Прогноз на матч CS2 Cloud9 - FaZe Clan

Cloud9 and FaZe Clan will meet in the ESL Pro League Season 17 Grand Final. The teams have come quite a long way on the road to this encounter, with Cloud9 having yet to lose at this tournament, while FaZe Clan are well on their way to the playoffs.

There are a few things to understand here. First, Cloud9 is an uncomfortable opponent for the European side. Second, in their current form the teams deserve to win as much as possible.

Also, we must not forget that the motivation of FaZe Clan players will be at its limit, because if they win today, the boys will take the long-awaited Intel Grand Slam, for which they have been working all year long.

Nevertheless, RobbaN's charges have their flaws in the game, as the team is still trying to decide on the style to which they want to aspire. Cloud9, on the other hand, are having an outstanding championship, and every player is working hard.

So here I would look out for a win for the Cloud9 team. Given the personal stats and form of the leaders in this championship, FaZe Clan will have to play without a single mistake to stop this machine.

Cloud9's form

The tenth ranked team in the world played beautifully in the group stage of ESL Pro League Season 17. And here the Russian team achieved three confident victories over Evil Geniuses, G2 Esports and Outsiders, heading to the quarterfinals.

Then Cloud9 won the RES Eastern European Masters Spring 2023 qualifying tournament, where they withstood a tough draw against a very suspicious Bulgaria VOYVODA.

As for their performance in the ESL Pro League Season 17 play-offs, here groove's side have managed to beat MOUZ and ENCE. Yes, it was difficult in places, but now Cloud9 have learned to rebuild as the match progressed.

Cloud9's latest results:

• A 16-10 win over Aurora Gaming.
• A 2-0 win over Bad News Eagles.
• Beat VOYVODA 2-0.
• Beat MOUZ 2-1.
• Beat ENCE 2-1.

Top cards from Cloud9:

• Vertigo - 100% wins.
• Mirage - 75% wins.

It is worth recalling that the Russian team continues to give up the Nuke card.

FaZe Clan uniforms

The seventh team of the world ranking failed during the recent IEM Katowice 2023 where after a good start managed to lose to Team Liquid to remain without a playoff berth at all.

As for their performance in the ESL Pro League Season 17 group stage, RobbaN's side got off to a flying start with two confident wins over Rooster and Ninjas in Pyjamas, but then suffered a monster game against Vitality.

Nevertheless, in the playoffs FaZe Clan managed to wake up to consecutive wins over FURIA, FORZE and NAVI. However, there have been questions for the team in recent matches, but still the lads have managed to close dead situations in their favour.

FaZe Clan's latest results:

• A 2-0 win over Ninjas in Pyjamas.
• Defeat to Vitality by a score of 0-2.
• Victory over FURIA by a score of 2-0.
• Beat FORZE 2-1.
• Defeated Natus Vincere 2-1.

Top cards for the FaZe Clan:

• Inferno - 100% wins.
• Mirage - 80% wins.
• Nuke - 67% wins.
• Ancient - 57% wins.
• Overpass - 50% wins.

In turn, the European team has not played on the Vertigo map for a long time.

Cloud9 - FaZe Clan encounter statistics

During the last season, the teams have held six meetings:

• FaZe Clan's 2-0 win at IEM Katowice 2022.
• Victory for FaZe Clan in ESL Pro League Season 15 with the score 2-1.
• Victory for FaZe Clan at PGL Major Antwerp 2022 by the score 16-8.
• Cloud9's 2-1 win at IEM Dallas 2022.
• Cloud9's 2-1 victory at ESL Pro League Season 16.
• Cloud9's victory at IEM Rio Major 2022 by a score of 16-14.

Interestingly, the teams played on all cards except Vertigo and Anubis.

Cloud9 vs FaZe Clan match prediction

It is clear that here is a very even encounter, in which everything will be decided in the smallest details. However, for me personally FaZe Clan is not a team that deserves this trophy.

In turn, the Russian team have changed a lot after their failure in Katowice, and now the Cloudy look pretty good. Moreover, absolutely everyone is involved, doing their job confidently.

Therefore, in this case, I would recommend betting on a Cloud9 team win.