Maç Tahmini: FaZe Clan - Eternal Fire | CS2 (CS:GO)

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Group A matches at ESL Pro League Season 19 continue. Here we are talking about the middle grid, where there is one match left to play between FaZe Clan - Eternal Fire.

The winner of the match will advance to the championship play-offs. The loser will fall to the lowest grid.

We are trying to find out which of the teams will be stronger and by the result of the only Bo3 match will pass to the next round.

Let's go.

FaZe Clan uniforms

We start the analysis of the match with the analysis of FaZe Clan's form. In this match the TOP-1 team of the world will play the first number one with the odds to win around 1.4.

One of the most stable teams of last season has quite an extensive record last season. However, it predominantly consisted of "near" top results.

From the main achievements - getting into the top three at BLAST Premier: Spring Groups 2023 and winning at ESL Pro League Season 17. Last year FaZe received the award for the 4th season of Intel Grand Slam, enriching themselves with $1,000,000.

Speaking of award tournaments, there was less luck here. Top-12 at IEM Rio 2023, and also Top-4 at IEM Dallas 2023. At the only Major e in the season FaZe did not cope with the tension, but made it to TOP-8.

Before the Long Conference IEM Cologne 2023 they attended two tournaments of BLAST series: Spring Final 2023 and Fall Groups 2023. At the Finals they were ranked Top 6, and at the Fall Groups 2023 they were in the top three, earning themselves a slot at the Autumn Finals.

• FaZe Clan line-up: karrigan, rain, Frozen, ropz, broky.

Despite the ubiquitous Reshuffle and rather "average" results for the year, FaZe didn't change the main roster. However, there were some substitutions: FaZe presented a new coach, who became the legendary Pole NEO. On his post he replaced the legendary RobbaN and it affected FaZe's gameplay in IEM Cologne 2023, where FaZe took the top-12.

The setbacks continued from there onwards. At Gamers8 2023 FaZe Clan took a similar place (9-12), Ledgeiv at the Long Segment of the Vp tournament with the score 2-0.

Things didn't go too well at ESL Pro League Season 18. FaZe made it to the play-offs on the top grid of Group C, defeating 9Z Team and Fnatic, but in the match for seeding in the main stage they lost to NaVi with the score 0-2. However, FaZe didn't manage to play long at ESL Pro League Season 18: in the first play-offs match, which for FaZe started from the second stage, the team met MOUZ. The future EPL champions sent FaZe Clan home. As a result FaZe found themselves on the 9-12th place of the top tournament.

FaZe rehabilitated quite quickly. Already at IEM Sydney 2023 they triumphed with the victory over CoL in the grand final.

At CS Asia Championship 2023 FaZe confidently made their way to the play-offs through Group B. Having taken unquestionable TOP-1 the team went directly to the semi-finals of the tournament. FaZe then went head-to-head: first they defeated ENCE 2-1 and in the grand final they defeated MOUZ 2-0.

The last tournament before the BLAST Premier: World FInals 2023 was the BLAST Premier: Fall Final 2023. There FaZe took the top 2, Ledgeiv in the Vitality Grand Final.

At BLAST Premier: Fall Final 2023 FaZe, playing with substitutes, managed to take the top 1 in their group. They took turns beating Heroic and then G2. At this rate they reached the grand final, but there Ledge or Vitality. The outcome was almost identical at BLAST Premier: World Final 2023, where FaZe again lost to Vitality in the grand final.

Before the performance at IEM Katowice 2024 they visited BLAST Premier: Spring Groups 2024. There FaZe very confidently took the top 1 in their group, thus securing a ticket to Spring Finals 2024. IEM Katowice 2024 also went very well: FaZe managed to reach the grand finals, but they didn't have enough strength for the match with charged Spirit. As a result FaZe lost the Grand Final of Katowice with the score 0-3.

Next was PGL Major Copenhagen 2024: European RMR A, where they finished in the top 5 after losing to Eternal Fire. At the PGL CS 2 Major Copenhagen 2024 FaZe started with a defeat by Heroic, but then won against FURIA. Then they lost to Eternal Fire, defeated Imperial and defeated Complexity, which allowed them to enter the play-offs Major.

A disappointing loss at PGL CS2 Major Copenhagen 2024 was partially overtaken by a win at IEM China 2024, beating MOUZ in the grand finals.

After a top-2 finish at PGL CS2 Copenhagen Major 2024 and a win at IEM China 2024, FaZe Clan Long Sogpeg started with a very tense win over Imperial in their debut at ESL Pro League Season 19. In the match for the ESL Pro League Season 19 play-offs FaZe faced Astralis and Ledge beat them 0-2.

