Matchförutsägelse: Cloud9 - Eternal Fire | CS2 (CS:GO)

Cloud9 and Eternal Fire will meet in the group stage of ESL Pro League Season 16. The day before, the Russian team got an easy three points by moving the North Americans from Evil Geniuses. In turn, Eternal Fire lost to the FURIA team, showing a more or less tolerable game only on the Vertigo map.

In any case, one should not expect a sensation from this duel, since the Turkish team is too predictable in its manner. And even the unchanging structure of Cloud9 is unlikely to play a disadvantage for the team, since the opponent can only boast of shooting, but not everything is so simple here either.

As a result, we get a completely unambiguous match in which Eternal Fire can count on only one map. Moreover, this moment is also a big question, since the permanent pick of the Turks will be crossed out by the first number.

Therefore, in this case, it is more logical to wait for the choice of cards, although everything is clear with the winner in advance.

Form Cloud9

The eleventh team in the world ranking won IEM Dallas 2022, but that was back in early June. However, the Russian team did not show anything sensible further, reaching the semi-finals at Roobet Cup 2022 along the way.

The icing on the cake was a very early exit from the group stage of IEM Cologne 2022, where Cloud9 got only one victory over the Outsiders.

As for the start of the ESL Pro League Season 16 group stage, here the team managed to get the first three points by beating Evil Geniuses. I don't think it's worth judging by the victory over the obvious outsider of the group, but Cloud9 showed a good attitude.

As a result, we see obviously the same team as before, but at least trying to change and come up with something new.

Latest Cloud9 results:

• Defeated by BIG with a score of 0:2.
• The victory over the Outsiders with a score of 2:0.
• Defeated by Astralis with a score of 0:2.
• Lost to Team Liquid with a score of 0:2.
• Victory over Evil Geniuses with a score of 2:0.

Best Cloud9 Maps:

• Mirage - 67% of wins.
• Dust 2 - 50% win rate.
• Inferno - 50% win rate.

At the same time, let's not forget that the Russian team consistently refuses the Nuke card.

Eternal Fire Form

The 29th team in the world rankings started the second half of the season with a victory in the open qualifiers for IEM Road to Rio 2022 for Europe. At the same time, the Turkish team got into the RMR tournament only on the third attempt, and before that they managed to lose to just anyone.

Then Eternal Fire managed to fail in the playoffs of CCT Central Europe Series 1, but won the local ESA Supremes Fall 2022. And more recently, the team qualified for ESL Challenger Rotterdam 2022, showing a surprisingly good game in the qualifiers.

If we are talking about the start at the group stage of ESL Pro League Season 16, then here the Turks could not beat FURIA. And in general, Eternal Fire showed not the most outstanding game, snatching a victory only on the Vertigo map.

Otherwise, there is nothing to say about the team, since the composition is not impressive, and no results have been recorded at this level.

Latest Eternal Fire results:

• Victory over Sprout with a score of 2:1.
• Victory over 1WIN with a score of 2:0.
• Victory over Iron Branch with a score of 2:0.
• Victory over Entropiq with a score of 2:0.
• Defeat from FURIA with a score of 1:2.

Best Eternal Fire maps:

• Dust 2 - 89% of wins.
• Inferno - 62% of wins.
• Vertigo - 56% of wins.
• Nuke - 54% of wins.
• Overpass - 50% of wins.
• Mirage - 50% of wins.

In turn, the Turkish team has not been playing on the Ancient map for a long time.

Match statistics Cloud9 — Eternal Fire

The teams have not met before.

Prediction for the match Cloud9 — Eternal Fire

I do not rule out that the Turkish team can take advantage of the mistakes and season everything with strong shooting, and, consequently, take away one map. But I definitely don’t believe in winning the series, since Eternal Fire, if it improved in discipline, but definitely lost in shooting.

In turn, Cloud9 showed a good game at the start of the championship, but, again, it is very difficult to judge by the victory over Evil Geniuses. In any case, the wards of the groove aim for easy three points, and I'm more inclined towards an easy victory.

Therefore, here I would recommend betting on Cloud9 to win with a score of 2:0.