Match Prediction: paiN Gaming - OG | CS2 (CS:GO)
ESL Pro League Season 17paiN Gaming and OG will meet in the semi-finals of the lower group stage of ESL Pro League Season 17. So far, it is difficult to judge the play of both teams, as they are finding it difficult to open up. First of all, this is due to deficiencies in their line-ups. Secondly, in their current form, they are still far from their optimum condition.
But in essence, you'd expect a lot more from OG than a toothless defeat at the hands of Vitality. In their first game, the European side didn't look very confident, nearly losing to the Brazilians from 00NATION.
On their part, paiN Gaming looks good so far, especially if you remember the Katowice debacle. But now the Brazilians managed to take on Ninjas in Pyjamas and also beat Rooster soundly.
Therefore here I'd keep an eye on the card from paiN Gaming who can try to surprise their opponent with their set. And OG is definitely not a team that will be showing freshness and draining confidence right now.
Form of paiN Gaming
The 30th ranked team in the world failed completely back in February's IEM Katowice 2023 Play-In, where they suffered two humiliating defeats to ENCE and IHC Esports.
However, the Brazilian squad has since returned to North America, successfully qualifying for the BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023 America RMR as well as qualifying for the ESL Challenger League Season 44 North America playoffs.
As for the start in the group stage of ESL Pro League Season 17, paiN Gaming lost to Ninjas in Pyjamas in an evenly matched battle, but then dealt with Rooster. As a result, the team is looking good so far, and there are prerequisites for a fight in the next meeting.
Latest results from paiN Gaming:
- A 2-1 win over TeamOne.
- Victory over Limitless with a score of 2-0.
- A 2-0 win over ex-Villainous.
- Defeat by Ninjas in Pyjamas 0-2.
- 2-0 win over Rooster.
Top cards from paiN Gaming:
- Mirage - 86% wins.
- Ancient - 83% wins.
- Anubis - 75% wins.
- Nuke - 70% wins.
- Vertigo - 60% wins.
- Inferno - 60% wins.
It is worth remembering that the Brazilian squad has almost stopped showing up on the Overpass map.
OG Form
The eighth-ranked team in the world almost similarly failed in the group stage of IEM Katowice 2023 where after a tough victory over MOUZ they suffered two straight defeats and didn't make it to the playoffs.
The European side was without their captain, but even so qualified for the BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023 Europe RMR, albeit with a very poor display.
As for the start in the group stage of ESL Pro League Season 17, here OG defeated 00NATION, but then came up with nothing against Vitality. And there was a complete collapse in the game.
The latest OG results:
- A 10-16 defeat to HEET.
- 16-13 victory over Anonymo Esports.
- Defeated Aurora Gaming 2-0.
- Beat 00NATION 2-0.
- A 0-2 loss to Vitality.
Best OG cards:
- Mirage - 64% wins.
- Overpass - 60% wins.
- Ancient - 57% wins.
- Anubis - 50% wins.
In turn, the European team continues to take no chances on the Nuke card.
Match statistics paiN Gaming - OG
The teams have not met before.
Prediction for the match paiN Gaming - OG
Those Brazilians could not beat OG in their match, so it makes sense to try to enter the same river the second time. In general, the game and begs to take the card from paiN Gaming, as wards ruggah can not find their game.
In turn, the Brazilian team slightly improved after the failure in Katowice, though they lost an important player. In general, we liked the Brazilians in two games.
Therefore, in this case, I would recommend betting on the Forum on the cards (+1.5) for the paiN Gaming team.
Bookmakers & Statistics
According to leading bookmakers predictions, the team OG are the favorite with average odds 1.597 at the moment. Respectively, bookmakers consider paiN Gaming to be the outsider of the match with odds on a victory in the sum of about 2.416.
How the teams played in the last matches
Last Matches | paiN Gaming | OG |
5 matches (wins) | 4 | 3 |
10 matches (wins) | 8 | 6 |
Gamblers will definitely be interested in the statistics of personal meetings between the teams. The competitors have held 1 matches. In these matches paiN Gaming won 0 times, OG active consisits of 1 wins.