Match Prediction: Cloud9 - MOUZ | CS2 (CS:GO)
ESL Pro League Season 17Cloud9 and MOUZ will meet in the ESL Pro League Season 17 quarter-finals. To be fair, it should be a one-off here, as the Russian squad, judging from what we've seen before, should tear the 'mice apart.
Moreover, there are some questions for MOUZ, which almost lost to paiN Gaming, showing not the most confident game in terms of favorites. And sycrone's side don't make a strong impression, although they do know how to take their chances.
Thus, for me personally, Cloud9 remains the clear favourite. First of all, the boys played great in the group, and then qualified for BLAST. Secondly, the Russian team individually holds the strongest championship.
It's clear that at this stage the "mice" can take a shot, but objectively MOUZ are sorely lacking in game conditions. So here I would look out for a logical win for the Cloud9 team, who frankly deserve to go on.
Cloud9's form
The tenth ranked team in the world failed in the group stage of IEM Katowice 2023, where they managed to suffer two defeats to Natus Vincere and IHC Esports, going home without a single card won.
Next up, however, the Russian team worked through their mistakes to arrive at the group stage of ESL Pro League Season 17. Here Cloud9 broke through, as the boys secured three solid wins, including shutting out G2 Esports.
Already after that, the team won the RES Eastern European Masters Spring 2023 qualifier, where even in the final they managed to shut out the very questionable Bulgarians from VOYVODA.
Recent Cloud9 results:
- A 2-1 win over the Outsiders.
- A 16-4 win over DomiNation.
- 16-10 win over Aurora Gaming.
- Beat Bad News Eagles 2-0.
- 2-0 win over VOYVODA.
Top Cloud9 Cards:
- Vertigo - 100% wins.
- Mirage - 71% wins.
- Inferno - 50% wins.
It's worth recalling that the Russian squad continues to reject the Nuke card.
Form MOUZ
The fourteenth ranked team in the world also played horribly in the group stage of IEM Katowice 2023, where they suffered two quick defeats to OG and Complexity Gaming, going home with nothing.
However, the squad had a decent showing in the group stage of ESL Pro League Season 17, where they took two huge defeats to SAW and FURIA, and despite the loss to Heroic, they made it to the play-offs.
Here MOUZ managed to squeeze paiN Gaming, although the team was evenly matched in terms of play. And based on that, it will be very difficult for the "mice" in the quarterfinals, especially with such an opponent.
Recent MOUZ results:
- A 1-2 loss to Complexity Gaming.
- 2-0 win over SAW.
- 2-0 win over FURIA.
- 0-2 defeat to Heroic.
- Beat paiN Gaming 2-1.
MOUZ top cards:
- Ancient - 75% wins.
- Inferno - 50% wins.
In turn, MOUZ team does not risk showing up on the Anubis card.
Cloud9 - MOUZ encounter statistics
Last season the teams met once - MOUZ won 2-1 at the IEM Rio Major 2022.
Forecast for the match Cloud9 - MOUZ
In Rio de Janeiro the "mice" were frankly lucky, although even so the meeting was very close. Now MOUZ dropped back a bit in terms of performance, and they also didn't bring any fresh ideas to the table.
In turn, Cloud9 seemed to have sorted out all their problems, finally finding a use for buster. Another matter is that the team had a long rest, though managed to play in an online tournament on BLAST.
Nevertheless, here I do not see a chance for MOUZ, which even with the Brazilians has problems. Therefore, in this case, I would recommend betting on Cloud9 to win.
Bookmakers & Statistics
At the moment, the majority of bookmakers unanimously see the team Cloud9 as the favorite of the game with average odds on a victory in the sum of 1.91. MOUZ chances to prevail are evaluated with average odds 3.804 by bookmakers.
How the teams played in the last matches
Last Matches | Cloud9 | MOUZ |
5 matches (wins) | 5 | 3 |
10 matches (wins) | 8 | 5 |
It will also be necessary to mention the history of face-to-face meetings between the opponents. The competitors have held 8 matches. And Cloud9 won 3 times while MOUZ correspondingly became the winner 5 times.