Matchförutsägelse: Outsiders - Cloud9 | CS2 (CS:GO)
ESL Pro League Season 17Outsiders and Cloud9 will meet as part of the group A grand final at ESL Pro League Season 17. Both teams have already guaranteed access to the championship playoffs, but now they have to play for a direct ticket to the quarterfinals. In turn, the loser will go to the second round of the playoffs, receiving the top seed.
I think there will be no objections here with the fact that Cloud9 did a great job of fixing the bugs after the monstrous failure in Katowice. Moreover, the team changed most of the positions and began to play much more confidently, having added the sh1ro prime form here.
In turn, Outsiders also continues to hold the bar, demonstrating a grueling style that is paying off so far. And the day before, the team managed to cope with fnatic, also correcting their shortcomings seen in Katowice.
However, Cloud9's victory over G2 greatly outweighs the victory over fnatic, so we'll do without intrigues here. Therefore, in this case, I would look at the victory of the wards of the groove, who made me believe in them again with two matches.
Form Outsiders
The seventh team in the world ranking played ambiguously in the group stage of IEM Katowice 2023, where they managed to lose to fnatic already in the first match.
Fortunately, the Outsiders managed to wake up further to get three victories over Ninjas in Pajamas, OG and Complexity Gaming, and at the same time make it to the playoffs. But there the Russian team did not oppose anything to NAVI, having suffered a logical defeat.
As for the start in the group stage of ESL Pro League Season 17, here the team managed to get two victories over IHC and fnatic. I won't say that the Outsiders managed to reach the peak of their form, but there is a positive trend.
Latest Outsiders results:
- Victory over OG with a score of 2:0.
- Victory over Complexity Gaming with a score of 2:1.
- Lost to Natus Vincere with a score of 0:2.
- Victory over IHC Esports with a score of 2:0.
- 2-0 victory over fnatic.
Best Outsiders cards:
- Inferno - 75% of wins.
- Overpass - 50% of wins.
It is worth recalling that the Russian team traditionally refuses the Nuke card.
Form Cloud9
The thirteenth team in the world ranking also attended the recent IEM Katowice 2023. However, the Russian team was the main disappointment there, as they suffered two defeats from NAVI and IHC in the group, thus saying goodbye to their chances.
Nevertheless, at the start of the group stage of ESL Pro League Season 17, the guys started to wake up, because already in the first game they had no chance to spread Evil Geniuses around the server.
It would seem that there is no need to judge by Cloud9's game against the background of North Americans. However, the team decided to consolidate their success by beautifully interrupting the G2 streak. In general, the team showed too confident game, with which it is not a shame to try to get a place in the quarterfinals.
Latest Cloud9 results:
- Victory over ENCE with a score of 2:1.
- Lost to Natus Vincere with a score of 0:2.
- Lost to IHC with a score of 0:2.
- Victory over Evil Geniuses with a score of 2:0.
- Victory over G2 with a score of 2:0.
Best Cloud9 Maps:
- Mirage - 67% of wins.
Interestingly, the Cloud9 team is also ditching the Nuke card.
Match statistics Outsiders — Cloud9
During the last season, the teams held two meetings:
- Cloud9 won at PGL Major Antwerp 2022 with a score of 16:12.
- Cloud9 won at IEM Cologne 2022 with a score of 2:0.
I note that at that time the teams played on the maps Mirage, Ancient and Dust 2 (it no longer exists).
Prediction for the match Outsiders — Cloud9
Based on the latest Cloud9 game, there is no need to even think about it. If the team shows the same confident style, then there is no chance to go through the Outsiders.
On the other hand, dastan's players rarely coped with Cloud9, because with their style it is quite difficult for them to act against the dynamic variant of "cloud".
In any case, a lot will be decided at the map selection stage, as whoever doesn't ban Nuke first will have a definite advantage. And yet, in this case, I would recommend betting on the victory of the Cloud9 team.
Bookmakers & Statistics
Alla bookmakers har kommit överens om att Cloud9 är favoriten. Detta kan märkas eftersom oddsen på dem är 1.23. Detta nummer till förmån för Outsiders belopp 4.16. De sista är respektive underläge i den kommande matchen.
Hur presterade deltagarna de senaste matcherna
Senaste matcherna | Outsiders | Cloud9 |
5 matcher (vinster) | 4 | 3 |
10 matcher (vinster) | 6 | 7 |
Spelare kommer definitivt att vara intresserade av statistiken över personliga möten mellan lagen. Lagen spelade 2 matcher med varandra tidigare. I dessa strider fick Outsiders 0 segrar medan Cloud9 lyckades ta 2 matcher.