the team performance statistics say
Last Matches | FaZe Clan | G2 Esports |
5 matches (wins) | 4 | 3 |
10 matches (wins) | 9 | 5 |
The statistics of personal battles between teams is also important for successful bets. The competitors have held 48 matches. In these battles FaZe Clan got 28 victories while G2 Esports managed to take 20 matches.