ENCE vs. K23, Preview, & Prediction - Free 6/19 CS: GO
ENCE hopes to win their third tournament this year while K23 will be going for their first since the year started. The winner of this Saturday’s match progresses to the grand final of the Funspark ULTI 2021 Europe Playoffs.
ENCE Team Stats and Latest Results
ENCE team is currently ranked 27th and has been among the top 30 teams for 13 weeks. They progressed to the Funspark ULTI 2021 Europe Playoffs 1 after defeating HAVU in the opening round and HYENAS at the upper semis. Considering their performance in the previous tournaments, they won Pelaajatcom Series Showoff 2021 and LOOT.BET Season 9 where they were awarded $25,000. Other than that, they were also part of the European Development Championship 3 and Elisa Invitational Spring 2021 and finished 2nd and 3rd respectively. They are currently in a good state because they have only lost 1 match out of their last 8 events. The win rate is 56.7%.
Over the last 3 months, they have never lost any match on Vertigo (100.0%) and displayed an impressive performance on Mirage (66.7%), Nuke (60.0%), and Train (57.9%). They had an average performance on Overpass (50.0%) and below-average performance on Dust2 (44.4%) and Inferno (36.4%). The team lineup consists of Snappi (0.98), doto (1.00), dycha (1.10), hades (1.27), and Spinx (1.09).
K23 Team Stats and Latest Results
K23 Team is currently ranked 36th. Despite the impressive world rankings, the team has only reached two finals since the year started. They won the European Development Championship 1 in December 2020 and were awarded $17,500. Other than that, they finished 3-4th at the Funspark ULTI 2021 Europe Regional Series 1 and 1-2nd at the IEM Summer 2021 Open Qualifier 1. Considering their performance in the last 8 matches, they have won 4 matches and lost 4 matches. They hold a win rate of 59.5%.
In the last 3 months, map statistics show that the Kazakhstan team didn’t lose any matches on Train (100.0%) and Ancient (100.0%). At the same time, they displayed a good performance on Overpass (63.0%), Mirage (58.3%), Inferno (57.1%), and Dust2 (52.6%). They failed to execute better performance on Nuke (37.5%) and Vertigo (16.7%). K23 Team has maintained one lineup since February which has featured in 110 maps. The lineup consists of AdreN (0.97), mou (1.09), neaLaN (0.99), n0rb3r7 (1.15), and fame (1.13).
ENCE vs. K23 H2H Record
Head-to-head statistics show that both teams have met on 3 occasions. ENCE has 2 wins against K23’s one win.
ENCE vs. K23 Betting Preview
Both teams are currently in a good shape because ENCE has 3 match win streak while K23 has 2 match win streak. When we consider world rankings, map stats, and lineup quality, ENCE is the better side and has been projected as the favorite by different bookies. Nevertheless, we want to consider the previous performances at the “Funspark series” and based on this criteria, we believe K23 has a better chance, after finishing 3-4th at the Funspark ULTI 2021 Europe Regional Series 1 and 5-8th at the second series. For this match, our prediction is K23 to win but ENCE will snatch one map, leading to over 2.5 bet.
The Pick: ENCE to win/ Over 2.5
