Förutsägelse om match CS2 Cloud9 - ENCE

Cloud9 and ENCE will meet in the upper bracket semi-final of IEM Katowice 2023 Play-In, where they will fight for the first opportunity to get into the group stage of the championship.

To be honest, the first matches showed practically nothing, since the teams got two ordinary victories over obvious outsiders. Moreover, Cloud9 and ENCE did not create problems for themselves out of the blue, showing almost identical results.

In this regard, we will have to look at the past merits of the teams, in which Cloud9 wins a little. It is clear that individually ENCE is in no way inferior to the opponent, but the Russian team at the Major left some prerequisites.

Therefore, here I would look closely at the victory of Cloud9, especially since the team has a successful experience of playing against ENCE, even if the meeting itself took place a long time ago.

Form Cloud9

The twelfth team of the world ranking showed both ups and downs at IEM Rio Major 2022. Moreover, at first the Russian team saved itself as part of the Challengers Stage, and then got three wins in the "legends" and made it to the playoffs first.

However, already in the quarterfinals, Cloud9 lost to MOUZ, officially ending the season. Further, the expected changes in the team happened, which returned buster from vacation.

As for the start at IEM Katowice 2023 Play-In, here the guys beat IHC without a chance. It was clear that the team was not particularly tense, but even in this format they made a minimum of mistakes and managed to apply several new ideas.

Latest Cloud9 results:

• Victory over FaZe Clan with a score of 16:14.
• Victory over Natus Vincere with a score of 16:14.
• Victory over Heroic with a score of 2:0.
• Defeated by MOUZ with a score of 1:2.
• Victory over IHC with a score of 16:5.

Best Cloud9 Maps:

• Mirage - 100% wins.
• Overpass - 80% of wins.

But if before the Russian team did not play on the Nuke map, now we have to think about Anubis.

Form ENCE

The fifteenth team of the world ranking failed in the main stage of IEM Rio Major 2022, where they stopped one step away from getting into the playoffs. However, then the team played quite straightforwardly, which is why they lost to all direct competitors.

Then ENCE managed to get to the quarterfinals of Elisa Masters Espoo 2022, and also won the CCT North Europe Series 2. And yet, in the whole end of the season, it became a failure for the team, as it clearly lost stability.

If we talk about the start at IEM Katowice 2023 Play-In, then here the guys were able to cope with paiN Gaming. ENCE still had some problems, but this is the first tournament for the team.

Latest ENCE results:

• Victory over AGO with a score of 2:0.
• Victory over Endpoint with a score of 2:1.
• Victory over GamerLegion with a score of 2:1.
• Victory over HAVU with a score of 2:0.
• Victory over paiN Gaming with a score of 16:7.

Best ENCE cards:

• Mirage - 75% of wins.
• Vertigo - 67% of wins.
• Ancient - 62% of wins.
• Nuke - 60% win rate.

At the same time, the European team started playing on Inferno back then, obviously making allowances for the upcoming appearance of Anubis.

Match statistics Cloud9 — ENCE

As part of the last season, the teams held one meeting - at IEM Dallas 2022, Cloud9 won (2:0).

Prediction for the match Cloud9 — ENCE

It is difficult to assess the chances of teams in one match, especially in the BO1 format. However, the impression was that the Russian team caught the rhythm much earlier, even despite the status of their first opponent.

As for ENCE, the team gave a few chances to paiN Gaming, but in general, sAw's men coped with their task perfectly. Nevertheless, if you look at the two teams together, then Cloud9 looks a little more interesting, especially since the new player opens up room for action.

Therefore, in this case, I would recommend betting on the victory of the Cloud9 team.