Matchförutsägelse: sAw - forZe | Counter-Strike (CS2)

SAW and forZe will meet in the upper bracket semi-finals of the ESL Pro League Season 17 Conference Europe, where they will compete for the first ticket to the ESL Pro League Season 17 group stage.

To be honest, the Portuguese team looks very cool, and not the first week. In turn, forZe just got back from vacation, but the day before the team won a victory over the unyielding Poles from 9INE.

In general, given the approximate equality of the two teams, it makes sense to believe in three cards. Fortunately, there are several reasons for this, both of which rest on the weakness of the teams.

SAW shape

The 20th team of the world ranking won the Master League Portugal X Finals, ESL Masters Spain Season 12 Finals and ESL Challenger League Season 43 Europe back in December, showing an excellent game.

As for the start of the ESL Pro League Season 17 Conference Europe, here the Portuguese team managed to outplay Babos and Endpoint. However, on the eve of the SAW almost went to the bottom.

From this it makes sense to think that the team is just rolling into the new season and giving chances to rivals.

Latest SAW results:

• 2:0 victory over BLUEJAYS.
• Victory over Team Spirit with a score of 2:1.
• Victory over Team Spirit with a score of 3:1.
• Victory over Babos with a score of 2:0.
• Victory over Endpoint with a score of 2:1.

Best SAW cards:

• Ancient - 80% of wins.
• Nuke - 75% win rate.
• Vertigo - 75% of wins.
• Overpass - 50% of wins.

In turn, the Portuguese team will definitely not show up on the Mirage map.

forZe form

The 36th team of the world ranking reached the ¼ finals of CCT North Europe Series 2, and also took fourth place in the ESL Challenger League Season 43 Europe.

Already at the very end of the season, the Russian team won Winline Insight Season 2, but this makes no sense.

Nevertheless, forZe had a successful start in the ESL Pro League Season 17 Conference Europe, getting a difficult but still victory over 9INE. It's too early to think about the team's prospects, but in this roster the guys are even stronger than before.

forZe latest results:

• Victory over FTW with a score of 2:0.
• Lost to Sprout with a score of 1:2.
• Victory over VP.Prodigy with a score of 2:1.
• Victory over VP.Prodigy with a score of 2:0.
• Victory over 9INE with a score of 2:1.

Best forZe cards:

• Overpass - 69% of wins.
• Nuke - 60% win rate.
• Mirage - 60% of wins.
• Inferno - 50% win rate.

But if before the Russian team did not play on the Vertigo map, now they will have to think about Anubis as well.

SAW meeting statistics - forZe

During the last season, the teams held three meetings:

• forZe's victory at PGL Major Antwerp 2022 Europe RMR A with a score of 2:1.
• forZe's victory in the ESL Challenger League Season 42 Europe with a score of 2:0.
• SAW victory at ESL Challenger League Season 43 Europe with a score of 2:0.

Most often, teams played on Inferno and Nuke maps.

Prediction for the match SAW — forZe

Looking back, the Portuguese found their game and became much more confident in matches with direct competitors. However, SAW is still floating on some maps, which was noticeable the day before in the game with Endpoint.

In turn, forZe has not banally woken up and is still playing according to its mood. And we stopped believing in the stability of the team for a long time.

However, the importance of the match must be taken into account, since there will only be one chance in the lower bracket. Therefore, in this case, I would recommend betting on Total on cards 2.5 more.