ENCE and Into the Breach will meet in the third round of the BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023, where they will try to get a second win and go to BO3 with peace of mind.
I suppose no comment is needed as everyone is well aware of what is going on. However, there is also a feeling that ENCE does not want to step on the rake that FaZe Clan nailed down the day before.
And Into the Breach doesn't stand out in any way, only if we forget about the very factor of an unknown collective that came out of nowhere. So here I would lean on the ENCE team to win.
ENCE's form
The world ranked ninth team looked awful in the recent Brazy Party 2023, where they managed to lose to SAW and Astralis, brightening up the picture only with a hard-fought victory over GamerLegion.
ENCE, however, played a great game on the BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023 Challengers Stage and managed to make the most of it, also defeating OG, Ninjas in Pyjamas and FaZe Clan.
However, in the main stage of the BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023, the European squad had their first problems, as after beating Bad News Eagles, the latter was unable to cope with Vitality.
ENCE's latest results:
- A 16-6 win over OG.
- A 16-9 win over Ninjas in Pyjamas.
- Victory over FaZe Clan with a score of 2-1.
- A 16-9 victory over the Bad News Eagles.
- 13-16 defeat by Vitality.
Top ENCE scores:
- Ancient - 80% wins.
- Nuke - 80% wins.
- Mirage - 60% wins.
- Vertigo - 55% wins.
It's worth remembering that the European squad have consistently given up on maps Inferno.
Into the Breach form
The 27th team in the world ranking was frankly on BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023 Europe RMR A, where after the defeat from Natus Vincere managed to get three victories and slipped into the "legends".
Next, Into the Breach managed to visit Brazy Party 2023 where they got two group victories over paiN Gaming and 00NATION but came up with nothing against 9INE in the quarterfinals.
However, at the BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023, the British team decided to come back and keep on fighting. And after losing to Apeks, the unremarkable boys managed to swat FaZe Clan.
Into the Breach's latest results:
- A 2-1 win over paiN Gaming.
- 2-0 win over 00NATION.
- Defeat by 9INE 1-2.
- 10-16 defeat to Apeks.
- 16-12 victory over FaZe Clan.
Into the Breach's best scores:
- Inferno - 60% wins.
- Vertigo - 56% wins.
- Anubis - 55% wins.
- Ancient - 50% wins.
In turn, the British team have long given up on maps Nuke.
ENCE - Into the Breach encounter statistics
The teams have not met before.
Forecast of the match ENCE - Into the Breach
What can we say here in general? History is happening, or the favourites simply forget about the preparations and expect to shoot their opponent, who knows all the techniques by heart.
However, in their current form, ENCE are unlikely to play a giveaway, as even in the match they lost, Vitality looked very decent. I won't say anything about Into the Breach, as time will tell.
Therefore, in this case I would recommend betting on ENCE to win with a Handicap (-4.5).
