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

ENCE and Monte will play in the first round of the BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023 Europe RMR B. There is a feeling that the Ukrainian team will not be a passenger in this championship, although they are unlikely to fight for a place in the "legends".

On the other hand, we will face ENCE, which almost went down in March after showing a decent game in the ESL Pro League Season 17. However, sAw's charges have not played anywhere since then, which begs the question.

Still, I wouldn't put my faith in Monte, as their success at TIER-2 is so-so. So here I would bank on a logical win for ENCE, who are clearly in a position to shut down their opponent.

ENCE's form

The ninth-ranked team in the world managed to fail in a close qualification for IEM Rio 2023, where they were just a whiny side to the defeats to HONORIS and BIG.

Next, the European side took part in the CCT Central Europe Malta Finals 1, where they got to the play-offs almost without any problems, but somehow lost twice to Eternal Fire and took only the bronze.

However, ENCE managed to prove themselves in the recent ESL Pro League Season 17, where they suffered one loss in the group, but found themselves in the play-offs with two wins over G2 Esports and Vitality.

ENCE's latest results:

• A 2-0 win over Rare Atom.
• A 0-2 loss to FORZE.
• A 2-0 win over G2 Esports.
• Beat Vitality 2-1.
• 1-2 defeat by Cloud9.

Top ENCE scores:

• Ancient - 100% wins.
• Mirage - 67% wins.
• Nuke - 62% wins.
• Vertigo - 55% wins.
• Overpass - 50% wins.

Interestingly, the European squad has once again stopped playing on the Inferno map.

Form Monte

The 26th ranked team in the world only recently won CCT West Europe Series 2 and ESL Challenger League Season 44 Europe to become the grandmaster among TIER-2.

Even here, however, there were some shortcomings, as in every match Monte found moments to squander the initiative. So it happened in the Open Qualification for IEM Dallas 2023, where the team inconsistently lost.

Still, the Ukrainian team managed to win the CCT Central Europe Series 5 again, but, to be fair, there the boys were playing with youth squads.

The latest results Monte:

• A 16-2 win over SHAPITO.
• A 0-2 loss to Ninjas in Pyjamas.
• 2-0 win over ECSTATIC.
• Beat BIG Academy 2-0.
• 2-1 win over Spirit Academy.

Best maps Monte:

• Anubis - 85% wins.
• Mirage - 74% wins.
• Vertigo - 67% wins.
• Overpass - 60% wins.
• Ancient - 58% wins.
• Nuke - 55% wins.

It should not be forgotten that the Ukrainian team is also giving up Inferno.

Meeting statistics ENCE - Monte

In the current season the teams played one meeting - in the closed qualification for IEM Rio 2023, the victory went to ENCE (2-1).

Forecast for the ENCE - Monte

I don't think Monte have enough ideas to cope with the fast style of ENCE. And sAw's charges have improved markedly in recent months, revising their structure.

All in all, we'll have to see for now, but at Long Cognegg the Ukrainian squad doesn't seem like a contender to crush the favourites. So in this case I would recommend betting on an ENCE team win.