Matchförutsägelse: Cloud9 - FaZe Clan | CS2 (CS:GO)

Cloud9 and FaZe Clan will play in the quarterfinals of ESL Pro League Season 16. Well, FaZe Clan is playing so poorly that you don’t want to see another breakthrough from the team, let alone give it the champion title.

If we talk about the Russian team, then Cloud9 played pretty well at the group stage, if we take out the last meeting against Team Liquid.

However, I have a feeling that Cloud9 will be ready to impose their game on FaZe Clan. And, starting from logic, Complexity plays on an equal footing with the leader of the world rating, then the wards of the groove can play from a position of strength.

Therefore, in this case, I am more inclined to consider Cloud9 a small favorite, although I do not rule out that FaZe Clan will turn some round around, and rain or karrigan will show another "match of life".

Form Cloud9

The eighth team in the world ranking failed at IEM Cologne 2022, where they got only one victory over the Outsiders, but immediately after that suffered two defeats and failed to make it to the playoffs.

Two months later, the Russian team arrived at the group stage of ESL Pro League Season 16, where after four rounds they secured a direct ticket to the quarterfinals.

Yes, Cloud9 lost to Team Liquid in the last match, although everything was decided there in separate rounds. In any case, now the team is trying to add small changes to their game, which, in theory, can affect the result for the better.

Latest Cloud9 results:

• Victory over Evil Geniuses with a score of 2:0.
• Victory over Eternal Fire with a score of 2:0.
• Victory over Movistar Riders with a score of 2:0.
• Victory over FURIA with a score of 2:0.
• Lost to Team Liquid with a score of 0:2.

Best Cloud9 Maps:

• Overpass - 67% of wins.
• Dust 2 - 60% of wins.

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

FaZe Clan form

The first team of the world ranking almost failed in the August BLAST Premier Fall Groups 2022. Moreover, the problems of the team were visible not only in the group in BO1, but also in BO3. And yet, FaZe Clan managed to get into the TOP-6, even if it did not show a championship game.

Then the team arrived at the group stage of ESL Pro League Season 16, where they suffered only one defeat from G2. However, otherwise FaZe Clan did not impress with its stability, allowing itself to lose cards to just anyone.

Well, at the start of the playoffs, there was almost a sensation, since North Americans from Complexity literally outplayed FaZe Clan. But by some miracle, the team escaped on Inferno, although in fact they deserved to lose.

Latest FaZe Clan results:

• Victory over MIBR with a score of 2:1.
• The victory over the Outsiders with a score of 2:1.
• Lost to G2 with a score of 0:2.
• Victory over BIG with a score of 2:0.
• Victory over Complexity with a score of 2:1.

Best FaZe Clan maps:

• Nuke - 90% win rate.
• Inferno - 80% win rate.
• Mirage - 75% of wins.
• Overpass - 57% of wins.
• Dust 2 - 50% win rate.
• Ancient - 50% win rate.

At the same time, the team has not played on the Vertigo map for a long time, although they are training it until better times.

Match statistics Cloud9 — FaZe Clan

As part of the current season, the teams held four meetings:

• FaZe Clan's victory at Intel Extreme Masters XVI - Katowice with a score of 2:0.
• FaZe Clan's victory at ESL Pro League Season 15 with a score of 2:1.
• FaZe Clan's victory at PGL Major Antwerp 2022 with a score of 16:8.
• Cloud9 won the Intel Extreme Masters XVII - Dallas with a score of 2:1.

However, the last meeting is dated only June.

Prediction for the match Cloud9 — FaZe Clan

After the meeting with Complexity, I somewhat reduced my optimism about FaZe Clan. If the leader of the world ranking is rolled like that by the North Americans, then what kind of victory can we talk about at all.

It is clear that now RobbaN will try to revive his team, but it seems to me that this decline has dragged on. In turn, after a two-month vacation, Cloud9 began to play a little more diverse, which helped to get four clean wins in the group.

And in the rest of the season, the Russian team caught up with FaZe Clan in face-to-face confrontations, and completely won in Dallas. Therefore, in this case, I would recommend betting on Handicap by cards (+1.5) for the Cloud9 team.