Прогноз на матч: FURIA - MOUZ | Counter-Strike (CS2)

FURIA and MOUZ will meet in the semi-finals of the lower group stage of IEM Dallas 2023. It is known that the loser will go home, while the winner will play someone from the OG - 9z pairing.

And this is where it gets very interesting, as the two peculiar teams will meet. If the Brazilian team is still trying to get used to their new style of play and is having no luck, then MOUZ is just MOUZ.

Perhaps, the "mice" are at the point of development when it's time, but so far the squad is holding its own. Still, on the background of FURIA, the Europeans seem a bit more interesting, at least in terms of overall structure. So here I would place my bets on a MOUZ team win.

FURIA's form

The twelfth team in the world ranking had a cool start at IEM Rio 2023 but then suffered two defeats from Cloud9 and Heroic to drop out after the quarterfinals.

The Brazilian squad went on to fail at the BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023, where they managed to lose to Monte, Ninjas in Pyjamas and G2 Esports to take last place in the "legends".

As for Long Sogpeg in the group stage of IEM Dallas 2023, here FURIA failed to cope with OG, but good thing the team woke up next and rolled Nouns Esports.

FURIA's latest results:

• A 7-16 defeat at the hands of Monte.
• 8-16 loss to Ninjas in Pyjamas.
• A 0-2 loss to G2 Esports.
• A 14-16 defeat to OG.
• 2-0 win over Nouns Esports.

FURIA's best scores:

• Vertigo - 75% wins.
• Inferno - 60% wins.
• Mirage - 56% wins.
• Nuke - 50% wins.
• Anubis - 50% wins.

Let's not forget that the Brazilian squad is not shown on the Overpass map.

Form MOUZ

The eighteenth team of the world ranking played awfully at the same IEM Rio 2023 where it took the last place after two embarrassing defeats to BIG and 9INE.

Moreover, the European team showed nothing at the BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023 Challengers Stage, where they suffered defeats to Ninjas in Pyjamas, OG and GamerLegion to regain the last place.

On the other hand, MOUZ managed not to fly out on the first game day of IEM Dallas 2023, as here the 'mice' handled fnatic, but then also lost to Heroic.

MOUZ latest results:

• A 9-16 loss to Ninjas in Pyjamas.
• Defeat to OG by a score of 11-16.
• A 0-2 loss to GamerLegion.
• 16-9 victory over fnatic.
• 0-2 defeat at the hands of Heroic.

MOUZ top scorers:

• Inferno - 75% wins.
• Ancient - 64% wins.

In their turn, the European team have consistently failed to beat Anubis.

MOUZ - FURIA meeting statistics

In the current season the teams played one meeting - MOUZ won (2-0) at ESL Pro League Season 17.

Forecast for the match FURIA - MOUZ

It seems to me that the latest victory of FURIA shouldn't throw off the path, because the Brazilians can't compete on a level playing field with teams from Europe yet.

Clearly, MOUZ also have problems, but at least there are options there. At the very least, the Blues can open up, because there's no pressure from their opponents.

Moreover, the Europeans looked quite good against Heroic, if you discount all the recent defeats and failures. Therefore, in this case, I would recommend betting on MOUZ to win.