9INE and FaZe Clan will meet in the third round of the main stage of the BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023. Everything is obvious here: the loser will drop out of the tournament and go home, while the winner will still struggle.
I don't think the Polish team is capable of a sensation, because they themselves don't live up to expectations. But let's face it, FaZe Clan play awful.
It seems to me that the Europeans could flinch, at least the Poles are capable of snagging a card. So here I would lean on the card from the 9INE team, for which this result would be a blessing in disguise.
Form 9INE
The seventeenth ranked team in the world showed nothing in the group stage of IEM Rio 2023 where they beat MOUZ, but also suffered defeats from Heroic and Ninjas in Pyjamas.
The Polish side then took part in Brazy Party 2023 where, although they qualified for the play-offs, they lost to Cloud9 in the group stage and failed to take on Denmark's Astralis in the semi-finals.
As for Long Sogpeg in the main stage of the BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023, here 9INE failed to cope with Team Liquid and GamerLegion, although many prophesied the Poles an easy walk in the play-offs.
Recent results for 9INE:
- A 2-1 victory over Sprout.
- A 2-1 win over Into the Breach.
- A 0-2 defeat at the hands of Astralis.
- Defeat to Team Liquid, 9-16.
- 13-16 defeat at the hands of GamerLegion.
Top 9INE scores:
- Vertigo - 88% wins.
- Nuke - 87% wins.
- Anubis - 80% wins.
It is worth recalling that the Polish team have long refused to use Inferno maps.
FaZe Clan uniform
The fifth team in the world rankings also failed in the group stage of IEM Rio 2023, where after beating 9z they suffered two defeats from FURIA and Vitality and quickly went home.
However, the European squad seemed to make up for their mistakes in the BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023 Challengers Stage, where they suffered just one defeat against ENCE, but quite easily made it to the Legends.
And yet, the first game day on BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023 turned out to be a complete disaster for FaZe Clan. And the defeat by Heroic may be forgiven, but Into the Breach - sorry, the shame.
The latest results of FaZe Clan:
- Victory over paiN Gaming with a score of 16-12.
- 1-2 defeat of ENCE.
- 2-0 win over FORZE.
- Defeat by Heroic 7-16.
- Defeat at the hands of Into the Breach, 12-16.
FaZe Clan's best scores:
- Overpass - 78% wins.
- Ancient - 75% wins.
- Nuke - 56% wins.
- Mirage - 50% wins.
In turn, the European team is steadily giving up Vertigo maps.
Meeting statistics 9INE - FaZe Clan
The teams have not met before.
Forecast for the match 9INE - FaZe Clan
In hindsight FaZe Clan has a distinct advantage in the form of maps Ancient, on which the Poles still can not. But 9INE is clearly better on Nuke and Anubis. And on the last one the Europeans in general are bad, which I would like to emphasize.
Yes, and otherwise FaZe Clan has little time to correct the mistakes, and the pressure is increasing. So in this case I would recommend to bet on the Forum by map (+1,5) for the 9INE team.
