Group C
FURIA Esports vs Team Liquid
Format: BO3
30.04.2024 20:30
Prediction for the match between FURIA Esports and Team Liquid which will take place on April 30. Who will turn out to be stronger? Check the team conditions! Several betting options are available.
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FURIA Esports has officially lost its status as the best team in Brazil. This has not happened in the history of the organisation for a very long time. FalleN team took 15-16th place at PGL Copenhagen Major 2024, last place at the local LAN - Global Esports Tour Rio de Janeiro 2024, 9-12th place at IEM Chengdu 2024. FURIA Esports started experimenting with academy players and expelled veteran arT.
Most unfortunate for the bunch of KSCERATO and yuurih. Both came at the dawn of their career in FURIA Esports, won many titles and deserved timely reinforcements and fresh, young and strong players. The organisation has been opting for media personalities - FalleN's move certainly doesn't look like an option for reinforcements. Of course, the experienced sniper helped the team win Elisa Masters Espoo 2023, but the potential of FURIA Esports is much higher than winning tier-2 tournaments (once every couple of years) and rare tussles with tier-1.5 opponents. But KSCERATO and yuurih remain loyal to the organisation and refuse Team Liquid, saying that the team will still compete for major trophies.
ESL Pro League Season 19 will once again see the debut of kye, a FURIA Esports academy player. Kaike has been waiting 15 months for his chance in the main roster, and recently played his first matches at the Global Esports Tour Rio de Janeiro 2024. Even though his debut was the most unsuccessful in the organisation's history, youngsters do need to gain experience. Right now, no one expects FURIA Esports to suddenly take the top spot in the group.
Team Liquid
Liquid can not boast stable results on the CS2 tier-1 stage. The new cadiaN team climbed into the top 20 in the latest HLTV rankings update, but only finished 5th-6th at IEM Chengdu 2024 and failed to qualify for Esports World Cup 2024, once again losing to M80. Team Liquid can't even dominate in North America - should we expect impressive success at ESL Pro League Season 19?
Everyone is surprised by YEKINDAR's poor form - the Latvian was objectively the best player on Team Liquid in 2023, dragging the team to the playoffs of major events and twice playing in grand finals. But the solifl showed that YEKINDAR was not the only one who made the team strong in the past: EliGE is carrying Complexity, NAF is working in Team Liquid as well as before. The transition of star newcomers has significantly affected Marek's position - Twistzz has become the star player, and the Latvian often plays under the first shootouts. However, not only YEKINDAR is slumping, but also cadiaN. Kasper in principle was rarely quoted as a top sniper, but even in Heroic he looked much better than in Team Liquid.
If before the summer Liquid don't figure out how to make the mechanism efficient and return to the elite on a stable basis, another high-profile decider awaits in the summer. Now is the best time to show good results - in Group C you can safely reach the finals of the upper grid, and the top-12 of ESL Pro League Season 19 will be a good support for future tournaments.
Expert Betting Tips
Bookmakers make the favourite in this meeting Team Liquid for objective reasons. FURIA Esports will play with a substitute, and before that the Brazilians were in very bad shape, and KSCERATO and yuurih can not always pull out matches together. Liquid had a lot of time to prepare, in addition, there is a moral component - it is time to avenge the offensive defeat at RMR.