Maç Tahmini: Heroic - ENCE | CS2 (CS:GO)

Welcome to EGamersWorld.

Gamers8 is coming to a close in Riyadh. The biggest commercial $1,000,000 tournament of the year is nearing its terminal stage with the 4 remaining teams in the race to challenge for the title.

Heroic and ENCE are among the quartet of participants in the Gamers8 semi-finals. The top European clubs will be the first to play for access to the grand finals.

The game promises to be hot. The winner of the match will advance to the Gamers8 Grand Final, where tomorrow they will play for $400,000 against the winner of the G2/Vitality pairing.

Let's try to figure out which team will be stronger in this Bo3 confrontation, and who will have to say goodbye to the prospect of scooping a solid cash and becoming the Gamers8 champion.

Let's go.

Heroic Form

Let's open the match with an analysis of Heroic's form. In this match, the Danish club is playing as favourites.

Bookmakers continue to believe in Heroic. The odds for their victory are at around 1.75.

Looking at the odds, we can safely say that we are waiting for an equal clash. It is easy to agree with this, because Heroic know how to play CSGO, and HLTV TOP only confirms it.

All year long, Heroic have barely left the championship podium. It all started with BLAST Premier: Spring Groups 2023, where Heroic took the top 4.

Then there was IEM Katowice 2023 and an offensive TOP-2. The only spoonful of honey in Heroic's honey barrel was ESL Pro League Season 17, where the Danes didn't rise above TOP-8.

Then Heroic came back and had a streak of great tournaments. It was top-2 at IEM Rio 2023, top-4 BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023 and IEM Dallas 2023.

Before IEM Cologne 2023 Heroic won the BLAST Premier: Spring Final 2023 and were also in the top 3 of the BLAST Premier: Fall Groups 2023/.

• Heroic line-up: cadiaN, stavn, TeSeS, sjuush, jabbi.

Heroic have maintained their fighting lineup for over a year. All players have a KD greater than one, but the headliner is stavn, who has 1.13.

Before their performance at Gamers8 Heroic attended another prestigious tournament - IEM Cologne. Being one of the main contenders to win the German tournament, the Danes made it to the play-offs, but failed to move beyond the first round.

Heroic lost to Astralis in the first round of the play-offs with a score of 0-2.

At Gamers8 they debuted with a match against Falcons. In general, the game ended predictably, but the French gave a fight, especially on the first map (Mirage 22-18 in favour of Heroic). The second one went to Heroic with the score 16-10.

In the previous match Heroic met GamerLegion. Despite GL's seemingly idle position in that match, they managed to get on the Danes' nerves and take the map, but still lost in the end.

Heroic's mappool

Heroic's best map is Nuke. There are 5 wins and 0 losses.

They like to play Overpass, where they lost only once. In three months on Overpass - 5-1.

One of the most frequently played and yet successful maps is Inferno. Heroic has a 9-3 statistic here. It also goes well on Ancient, where Heroic is 3-1 in matches.

The Danes don't play Anubis.

ENCE Form

We continue the match analysis with the analysis of ENCE's form. In this game, the Finnish club is number two.

However, there are plenty of chances to win. The odds for ENCE success are around 1.9.

The number in the odds column hints at a close game. Considering the teams' storyline, I'm sure it will be so.

During the season, the team finished 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.

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).

Inferno are not playing.

History of head-to-head confrontations

The last time ENCE and Heroic played each other was at IEM Cologne 2023. Then, in a pretty crazy game, ENCE didn't let the Danes into the grand final of the prestigious event, which made a lot of noise.

Predicted result of Heroic vs ENCE on Gamers8

I expect this series to be about the same as the Vp vs G2 match. That is, a fierce fight on three maps.

Remembering the last face-to-face match, Heroic will definitely be looking for payback, while ENCE won't mind to put the Danes on place once again and once again secure their place at the top of the world CSGO.

It will not be easy for anyone, so I suggest to take the total +2.5.

Bottom line: total +2.5.