The MongolZ vs Eternal Fire Prediction: the Turks still have difficulties

Prediction for the match between The MongolZ and Eternal Fire which will take place on August 9. Who will turn out to be stronger? Check the team conditions! Several betting options are available.

From the meeting with FlyQuest the audience expected three maps, overtime and other events typical of close series. Both teams were worthy of participation in the main stage, which made it doubly unexpected to see a one-gate game and a complete defeat by the Mongols. It seems that this team is in serious mood to show another leap above their heads and confident performance not only at the LAN-tournament of tier-2 level, but also at the main event of the summer.

Among the teams that have played 5 or more maps in the play-in stage, The MongolZ is second only to Complexity in terms of average Rating 2.0, but the balance of power in the Mongolian team is especially noteworthy. Four roster players have ratings in the range of 1.12-1.15, which is a bit of a safety net if one of the leaders doesn't perform well. The team's only loss against SAW came in a scenario where both Senzu and Techno were the worst players in the series. The likelihood of such a scenario happening again against Eternal Fire is there, but it is very slim.

The dry defeat of Complexity showed that Eternal Fire has nothing to offer at the top tournaments to the teams that are consistently fighting at the level of top-10 HLTV rankings. Teams of this echelon are good structurally, which we mentioned in the prediction for the last game, correctly favouring the American team. The unfortunate news for Eternal Fire is that The MongolZ is not a good matchup for them: the Mongols have a solid structure and a very recent history of beating the Turks.

There is simply no obvious reason why Eternal Fire looks like an outsider in the fight for the last slot. Even XANTARES, as usual, is leading the statistical rankings throughout the tournament. If the Turkish team really fails this time too, one important conclusion can be drawn: Eternal Fire doesn't have the tools to overcome the barriers of the top tournaments. Their current strengths are only enough to dominate against dash-2 level opponents.

The match against Complexity showed that the Turks still have difficulties against teams that outplay them tactically rather than individually. Unfortunately for Eternal Fire, The MongolZ is still the kind of team that can repeat the scenario of two weeks ago. In India, a fairly close encounter ended in favour of the Mongols, although the scoreline was dry and did not reflect the intensity of the fight. In Cologne, Eternal Fire can count on one card taken at the expense of skill, but the series as a whole is likely to go back to The MongolZ.