Match Prediction: FaZe - fnatic | CS2 (CS:GO)
IEM Katowice 2018In the upcoming battle, FaZe Clan looks more confident and is a favorite of the match.
At the moment, FaZe Clan is the strongest team in the world, according to HLTV.org, and the major part of viewers agree with the opinion of HLTV representatives. FaZe Clan showed a good performance in the group stage. They beat ORDER with a score 16-3 in the first round and won North with a score 2-0 in the second round but they lost in the final, playing against Fnatic with a score 0-2.
Despite this, the Europeans have prevailed in two matches of the playoff stage. They beat Cloud9 with a score 2-1 and could overcome Astralis with a score 2-0.
Fnatic, in turn, advanced to the playoffs without an effort. They beat Heroic with a score 16-9 in the first round and could win G2 Esports with a score 2-1 in the second round. In the final of the group stage, they won the match against FaZe with a score 2-0 and advanced to the semi-final, where they beat Liquid with a score 2-0 and passed to the grand final.
FaZe Clan has more chances to win as their experience of playing at large tournaments and LAN finals is bigger than Fnatic’s one. Also, it is worth to notice that Karrigan is a more experienced captain that Golden. Let’s remind that Fnatic holds the ninth place in the world top, while FaZe heads the list of the best teams.
Bookmakers have odds 1,50 and lower for FaZe’s victory and this number amounts 2,45 and higher for Fnatic. We think that in it worth to agree with an opinion of the majority in this case and to bet on FaZe Clan. The Europeans have had to prepare for the match responsibly and have to win the rematch. The sum of the bet has not to be very big as Fnatic also can surprise but the chances that things will happen so are not very big.