G2 Esports vs Eternal Fire Prediction: Turks Face an Irresistible Force

Prediction for the ESL Pro League Season 17 G2 Esports vs Eternal Fire match will take place on February 22th. Who will turn out to be stronger? Check the team conditions! Several betting options are available.

It will be in first place in the HLTV rating. In the fall of 2022, replacing Aleksib with HooXi could be another failure of G2 Esports management, but the real problem was far from the Dane. After the defeat at the RMR qualifications for the IEM Rio Major 2022, there were changes in the coach's slot, a turning point in the organization's history. Three years later, the organization started winning S-Class tournaments again.

G2 Esports won titles at BLAST Premier: World Final 2022 and IEM Katowice 2023 and quickly passed BLAST Premier: Spring Groups 2023. The team reached a 21-match winning streak in the final Polish tournament, the second win streak in history. Now the five players' playing form is at an excessive level. Four of them entered the top 15 of the individual rating of IEM Katowice 2023, and HooXi dragged the decisive map of the grand final against Heroic on his character. G2 wins two pistol rounds out of three in 60% of rounds, relies on multi-kills in 0.84 rounds, implements 5x4 situations in 82%, and multiplies 4x5 in 37% of cases. In most metrics, these are phenomenal indicators for tier-1.

The team is on a considerable rise. Aggressive rounds turn out well. There is no discomfort on long draws. No team in the last three months has made G2 Esports tense up. There is no reason for a sharp decline in form, so this team is considered the winner in Group A.

The Turkish team has been playing steadily at tier-2 level for the past two years and periodically gives resistance to top opponents. The XANTARES team has made significant progress, which allowed it to win the CCT Central Europe Malta Finals.

The statistics of the last tournament say that the victory of Eternal Fire happened contrary to all forecasts. The team implemented 70% of 5x4 situations; according to this indicator, many opponents looked better. The Turks have implemented less than 50% of pistol rounds. At the same time, in 22% of cases, it turned out to be profitable to exchange on trades, and in 55% of open duels, to emerge victorious. In terms of the quality of the game, this is far from the best team, but the opponents just came up in even worse conditions. According to the individual game, XANTARES stood out again – the individual HLTV rating was 1.28 with a difference of kills to kills +54 (the imoRR teammate has the same distinction, but a rating of 1.18).

Despite the victory, the chances of Eternal Fire at ESL Pro League 17 are low. Four tier-1 teams will compete to enter the next stage at once. But, seeing the whole further path of Eternal Fire, we can safely assume that the Turks will play only in the group stage.

The HooXi team is a favorite. G2 Esports did not feel any resistance at the major, and in a match with a less-class opponent, it can allow them to play half their strength. The Turks will try to fight, but the individual level is very different.