Maç Tahmini: 3DMAX - sAw | CS2 (CS:GO)

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The group stage of ESL Pro League Season 19 continues. The largest league on the expanses of competitive Counter-Strike 2 will offer a lot of matches of different calibre.

One of the group stage matches will be a clash between 3DMAX and sAw and it will be a very interesting clash. Curious not from the point of view of the level of teams playing here, but its "randomness". The thing is that this clash is played by a team that should not have been on ESL Pro League Season 19 and it's not a bad team. It's sAw.

Let's try to find out if sAw got their slot on EPL Season 19 for a reason and how the "Portuguese" will show themselves in the long game.

Let's go.

sAw uniforms

We start the match analysis with an analysis of sAw's form. In this match they will play as favourites with a small margin.

They started the year with qualifications for ESL Pro League Season 17: European Conference. There they shared the top 1. Then there were two Top 4s at CCT South Europe Series #2 and OMEN WGR Challenge 2023.

There were also appearances at major championships, such as ESL Pro League Season 17. However, it was not possible to get a high result, only TOP-28, but the experience of the game.

Later sAw took the top 8 at CCT North Europe Series #4, top 4 at ESL Challenger League Season 44: Europe. In April 2023, sAw played at BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023: European RMR A, but failed to rise above the TOP-16. But they managed to do it later, at local tournaments.

This was the case at Masters League Portugal Season 11: Online, where sAw won the trophy by beating For the Win in the final. This was the case at ESL Masters Espana Season 13: Onilne Stage, ESL Masters Espana Season 13, CCT West Europe #4.

• Composition sAw: MUTiRiS, rmn, ewjerkz, story, arrozdoce.

Before taking part in CCT Online Finals #5 sAw played a lot of championships and, to be fair, they were good almost everywhere. They took top 2 at Thunderpick World Championship 2023: European Series #2, CCT North Europe Series #6, Aveiro Techdays Cup 2023, Master League Portugal Season 12: Online Stage.

We also played in big tournaments, such as Thunderpick World Championship 2023, where unfortunately for us we couldn't rise above TOP-12. At the end of November we won Master League Portugal Season 12 and XL Games Clash 2023.

CCT Online Finals #5 sAw Long Sogpeg were very confident. They easily ran over Team Space in the first round of the top set, winning 2-0. What came next was more difficult.

In the second round of CCT Online Finals #5 sAw met Aurora, who were stronger than the Portuguese. The match lasted 3 maps and sAw even won the first one, but it didn't go any further and as a result Aurora reached the semi-finals winning their series 1-2.

In the match for the third round of play-offs CCT Online #5 sAw met Zero Tenacity. The Portuguese had no problems passing their vis-a-vis, closing the series with a score of 2-0. Next was the same confident victory over Red Canids, but after that - a flight to the top 6 of the tournament after a loss from 9Pandas.

Before playing at PGL CS2 Major Copenhagen 2024 Europe RMR sAw played at YaLLa Compass Fall 2023, where they finished in the top 12. Already in 2024 they qualified for PGL CS2 Major Copenhagen 2024 Europe RMR, finishing in the Top 4 of PGL CS2 Major Copenhagen 2024 European Qualifier Top 4, and also attended the local event RTP Arena Cup 2024, where they easily finished in the Top 1.

PGL CS2 Major Copenhagen 2024 sAw started as one of the favourites for the Opening Stage and at first it seemed so: they went through the first two rounds with wins, but then a disorienting defeat by C9 and a seemingly funeral defeat against paiN with a score of 0-2. In the end, sAw Ledgeili FURIA with a score of 0-2, ignominiously leaving the first World Championship in Counter-Strike 2 history.

Mappool sAw

The most successful map for sAw is Nuke, where the Spaniards have 3 wins with 1 loss. Followed by Vertigo with a score of 2-1 and Ancient with a score of 3-2.

Neutral choices are Inferno and Anubis. Both maps have been played 4 times and on both maps the stats are 2-2.

Worst of all is Overpass, where sAw have won 2 matches out of 6.

3DMAX Form

Let's continue the match analysis with 3DMAX form. In this match they play the second number.

The 28th team of the world ranking was born quite recently. The French stack was formed in the middle of the year and since then they have been playing almost everywhere they can.

3DMAX's track record includes an appearance at CCT West Europe Serie #3, which was the debut tournament for the French. There they made it to the top 3, which can be called a good Long Sogpeg.

Then there was a series of qualifying tournaments and local championships. Among those that can be noted is ESL Championnat National Spring 2023, which was the first tournament won for the French.

3DMAX's performance improved in the second half of the year. Among other things, they won the qualifiers for ESL Challenger at DreamHack Winter 2023: European Open Qualifier and ESL Challenger at DreamHack Winter 2023: European Qualifier. They also won the ESEA Cash Cup: Europe - Autumn 2023 #2.

• 3DMAX roster: hAdji, Maka, Lucky, Djoko, Ex3rcice.

The last event for 3DMAX was CCT East Europe Series #3. There we managed to reach TOP-2, but a little bit was not enough: 3DMAX took TOP-2, losing in the finals to 1WIN.

After 3DMAX played at ESL Challenger Winter 2023. They managed to get into the top 8, which is not a good result.

At ESL Challenger League Season 46: Europe 3DMAX shone. The Frenchmen went over the heads of their opponents very confidently, which eventually translated into a tournament victory with a convincing 3-0 win against forZe in the grand finals.

There were far fewer high-profile wins in the 2024 season. 3DMAX finished top-11 at PGL Major Copenhagen 2024: European Qualifier, IEM China 2024: European Open Qualifier, top-4 at RES Western European Masters: Spring 2024, and top-12 at European RMR A.

Prior to playing at ESL Pro League Season 19, 3DMAX played at A1 Gaming League Season 8, where they finished in the Top 2.

3DMAX Mappool

3DMAX's top 1 map for the last 3 months is Mirage. L4O has a mind-blowing 92% win rate with 13 games played.

Played also on Inferno, where they won 5 matches out of 7 games. Nuke is also in plus winrate, where the "ninjas" have 3 wins from 5 matches.

The most not favoured card for 3DMAX will be Vertigo. There they have 6 maps and only 1 win.

History of head-to-head meetings sAw - 3DMAX

The teams have not played each other in these lineups.

Predicted result of the match sAw - 3DMAX at ESL Pro League Season 19

In this match my bet is on sAw. This is a more serious team. who gained important experience in competitive Counter-Strike 2 at PGL CS2 Major Copenhagen and who can convert this experience into a successful game.

Bottom line: sAw wins.