Team Liquid vs FaZe Prediction: Team Liquid will take at least one map

Prediction for the Intel Extreme Masters Chengdu 2024 Team Liquid vs FaZe match which will take place on April 12th. Who will turn out to be stronger? Check the team conditions! Several betting options are available.

Team Liquid

Liquid is trying to return to the CS2 elite, and they have their first small success. Team Liquid made it to the playoffs of the IEM Chengdu 2024 before sending Heroic (8:13) and G2 Esports (2:1) to the bottom of the net. The match against MOUZ ended in a defeat (0:2), but cadiaN and company are not discouraged - a very important and decisive match against FaZe is coming up.

After the organization invited all the free stars to the roster, YEKINDAR's game faltered. Marek did not get the best roles in the new team - the role of a star player went to Twistzz, and Skullz played more comfortable positions. So it turns out that Latvians take unfamiliar places on maps and make many mistakes. There is also a problem with cadiaN - the captain is very unstable when shooting. In China, he could only perform excellently against Heroic (probably the match was too crucial for Kasper). Twistzzz and NAF can cover up Team Liquid's weaknesses and outshoot their opponents. Liquid had a fairly average statistical performance at IEM Chengdu 2024, with no exciting patterns.

Team Liquid made the playoffs, and that's great, but if it wasn't for FaZe as their quarterfinal opponent, we could speculate about a future win. Unfortunately, Liquid has not played enough against each other to defeat the top 1 team in the world. And YEKINDAR's performance is sorely lacking.

FaZe

Despite losing four consecutive grand finals, FaZe is the world's top 1 team. Recently, if the team reaches the final of IEM Chengdu 2024, they will become the record holder for title matches - eight in a row. In China, FaZe lost the series to Astralis (2:0) but beat Nemiga Gaming (13:8), Cloud9 (2:0), and FlyQuest (2:0). Will the Karrigan team play in the deciding match of the IEM Chengdu 2024?

At the Major, Ropz and Frost could not get going, and Broky often made the result. In China, the Riffler duo is on top again—Frost is in the top 10 of the individual ranking, and Ropz is close to it. FaZe is weak in the majority (70% win rate) but not lost in the minority (36%), equally effective in attack and defense. 

FaZe's strengths do not lie in statistics. In the playoffs, the team only makes mistakes in the final stages, and Karrigan is tired of it. FaZe has a lot of experience playing in front of fans, and the active support of the Chinese will not stop the players from doing their job. They will withstand both the onslaught of the Liquid and the cries of cadiaN.

Expert Betting Tips

The bookmakers expect FaZe to be the favorite. Before that, the teams met in BLAST Premier: Spring Groups 2024, and there, Liquid did not convince Karrigan of his claims on the tier-1 level. The games will be close, but it is unlikely that Team Liquid will take at least one map in this series.