Maç Tahmini: BIG - ENCE | Counter-Strike (CS2)

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We continue to follow what's happening at the BLAST Premier European Showdown 2023. It's a small tournament, but a pretty important one. At stake is a trip to the autumn finals - BLAST Fall Finals 2023 - where teams will play for $425,000 and a spot at World Finals.

We have already watched the first round of the BLAST Premier European Showdown 2023, where the play-offs were decided in 3 matches. ENCE and BIG were among the teams that made it to the next round.

In general, the opening matches of BLAST Premier European Showdown 2023 can hardly be called The International regurgitated. All the favourites have outplayed their visions and now we are waiting for closer matches. At least, we want to believe it.

Let's find out who will be stronger in this match and who will be the first participant of the grand final of BLAST Premier European Showdown 2023.

Let's go.

ENCE Form

We open the esports betting analysis with an analysis of ENCE's form. In this match the Finnish club will play the first number one.

This is what the bookmakers are pointing to. The odds on the success of ENCE are at 1.4.

There is no need to be surprised by such an indicator. ENCE were one of the most stable teams in the region, and they still are.

During the season, the team took TOP 3 at CCT Central Europe Malta Vibes, TOP 4 at ESL Pro League Season 17, and also reached TOP 8 European RMR B - qualifying event for BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023. ENCE also played at the Major, but it was TOP-14, which is hardly a worthy result.

IEM Dallas 2023 turned out to be much more pleasant. ENCE looked quite cheerful throughout the event, which allowed them to defeat MOUZ in the grand finals with a score of 2-0. Just before IEM Cologne 2023, ESL Challenger Katowice was played, where they had to defeat Vp in the grand final 1-2.

• ENCE roster: Snappi, NertZ, Maden, dycha, SunPayus .

ENCE have been playing in a stable roster for almost half a year. SunPayus and NertZ headline the roster with a KDA of 1.12.

Thanks to their victory at IEM Dallas 2023 ENCE started Cologne from the group stage. The first opponent was the Poles from 9INE, who gave the Finns serious problems, but lost with a score of 1-2 and a series of dops on the decisive map.

The next match was a match against Fnatic. ENCE won both maps, leaving Fnatic no special chances.

In the match for the Grand Final ENCE played against Heroic. Being an outsider, the Finns took a very good approach to the match and shut down the top 1 team in the world with a score of 2-1 in a tough Bo3.

Next up was a match against Vitality and as a result a passage to the Grand Final of IEM Cologne 2023. ENCE was not enough for the title, G2 Esports were stronger.

After an offensive Cologne 2023 ENCE started Gamers8 on a high note. They defeated Liquid 2-0 in the first match of the tournament.

In the semi-final match they played against Cloud9. Again, the Finns closed the series with a score of 2-0, leaving little chance for the Americans.

Later ENCE beat Heroic again, and dry, and in the grand final Gamers8 faced Vitality. Again, ENCE failed to take the title, Ledgeiv with a 1-2 score.

At the ESL Pro League Season 18 Long Round of the ESL Pro League, ENCE faced off against Evil Geniuses. The North American club even gave a fight, but only on the second map (14-16 Nuke), but still lost.

ENCE faced MIBR in the match to reach the final of the top grid of Group B at ESL Pro League Season 18. The new generation of the legendary Brazilian tag showed beautiful CSGO, and it was enough for one map.

Before the play-offs, ENCE defeated BIG in a match to advance to the quarter-finals. The game ended 2-1, and ENCE were the winner of their group.

In the quarter-finals ENCE played against Movistar Riders. As expected, the Spaniards couldn't offer any proper resistance and were swept on two maps (16-2 Overpass and 16-5 Anubis).

ENCE's journey to ESL Pro League Season 18 ended at the semi-final stage. The Finns Ledge and future tournament champions MOUZ lost 1-2.

In the opening match at BLAST Premier European Showdown 2023 ENCE played against Alliance. The Swedish club put up a fight on the first map (13-16), but fell in the second map (6-16).

ENCE Mapple

ENCE has two 100 per cent maps. They are Nuke with 9 wins in 9 matches and Anubis with 5 matches and 0 losses.

Still playing Ancient (66% wins in 3 matches). Still playing Mirage (9 matches, 4 wins). Vertigo with 2 wins and 3 losses and Overpass (2 wins in 7 matches).

Do not play Inferno.

Form BIG.

We continue the match analysis by analysing the BIG team's form. In this match they will have to play as outsiders.

This is what the bookmakers say. The odds for their victory in this match are at 2.9.

Such a figure, by the way, looks pretty good. And it's logical: BIG have risen a bit in the last two tournaments, but they are still too far away from the level of ENCE.

BIG have participated in a lot of championships, but not many decent results. They started the season with a top-9 finish at BLAST Premier: Spring Groups 2023, and continued with a top-16 finish at IEM Extreme Masters Katowice 2023.

There was also an appearance at ESL Pro League Season 17 with a top-20 there. The failures partially managed to cap off the Top-4 at the Elis Invitational Winter 2023, where the team reached the Top-4.

In the middle of the year, the Germans failed to qualify for BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023, finishing top-11 at RMR Europe and then top-3 at qualification. In the second half of the year they started playing CCT Series championships, where it is worth noting CCT Online Finals #1, with TOP-4, CCT West Europe Series $4 with TOP-2.

Back to the S-Tier tournaments with BLAST Premier: Fall Groups 2023 with Top-9, and then Top-24 at IEM Cologne 2023.

• BIG lineup: tabseN, Krimbo, mantuu, prosus, s1n.

Prior to the ESL Pro League Season 18 Long Round, the team played at Thunderpick World Championship 2023: European Series #1 with a top-2 finish. There was also a top-8 at CCT East Europe Series #7 and a win at CCT Europe Series #7.

At ESL Pro League Season 18 they debuted with a match against Monte. The Ukrainian club fought honourably, but in the end they were defeated by Ledgeil with the score 1-2, putting BIG in the semi-finals of Group B at ESL Pro League Season 18.

In the previous match, BIG made perhaps the biggest sensation of the tournament. The Germans defeated Heroic, sending them to the bottom of the group.

Next, BIG played another big European club - ENCE. The Finns failed to win (1-2), but BIG made it to the play-offs, straight into the second round. That's where their ESL Pro League Season 18 journey came to an end.

BIG Ledge and Eternal Fire in the second round of play-offs with the score 0-2. Thus, the Germans took the EPL S18 top-12.

In the match before that, BIG played against 9INE. The Germans defeated their visions quite easily, closing the match with a score of 2-0.

BIG Mappool

BIG has 3 of the best maps in their arsenal. They are Overpass, Vertigo and Anubis with 5 matches and 3 wins on each.

The most played map is Ancient. BIG have played 14 matches there and have a 57% win rate.

The most unlucky map is Inferno with two wins and two losses. The worst map is Mirage (9 matches, 33% wins).

History of head-to-head meetings

Last time the teams played each other at ESL Pro League Season 18. Then the Finns celebrated the victory, outplaying BIG with a score of 2-1.

Predicted result of BIG vs ENCE at BLAST Premier European Showdown 2023

As good as BIG have looked in their last few matches (and they've looked really good), it's very hard to beat ENCE. I'm confident in a Finn win, but I wouldn't be surprised if BIG take the map.

Bottom line: ENCE wins.