Matchförutsägelse: ECSTATIC - forZe | CS2 (CS:GO)

ECSTATIC and FORZE will meet in the first round of the group stage of ESL Challenger Katowice 2023. Just recently, the teams played each other, with the last meeting being for FORZE.

And in general, now from the Russian team should expect a lot, as the composition is not bad in terms of potential. Another matter is that ECSTATIC feels quite well, showing confident results.

Still, in the LAN-tournaments the opponent is clearly more experienced than the Danish team. And the fact of the last full-time defeat can play ECSTATIC in "minus". Therefore I would rely on the victory of the FORZE team here.

Form of ECSTATIC

The world No. 30 team played quite well at ESL Challenger Melbourne 2023 and reached the semi-finals before winning the indoor qualification for ESL Challenger Katowice 2023, beating Movistar Riders and BIG on the way.

The Danish squad then took part in CCT 2023 Online Finals 1, where they continued to surprise with good play, but still Ledgeil FORZE in the grand final.

However, ECSTATIC recently visited the play-offs of ESEA Advanced Season 45 Europe, where the team didn't do well, resulting in a loss to PROSPECTS.

ECSTATIC's latest results:

• A 2-0 win over Sharks Esports.
• A 2-0 win over FORZE.
• 2-0 win over L&G.
• 0-2 defeat of FORZE.
• 1-2 defeat at the hands of PROSPECTS.

ECSTATIC's best scores:

• Nuke - 73% wins.
• Ancient - 70% wins.
• Anubis - 64% wins.
• Overpass - 56% wins.
• Vertigo - 56% wins.

It is worth recalling that the Danish team has not featured on the Mirage map for a long time.

FORZE uniform

The 20th ranked team in the world failed at the BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023 Challengers Stage and then decided not to finish the game as part of ESL Challenger League Season 45 Europe.

After that, the Russian team decided to play on the BetBoom Playlist Freedom 2023, where they even reached the semi-finals, but there rather unexpectedly failed to cope with Aurora.

Still, FORZE managed to make amends in CCT 2023 Online Finals 1, where they showed the ability to adjust to the situation and correct mistakes, given the victory over ECSTATIC in the final.

FORZE's latest results:

• A 2-1 win over Astralis Talent.
• A 0-2 defeat for ECSTATIC.
• 0-2 defeat to Aurora.
• Victory over 9INE by a score of 2-0.
• 2-0 win over ECSTATIC.

FORZE's best scores:

• Ancient - 89% wins.
• Mirage - 62% wins.
• Nuke - 55% wins.
• Anubis - 53% wins.
• Overpass - 50% wins.

In turn, the Russian team has consistently banned Vertigo.

ECSTATIC - FORZE match statistics

Within the current season the teams have played five matches:

• FORZE's 2-0 win within the ESL Challenger League Season 44 Europe.
• FORZE's 2-1 win in a closed qualifier for the BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023 Europe RMR.
• ECSTATIC win 2-0 in a close qualifier for ESL Challenger Melbourne 2023.
• ECSTATIC win at CCT 2023 Online Finals 1 by a score of 2-0.
• FORZE's 2-0 win at CCT 2023 Online Finals 1.

Interestingly, the most frequent picks of the teams were Nuke and Inferno.

ECSTATIC vs FORZE

Although the match is heated, but still the Danes have not yet reached the point where they can be considered the favourites in this situation. It is clear that ECSTATIC tries to play structurally and even beat FORZE twice in a season, but that was online.

In general, here it is more logical to believe in the favourites, who seem to have found their game (again). Therefore, in this case, I would recommend betting on a FORZE win.