Mapple FaZe Clan

The best FaZe clan is Mirage. They played 12 matches and won 9 of them.

Then there were Overpass with 8 matches and 5 wins. They play Nuke (7 matches, 4 wins), Inferno (9 matches, 5 wins). Worse is Ancient with 3 wins in 6 matches, and worst of all was Anubis. His FaZe was picked 7 times, but played with a winrate of 42%.

Eternal Fire Form.

We start the match analysis with the analysis of Eternal Fire's form. Here the Turkish club will play as an outsider with odds to win at 2.7.

The 13-team world ranking team has experienced difficulties throughout the season. Despite the huge number of matches, it was possible to achieve success occasionally.

At the beginning of the year Eternal Fire won ESL Pro League Season 17: European Conference, thus securing their place at EPL S17. The Main Event ended miserably - only top 20 and no group.

Participated in BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023: European RMR B. There they took TOP-14, which was not enough to reach the only Major of the season.

In the middle of the year, Eternal Fire showed their best form. The Turks finished in the top 4 twice, but did so at TIR-B tournaments. They broke into the top four at CCT North Europe Series #7 and Thunderpick World Championship 2023: European Series #1.

• Eternal Fire roster: XANTARES, Calyx, MAJ3R, Wicadia, woxic.

Before the ESL Pro League Season 8 Long Round, MAJ3R's team played on CCT Central Europe and Pinnacle Cup V. Both championships ended for them on top 8.

Eternal Fire played their debut match at ESL Pro League Season 18 against Cloud9. They played as the number two and got a natural result: 0-2, but with 11 and 12 rounds respectively.

In the first match of the lower grid Eternal Fire played against 9INE. The Turks were clearly on form, as they managed to run over a pretty tough competitor without much difficulty. The match ended with a score of 2-0 in favour of Eternal Fire. As a result, the ESL Pro League Season 18 run ended very well: the team barely qualified for the play-offs of the tournament, where they managed to win two series. EF left Astralis and BIG behind, but Ledge and Natus Vincere.

EF later made the Top 16 at Roobet Cup 2023, where they finished Top 16 and Top 2 at PARI, Please. In 2024, Eternal Fire attended PGL Major Copenhagen 2024: European Qualifier B, where they placed Top 2, advancing to European RMR A.

IEM Katowice 2024 started with the Play-In stage. By the way, they passed it very easily: 13-1 against BB Team and 2-0 against Rebels Gaming allowed them to get into the group stage. In the first match of the group stage they also easily defeated Falcons (13-9; 13-6), and then showed a very cheerful CS in the match against the top-2 team of the world FaZe Clan, but Ledge were defeated on three maps (1-2). At the end of IEM Katowice 2024 Eternal Fire took the top 12, and then started to play at PGL Major Copenhagen 2024: European RMR A.

At the qualifying tournament, the Turks finished in the top 8, which gave them the opportunity to qualify for PGL CS 2 Major Copenhagen 2024, which is true in the first stage.

At PGL CS 2 Major Copenhagen 2024 Eternal Fire are feeling very good so far. The Turks have 2 wins and 1 loss: they beat Mongolz and Pain, but lost to Heroic 0-2 in the match for the next stage. However, they succeeded in their next attempt: they defeated GL with a score of 2-1.

Eternal Fire debuted in the legends stage with a surprise win against Vitality. However, in the second round they lost to MOUZ, which brought them to 1-1 score. And then there was a real sensation: 13-1 against FaZe Clan and 2-1 score for the Turks.

Eternal Fire got into the play-offs of the tournament after the victory over Vp. The match ended with the score 2-1. However, they failed to move beyond the first round, as NaVi were stronger than the Turks and closed the series with a score of 2-0.

ESL Pro League Season 19 Eternal Fire started off with a loss against Astralis. In the middle set, EF first defeated Imperial 2-1 before beating Fnatic.

Eternal Fire Mappool

The best map is Nuke. There are 4 matches and 4 wins.

Anubis (7 matches, 85% wins), Mirage (4 matches, 75% wins) are doing very well. Vertigo - 71% wins in 7 matches, Inferno and Overpass - 3 wins in 5 matches.

History of FaZe Clan - Eternal Fire head-to-head meetings

In the season 2024 the teams played each other 3 times. FaZe won twice (in bo3 matches), and EF won in bo1.

Predicted result of Eternal Fire - FaZe Clan at ESL Pro League Season 19

In this match I'm expecting a cheerful Counter-Strike 2. This is indicated by several factors: firstly, Eternal Fire are fighting hard in the middle grid of Group A and already have two wins in a row. Secondly, FaZe are really tired of playing, as the players themselves say. In my opinion, this is a good story for a full-fledged Bo3.

Bottom line: total +2.5.