Прогноз на матч: forZe - EYEBALLERS | Counter-Strike (CS2)
ESL Challenger League Season 46: EuropeWelcome to EGamersWorld.
Counter-Strike 2 continues, and it's not going away. We're still watching ESL Challenger Season 46, where mostly TIR-2 teams are battling it out for the ESL Pro League Season 19.
We talk about the group ESL Challenger Season 46, where the real Counter-Strike extravaganza takes place. And whether in a good way - we are yet to find out.
This time we are talking about the "middle" group, where the centre match of the basket is getting ready for the Long Copeg. It is a match between forze and EYEBALLERS.
The winner of the match goes to the next stage of the tournament, namely the play-offs. The loser is left with nothing. Let's see who goes where.
Let's go.
Form forze
Embarking on the match review, let's initiate the analysis with a focus on forze's current form. Notably, in this particular matchup, the team is positioned as favorites with odds to win hovering around 1.5 on leading CS2 gambling sites.
ForZe are ranked 59th in the world ranking. This position was influenced by a rather poor performance during the season, and yet ForZe had some good performances.
They started the season with Top 3 at ESL Pro League Season 17: European Conference, after which they suffered a series of failures: Top 8 at CCT North Europe Series #3, CCT Central Europe Malta Finals and CCT West Europe Series #1.
In March of this year, they made an appearance at the ESL Pro League Season 17. There we managed to get into the play-offs and squeeze the map from FaZe, which is already worthy of praise.
In May they took the top 6 at BLAST.tv Paris Major 2032: European RMR B, which eventually allowed them to qualify for BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023. At the only World Championship of the season, ForZe finished Top 19.
A series of successful events followed. Top-4 at BB Playlist Freedom and ESL Challenger Katowice 2023, as well as a win at CCT Online Finals #1.
- ForZe roster: shalfey, Krad, r3salt, tN1R, gokushima .
Before the ESL Challenger League Season 46 ForZe played local tournaments, but this time without much success. We can mention only the top 3 at ESEA Cash Cup: Europe - Autumn 2023, and the last tournament just before the Challenger League, Forze failed: they took the top 16 at CCT East Europe Series #3.
ESL Challenger League Season 46 itself is going "average" for Forze. The team managed to finish top-3 in Group A, passing Monte and Space, and then went to the "average" group of ESL Challenger League Season 46.
Having become a member of ESL Challenger League Season 46 Mid Group, forze has already played 2 matches: they were games against Movistar Riders and SAW. Both games were won by the Eastern European residents in a 2-1 struggle.
ForZe Mappool
The best Forze map for 3 months is Inferno. There the team played 5 times with a winrate of 60 per cent.
On Mirage, Ancient. Nuker, Overpass and Anubis NaVi has 50% wins. On Ancient and Nuke the team played 4 matches each, on the others - 2.
Vertigo are not playing.
Form EYEBALLERS
We continue with the analysis of EYEBALLERS form. In this match they will have to play as the number two, and the odds for their victory are at around 2.3.
The 53rd team of the HLTV world ranking is a typical representative of the TIR-2 scene. They have played in a lot of tournaments in 2023, but unfortunately for the Swedes, to no avail.
Overall, the classic result for the Swedes this season was Top 8. The team held this ranking at Pelaajat.com Nordic Masters Spring 2023, ESL Challenger League Season 44: Europe, CCT Central Europe Series #6, CCT West Europe Series #3, ESL Challenger League Season 45: EUrope, CCT West and CCT North Europe Serie #4 and #5.
A small A Cross happened at the Elisa Invitational Spring 2023. Then jW and company managed to climb into the top 4, which is clearly not a typical result for EYEBALLERS this year. Then it was dark again, but much worse: TOP-17/19/32 at the IEM Sydney 2023 qualifiers, TOP-24 at the SSE North Europe Series and TOP-12 at CCT North Europe Series #7.
- Eyeballers lineup: JW, Sapce, SHiNE, Peppzor, Heap.
Prior to the ESL Challenger League Season 46, JW and company played Thunderpick World Championship 2023: European Series #2 and European Pro League Season 10, as well as Esportal Evnia Open. In the former, they finished in the usual top 25, but the European Pro League was much more successful - already top 10! The only ray of light was the championship at the Esportal Evnia Open and $6,000 in prize money.
ESL Challenger League Season 46 is not going badly so far. Getting into the Mid Group is something, considering the bunch of results EYEBALLERS has on their hands.
They finished top 3 in Group C, where they missed out on Team Spirit and Looking4Org. They played 3-2, beating SAW, RUBIK and Pompa Team, whoever they were.
Once in the Mid Group EYEBALLERS started their climb to the final of the top set. Along the way they beat Aurora and Betera. Both games ended in a full-fledged bo3.
Eyeballers Mappool
The best map Eyeballers- Vertigo. There are 2 wins in 3 matches.
Next is Inferno. On Inferno played 5 times, of which we won 3 matches.
Minus winrate on 4 maps: Ancient (42% wins in 7 matches), Overpass (33% wins in 3 matches), Anubis (3 matches, 33% wins), Mirage (2 matches, 0 wins).
Head-to-head history
Earlier the teams played on CCT Central Europe Series #8. Then EYEBALLERS took the lead in the full-fledged Bo3.
Predicted result of forze vs EYEBALLERS at ESL Challenger Season 46
The first, and perhaps the only thing I expect from this match is an even game. ESL Challenger Season 46 shows the volatility of Counter-Strike 2 and often unpredictability of the TIR-2 scene. Monte, a team from the HLTV top 10, has fallen to the bottom of the play-offs.
In general, from forze and EYEBALLERS I expect a full-fledged Bo3, as were all Mid Group matches before.
Bottom line: total +2.5.