Match Prediction: forZe - Aurora | Counter-Strike (CS2)
Skyesports Masters 2024In the semifinals of the winner of Skyesports Masters 2024 will meet representatives of such teams as FORZE Esports and Aurora Gaming. The winner will go to the final of the grid, and the loser will go down to the bottom of the grid. The format of the match - bo3. What should we expect from this confrontation? Let's find out.
In this betting thread you will find out how the participants of this match performed during the previous year, how they played their previous professional tournament, as well as how this match will end.
FORZE Esports uniforms
FORZE Esports had a fairly busy previous season, although they were not noted for their success at LAN tournaments. The first good achievement of the team was the 5th-8th place at ESL Pro League Season 17, which provided FORZE with $35,000. Silver on BetBoom Playlist. Urbanistic brought the team $75,000 in prize money. Top 6 on BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023: European RMR B allowed FORZ Esports to qualify for the only Major tournament of the year, but the players didn't stay there for long, finishing 17th-19th in the standings. FORZE then finished in 3rd-4th place on the BetBoom Playlist. Freedom, earning another $10,000. The main achievement of the team for the year was the victory at CCT Online Finals #1. The championship added an impressive $100,000 in prize money to the organisation's coffers. At ESL Challenger Katowice 2023, the team finished in the top 4 and earned an additional $10,000. At the end of ESL Challenger League Season 46: Europe FORZE were one step away from the championship, receiving $12,000 for the second place. The current year was not very successful for the team, as FORZE failed to qualify for PGL Major Copenhagen 2024: European Qualifier B. They finished in fourth place at the Intel Extreme Masters League Season 46: Europe. The fourth place at Intel Extreme Masters Chengdu 2024: European Qualifier also prevented the team from travelling to China for a major LAN tournament. In addition, FORZE Esports failed to qualify for ESL Challenger at DreamHack Melbourne 2024 and Intel Extreme Masters Dallas 2024. The victory in Skyesports Masters 2024: European Qualifier ensured the players' participation in the main part of the online competition.
Earlier FORZE Esports took part in ESL Challenger at DreamHack Summer 2024: European Open Qualifier. According to the results of the qualifier draw, the first opponent of FORZE was the team GUN5 Esports. The victory with a score of 13-11 on the map Inferno took the team to the next round of qualifiers. There FORZE Esports defeated Team Secret with the result 13-9 on the map Mirage. But Team 500 was too difficult a test for the players. In the next match FORZE lost with the score 9-13 and left the qualification.
FORZE Esports started the Skyesports Masters 2024 with a win over ENCE in a full bo3 series (Mirage - 13-10, Anubis - 3-13, Ancient - 16-13), which allowed them to reach the semi-finals of the top grid.
FORZE Esports recent results stats:
- 2-1 win over ENCE
- Defeat by 3DMAX with the score 0:2
- 2:1 win over Team Space
- 9-13 defeat of 500
- 13-9 win over Team Secret
Aurora Gaming uniforms
Last year, Aurora Gaming were active in various online events and didn't really attend LAN championships. In the first months Lack1 and his teammates became champions of CCT South Europe Series #2 and CCT South Europe Series #3, earning a total of $44,000 in prize money. Seventh place at BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023: European RMR Qualifier B allowed the players to head to BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023: European RMR Qualifier B, where Aurora Gaming took 9th-11th place. At BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023: European RMR Decider Lack1 and the team finished in 4th-6th place in the standings, which prevented them from winning the only invitation to the Major tournament. The team also won silver on the BetBoom Playlist. Freedom, earning $30,000 in prize money. The victory in ESL Challenger League Season 45 Relegation: Europe secured the players a place in the 46th season of the league. Aurora finished in the top 3 of CCT Online Finals #2, earning $25,000. Towards the end of the year the team took part in the Roobet Cup 2023, where they took 3-4th place and earned $15,000. And the silver medal at CCT Online Finals #5 added $40,000 to the team's account. The 2024th Long Season started for Aurora Gaming with a failure at PGL Major Copenhagen 2024: European Qualifier B and Intel Extreme Masters Chengdu 2024: European Open Qualifier #2. After that, Aurora were one step away from travelling to BLAST Premier: Spring Showdown 2024, finishing in second place at RES Eastern European Masters: Spring 2024. A win at the ESL Challenger at DreamHack Melbourne 2024: European Closed Qualifier earned the team a trip to the LAN tournament. Aurora Gaming also won the Skyesports Grand Slam 2024, a four-team LAN event in India, earning $28,500 for the win.
The previous professional tournament for Aurora Gaming was the ESL Challenger at DreamHack Summer 2024: European Open Qualifier. Lack1 and team started qualifying with a 13-4 win over Astralis Talent on the Ancient map. The team then defeated DMS on the same Ancient map with a score of 13-6. Aurora then faced the AURA mix, which Lack1 and his teammates defeated 13-9 on the Mirage map. In the decisive match Aurora Gaming faced Metizport. The victory in the full bo3 series (Overpass - 13-6, Inferno - 10-13, Ancient - 13-9) ensured the players a place in the closed European qualification.
The first opponent of Aurora Gaming at Skyesports Masters 2024 was OG. A 2-0 victory (Overpass - 13-7, Ancient - 13-9) ensured Aurora's passage to the semi-finals.
Statistics of the latest results of Aurora Gaming:
- 2:1 win over Metizport
- 2:0 win over OG
- 1-13 defeat of 1win
- 2-0 win over Ninjas in Pyjamas
- 2-0 win over Ninjas in Pyjamas
Match History FORZE Esports - Aurora Gaming
Recently, the participants of this confrontation have played against each other three times. Two matches ended with FORZE Esports' victory, and at the recent ESL Challenger at DreamHack Melbourne 2024: European Closed Qualifier Aurora Gaming defeated FORZE with the score 2:1 (Nuke - 14-16, Mirage - 13-10, Overpass - 13-10).
Predicted result of the match FORZE Esports - Aurora Gaming
FORZE Esports beat their opponent more often in recent matches, and both teams debuted at the tournament with a win. But we can not say that we can distinguish a clear favourite in this confrontation. Let's bet on the total of cards more than 2.5.
Bookmakers & Statistics
Aurora are listed as the favorites of the match in the majority of bookmakers and odds on them are equal to 1.263. forZe, in turn, are the outsiders of the match. Odds on their victory are about 4.631.
How the teams played in the last matches
Last Matches | forZe | Aurora |
5 matches (wins) | 4 | 4 |
10 matches (wins) | 7 | 8 |
Gamblers will definitely be interested in the statistics of personal meetings between the teams. The competitors have held 6 matches. And forZe won 4 times while Aurora correspondingly became the winner 2 times.