Match Prediction: Team Liquid - Gambit | CS2 (CS:GO)
IEM Katowice 2018Team Liquid are the favorites of the meeting according to the bookmakers’ opinion, who have set the coefficient of their victory of 1.55. In their turn, Gambit eSports’ coefficient equals 2.4.
The collectives haven’t played with each other this year, and last year they met only twice: during cs_summit Spring 2017, where the victory was gained by the collective from the CIS by the score of 2:0, and at IEM Oakland 2017 where Team Liquid celebrated the victory by the score of 19:16(bo1).
At the moment Team Liquid are one of the best teams on the professional stage and after NAF joining, they managed to win at cs_summit 2 and to finish in 3 place at StarLadder & i-League StarSeries Season 4. The guys also had some changes at the HTLV rating so now they hold the sixth position.
Gambit eSports also made a change in their roster - Seized replaced Fitch, but the collective can’t find their gaming. At ELEAGUE Major 2018 the team finished in 9-11, losing the chance to get the status “Legend”, failing the elimination rounds for cs_summit 2 and having no chance to get to the playoff of StarLadder & i-League StarSeries Season 4.
We agree with the bookmakers’ opinion and we think that Team Liquid are more likely to win at the match, but we shouldn’t forget that the meeting will be held up to one victory and the clear outsiders can easily win over the favorites.