Matchförutsägelse: G2 Esports - Cloud9 | CS2 (CS:GO)

G2 and Cloud9 will meet in the Long Cognego Round of the BLAST Premier Spring Final 2023 group stage. It's hard to call the teams' current conditions excellent, but there's no choice - they'll have to play each other.

In general, G2 have some internal problems caused by the difference in egos. On the other hand, Cloud9 still can't find his game, and it is completely understandable that buster still hasn't fit into the squad in six months.

All in all, it will be interesting to watch such a match at The International. Despite the fact that G2 are favourites, it's unlikely that the Samurai will be able to demolish their opponent. Therefore, I'd go with the card from Cloud9 here.

G2 Form

The sixth ranked team in the world failed completely in the main stage of the BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023, where they suffered defeats to Vitality, Bad News Eagles and fnatic to get only one victory over FURIA.

However, G2 somewhat rehabilitated themselves in the group stage of IEM Dallas 2023, where they easily shut out Nouns and OG, though they fell short against Heroic and missed out on a direct trip to the semis.

And yet, in the quarterfinals, the European team did not go from the word "at all", as here "samurai" Ledge or FaZe Clan, in fact, did not create any resistance.

Latest G2 results:

• A 1-2 loss to fnatic.
• 16-5 win over Nouns.
• 2-0 win over OG.
• 0-2 defeat at the hands of Heroic.
• 1-2 defeat by FaZe Clan.

Top scorers of G2:

• Inferno - 82% wins.
• Mirage - 50% wins.
• Vertigo - 50% wins.

It's worth remembering that the European squad is steadily banning the Overpass map.

Cloud9's form

The fifth team of the world ranking failed to qualify for the BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023 as it first fell at the RMR Tournament and then lost to FaZe Clan in the last chance grid.

However, the Russian team didn't get too upset as they managed to reach the IEM Rio 2023 semi-finals and at the same time won the Brazy Party 2023, defeating 9INE, OG and Astralis along the way.

Cloud9 also recently made it to the group stage of IEM Dallas 2023, where they marked victories over Grayhound Gaming and Complexity Gaming, but also Ledgeila Astralis and FaZe Clan, leaving them without play-offs.

Cloud9's latest results:

• A 2-1 win over Astralis.
• A 16-12 win over Grayhound Gaming.
• A 0-2 loss to Astralis.
• Beat Complexity Gaming 2-1.
• Defeat to FaZe Clan by a score of 1-2.

Top scorers Cloud9:

• Anubis - 100% wins.
• Mirage - 71% wins.
• Vertigo - 67% wins.
• Ancient - 65% wins.
• Inferno - 60% wins.
• Overpass - 60% wins.

In turn, the Russian team continues to deny Nuke.

Meeting statistics G2 - Cloud9

Within the current season, the teams held two meetings:

• Cloud9's 2-0 win at ESL Pro League Season 17.
• G2's 2-0 win at the BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023 Europe RMR B.

Interestingly, both times the teams played Vertigo and Inferno.

Forecast for the match G2 - Cloud9

First of all, we have to take into consideration the teams' form, which obviously leaves a lot to be desired. Secondly, Cloud9 is a little better in terms of pure statistics.

Still, no numbers here will be an indication that anyone is ahead. After all, G2 is going through a difficult period right now, and a lot of the team's play depends on their mood.

In such a format, it is very hard to take on the Samurai, who can close to zero and also lose by a salad and without a fight. So the cloudy ones can do some work to expose their opponent's weaknesses.

So in this case I would recommend betting on the Forum on map (+1.5) for the Cloud9 team.