Matchförutsägelse: FURIA - Team Liquid | CS2 (CS:GO)

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The group stage of ESL Pro League Season 19 is just getting ready to start. There are plenty of matches ahead for all tastes and colours.

We're still talking about what's going on in Group C, where we're looking forward to a match between FURIA and Liquid. It's a kind of American maze with a touch of European Counter-Strike.

We'll see which of the top clubs of the CS2 world will be stronger and, as a result of the match, will advance to the next round of the top grid of Group C at ESL Pro League Season 19.

Let's go.

FURIA uniforms

Let's start the match analysis with FURIA's form. As far as I'm concerned, the Brazilians will be the first number one in this match.

Furia have attended over 10 tournaments over the year, but the successes have been mediocre. Their most high-profile win was a Top 1 at BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023: American RMR, which gave them a spot at BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023.

Furia finished the only Major of the season on a Minor note. G2 Esports failed to rise above the top 16. The misfortunes of the Brazilians did not end there.

Before the ESL Pro League Long Season, the team failed the following events: IEM Masters Dallas 2023 (TOP-12), Thunderpick World Championship 2023 (TOP-16), and Gamers8 2023 (TOP-16).

• FURIA line-up: yuurih, arT, KSCERATO, FalleN, chelo.

Just before the ESL Pro League Season 18 Long Round, FURIA played at Pinnacle Cup V, where they managed to reach the Top 2. This was the most breakthrough result since the American RMR.

At ESL Pro League Season 18 FURIA played in Basket A. They got to the bottom net after the first round, and from there they went to the last chance net after the second round. There they cameback, defeating Grayhound and GamerLegion, thus getting their slot in the play-offs.

However, they didn't manage to play in the play-offs. In the first round FURIA ran into MOUZ, who became the champions of the prestigious event. As you have already guessed, FURIA lost and with a score of 0-2.

Next, the Brazilians played at a few more events. It was BLAST Premier: Fall American Showdown, with a top-4 for FURIA after losing to Complexity, and also BGS Esports 2023, with a win there.

FURIA entered the Roobet Cup 2023 play-offs pretty confident. They won Group A, ending their two matches with a win.

In the opening match of the Roobet Cup 2023 play-offs FURIA played against Apeks. The Europeans put up a fight, twice taking 11 rounds per card, but it wasn't enough: Furia won 2-0.

Next, FURIA faced Vp in the semi-finals, where they finished their journey to Roobet Cup 2023. After a top-4 finish there, they repeated the result at PARI, Please.

In their opening match at Elisa Masters Espoo 2023, FURIA started with a win over Complexity. Next was a play-offs match against Apeks, where the Brazilians failed to build on their success and lost 0-2.

In the final match of the group stage FURIA played against MOUZ. Being the underdog, the Brazilians managed to oust one of the main contenders to win the Elisa Masters Espoo and qualify for the play-offs. In the end, FURIA performed very well and took the tournament championship with a 3-1 win over Apeks in the grand final.

Next were BB Dacha, where FURIA finished Top 6, Top 24 at IEM Katowice 2024, Top 6 at RES Western European Masters: Spring 2024 and then the qualifiers for the top tournaments. And if at the qualifiers for IEM Dallas Furia was unlucky, they lost in the final 9z, but at PGL Major Copenhagen 2024: American RMR the team managed to win and qualify for the PGL CS2 Copenhagen Major from the American region.

At the tournament itself, FURIA are looking pretty bad so far. FalleN and company lost to their former teammate coldzera in Legacy, as well as Lynn Vision, and managed to win only against KOI, who have already left the championship.

In the next match at PGL CS 2 Copenhagen Major 2024 FURIA beat ENCE. And they beat ENCE 2-0, without much of a chance. In the match for the Elimination Stage they beat sAw, but then they failed to control: at the end of the Elimination Stage Furia won 2-3 and left the World Championship.

Before the ESL Pro League Season 19, FURIA played at IEM China 2024, where they finished in the Top 12.

FURIA Mapple

The best map of FURIA is Vertigo, where the Brazilians played 5 times and won 3 maps. Next comes Mirage, already with 7 games and 4-3 statistics.

Neutral choice for Furia will be Nuke and Ancient. There the Brazilians have 6 maps and the score is 3-3 on each.

The worst is Overpass (2-3) and Inferno (1-2).

Form Liquid

Let's continue the match analysis with an analysis of Liquid's game form. For me, this roster of the American club will be the underdog in this match.

The American club had a pretty productive 2023 season. Played in a lot of tournaments, but high results were rare.

They started the year with a top-4 finish at IEM Katowice 2023, where they reached the top 4. Next was the equally good BLAST Premier: Spring American Showdown with a similar top-4, and then BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023: American RMR followed by a top-3 and a trip to the main tournament of the year.

Unfortunately for Liquid, that's where their results ended. At BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023, the team made it to the top 8 and that was their biggest achievement of the year.

After making it to the legends stage at the only Major tournament of the season, Liquid played at a lot of big events. These included IEM Dallas 2023 with a top-12 ranking, BLAST Premier: Fall Groups 2023 with a top-9 ranking, and IEM Master Cologne with a top-12 ranking.

At the end of the season they played at Gamers8 2023, finishing in the top 16 and ESL Pro League Season 18, finishing in the top 20. Closed the year with a second place finish at BLAST Premier: Fall American Showdown 2023.

• Team Liquid roster: NAF, YEKINDAR, skullz, cadiaN, Twistzz.

A string of failures at major championships has caused major roster changes. Such that Liquid in 2024 can be called the "Dream Team", but the status still has to be earned.

2024 began with qualifiers for the American RMR. They came out, which is not surprising. They also tried to qualify for IEM Chengdu 2024, but it was not successful: in the final of the qualifiers Ledge and M80.

Liquid took TOP-8 at BLAST Premier: Spring Groups 2024, and then passed at IEM Dallas 2024, did not pass at PGL Copenhagen Major 2024, taking TOP-8 at home, and then TOP-16 at BLAST Premier: Spring Showdown 2024 and TOP-6 at IEM Masters and TOP-6 Chengdu 2024. All in all, Liquid's investment is not paying off so far.

Team Liquid Mappool

Team Liquid's top 1 map for the last 3 months is Mirage. Liquid has a mind-blowing winrate of 92% with 13 games played.

They also played on Inferno, where they won 5 matches out of 7 games. Nuke is also in plus winrate, where the "ninjas" have 3 wins from 5 matches.

The most not favoured map for Team Liquid will be Vertigo. There they have 6 maps and only 1 win.

History of head-to-head meetings between FURIA and Liquid

Over the past year FURIA - Liquid played each other 3 times. All matches were won by Furia.

Predicted result of the match Liquid - FURIA at ESL Pro League Season 19

Given the performance of Liquid, who do not progress from tournament to tournament, I think Furia should take the series. Most likely it will be 2-1, but I believe in Fallen and company.

Bottom line: Furia wins.