Eternal Fire and ex-Finest will compete for a vacant ticket to the Elisa Invitational Fall 2022 semi-finals. Personally, I can hardly believe in the victory of the Turkish team, which has recently stopped playing altogether.
In turn, I also do not expect anything special from ex-Finest, but, as we see, the team can beat Sprout. Therefore, it is logical to believe in a card from an outsider, since the favorite is not his own now.
Eternal Fire Form
The nineteenth team of the world ranking played terribly at IEM Road to Rio 2022 European RMR A. Moreover, the Turkish team got only one victory there, after which they made changes in the roster.
Then Eternal Fire played as part of the ESL Challenger at DreamHack Rotterdam 2022, where she even managed to leave the group. And yet the team is much weaker than ENCE, which was shown by the semi-finals.
From the latter, the team flew out of the quarterfinals of BLAST Premier Fall Showdown 2022 Europe, and also played ingloriously in the playoffs of CCT South Europe Series 1 and CCT North Europe Series 1. In general, this is not the team you can bet on.
Latest Eternal Fire results:
- Victory over Movistar Riders with a score of 2:0.
- Lost to ENCE with a score of 1:2.
- Defeated by Astralis with a score of 1:2.
- Lost to Websterz 1:2.
- Defeated by IKLA with a score of 1:2.
Best Eternal Fire maps:
- Vertigo - 71% of wins.
- Nuke - 69% of wins.
- Inferno - 67% of wins.
- Dust 2 - 57% win rate
Let's not forget that the Turkish team has long abandoned the Ancient map.
ex-finest form
The 57th team in the world ranking made it to the Elisa Invitational Fall 2022 playoffs on their own. Then the Swedish-Polish team went to the ESL Challenger League Season 42 Europe Relegation, where they got two confident victories and made it to the group stage of the next season.
Of the very last ex-Finest, she performed at Svenska Cupen 2022, where she limited herself to only the third line. Well, the day before, the team successfully started in the playoffs, having managed to beat Sprout.
Latest ex-Finest results:
- Victory over ECLOT with a score of 2:0.
- Victory over Aurora with a score of 2:0.
- Defeated by EYEBALLERS with a score of 0:2.
- Victory over Lilmix with a score of 2:0.
- Victory over Sprout with a score of 2:1.
Best ex-Finest cards:
- Dust 2 - 67% of wins.
- Inferno - 67% of wins.
- Overpass - 67% of wins.
- Ancient - 56% of wins.
In turn, the team continues to avoid the Nuke map.
Eternal Fire — ex-Finest meeting statistics
Within the framework of the current season, the teams had one meeting - at Pinnacle Cup IV, the victory went to ex-Finest (2:1).
Prediction for the match Eternal Fire — ex-Finest
I won't even talk about the cards, because the Turkish team in its current state can lose absolutely everywhere, and to anyone. In turn, the Swedish-Polish team can unpleasantly surprise Eternal Fire, again, with an eye to all the opponent's problems. Therefore, in this case, I would recommend betting on Handicap by cards (+1.5) for the ex-Finest team.
