Match Prediction: Cloud9 - ENCE | CS2 (CS:GO)
ESL Pro League Season 17Cloud9 and ENCE will meet in the opening semifinals of ESL Pro League Season 17. It's sure to be a heated encounter, as both teams showed character and the will to win in their quarterfinal matches.
However, there is a slight advantage in favor of the Russian team, which rested longer than others after the group stage, but still managed not to fall in the mud, as it happened with the other representatives of Group A.
ENCE, in turn, have the advantage due to the uninterrupted nature of their matches, as the team played in the last group. Nevertheless, I find it hard to call the team a contender so far, as both of their play-off matches were won on crazy crutches.
And if the Cloudies can play off their opponents without getting into early shootouts, ENCE will trivialise and stop surprising. Thus, I have more doubts about the Europeans. So in this case, I would look out for a Cloud9 team win.
Cloud9's form
The world's tenth ranked team performed well in the group stage of ESL Pro League Season 17. Here the team clearly made up for all the mistakes in Katowice with three victories over Evil Geniuses, G2 Esports and the Outsiders.
Immediately after that the team won the RES Eastern European Masters Spring 2023 qualifying tournament, where even in the finals they managed to defeat a very doubtful Bulgarian VOYVODA.
And in the ESL Pro League Season 17 play-offs, groove's men got through a tough game against MOUZ. And the boys managed to show their character by turning the tide of that match with their own hands.
The latest results from Cloud9:
- A 16-4 win over DomiNation.
- 16-10 win over Aurora Gaming.
- Beat Bad News Eagles 2-0.
- Beat VOYVODA 2-0.
- Beat MOUZ 2-1.
Top Cloud9 cards:
- Vertigo - 100% wins.
- Mirage - 75% wins.
It's worth remembering that the Russian team continue to give up the Nuke card.
ENCE shape
The 20th ranked team in the world managed to embarrass themselves in the play-offs of the recent CCT Central Europe Malta Finals 1, where they didn't show the most confident game and lost twice to Eternal Fire.
Nevertheless, in the group stage of ESL Pro League Season 17, the European side confidently defeated ATK and Rare Atom, although they were clear favourites to defeat FORZE.
However, in the playoffs something unbelievable happened to ENCE, as here the team managed to get two questionable, but still wins over G2 Esports and Vitality. Still, it has to be said that the lads had a lot of luck in the moments, which presented a few rounds.
ENCE's latest results:
- A 2-1 win over ATK.
- A 2-0 win over Rare Atom.
- A 0-2 loss to FORZE.
- Beat G2 Esports 2-0.
- A 2-1 win over Vitality.
Top ENCE maps:
- Ancient - 100% wins.
- Mirage - 67% wins.
- Overpass - 67% wins.
- Nuke - 62% wins.
- Vertigo - 60% wins.
In turn, the European team continued to deny Inferno in the playoffs.
Cloud9 - ENCE encounter statistics
In the current season, the teams have played one meeting - Cloud9 (2-1) won at IEM Katowice 2023 Play-In.
Forecast for the match Cloud9 - ENCE
It is not necessary to refer to the face-to-face meeting, because there the teams looked completely different. However, in terms of the balance of power the situation is unlikely to have changed, as Cloud9 and ENCE have made roughly equal progress in the improved form.
On the other hand, I have big questions for the ENCE mappool, which is unlikely to risk Inferno, and if it does, what to do with Anubis, where it's in trouble altogether?
In turn, Cloud9 is certainly not weaker on Mirage and Vertigo, whereas we won't see Nuke at all. So it turns out that ENCE will have to take their chances, or bet on their default maps, where the opponent is good.
So in this case, I'd recommend betting on Cloud9 to win.
Bookmakers & Statistics
Now, the majority of bookmaker companies believe in Cloud9 victory. Odds on them are equal to 1.397. According to bookmakers data, ENCE are the outsider and odds on their victory amounts 4.593.
How did the participants perform in the last matches
Last Matches | Cloud9 | ENCE |
5 matches (wins) | 5 | 4 |
10 matches (wins) | 8 | 7 |
The statistics of personal battles between teams is also important for successful bets. The competitors have held 4 matches. In these matches Cloud9 won 3 times, ENCE active consisits of 1 wins.