Katowice 2019 Predictions

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Our second betting prediction for the IEM Katowice 2019 quarter-finals. To be honest, no one was expecting Australian team to make it this far, but here they are, on the verge of pulling off an insane upset on the first CSGO Major of 2019.

We here at Esportsbettingtipster.com are presenting you with the best IEM Katowice 2019 betting odds on the market. You can also read our in-depth betting prediction for the quarter-finals match.

MIBR vs Renegades

Both of these teams advance through to The New Champions Stage of IEM Katowice 2019 in somehow dominating fashion. MIBR and Renegades secured their playoffs status with 3-1 scores in The New Legends Stage.

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Katowice 2019 Predictions Football

• Form

Given the fact that both of these teams advanced with a 3-1 scoreline, we still have a great pattern of their game plan and current form.

• MIBR

Let’s start with the Brazilian roster. MIBR had an awful opening match against Cloud9. They were battered heavily and to be honest they simply did not have enough time to get a hold of that game. Cloud9 ran away with the game, hence why MIBR only won 3 rounds.

After their bad showing in the opening match, MIBR stepped up against ever so dangerous compLexity. North Americans had nothing to beat MIBR with, and they were easily dismantled with a final score, 16-9.

This victory propelled MIBR to win their next best-of-1 match against G2. Even though this G2 is nowhere near the old roster, they still put up a good fight. However, MIBR was in control throughout the entire match and they advanced to the 2-1 bracket with this victory.

Lastly, MIBR was matched against NiP in their advancement match. From my perspective, this was the easiest match for MIBR so far on IEM Katowice 2019. Brazilians stomped NiP on their map pick, Train. However, they fell off for a short period of time, but it was still enough to grab that 2-0 victory and seal their spot in The New Champions Stage.

• Renegades

After hammering everyone on The New Challengers Stage, all of us CSGO bettors were expecting Renegades to be eliminated without a fight. This is not what happened, and Renegades stunned the entire CSGO scene.

In their opening match, Australian roster edged out ENCE on Inferno. However, this match could have gone either way and Renegades was definitely a bit lucky in their opener.

Katowice 2019 Predictions Live

After joining the 1-0 bracket, Renegades was matched against FaZe. Boy did they deliver! They were firing on all cylinders in that match and they simply left FaZe without a chance. Even though the final result did not suggest that Renegades was the better team throughout the entire game.

After climbing the bracket, Renegades only had to win one more game to seal their playoffs status. However, they had Astralis in front of themselves. Even though Aussies pulled of an incredible comeback against the reigning kings, it was not enough to clinch them the series. They only won 11 rounds over the course of two next maps, and they found themselves in a 2-1 bracket.

In their final match, Renegades played against Vitality. Even though we had quite a competitive game in front of ourselves, Vitality simply had no answer for certain Renegades strategies. Even though Renegades lost Dust 2, they still looked really scary on that map. With this victory, Renegades qualified for The New Champions Stage of IEM Katowice 2019.

Head-To-Head

These two teams faced off on a total of 10 maps. MIBR has a huge lead with 8 victories to their name. On the other hand, Renegades has only won against MIBR 2 times. Another important thing about this bout is that out of last 3 times MIBR and Renegades played against each other, Renegades won twice.

Australians were successful on both Inferno and Train. On the other hand, the majority of MIBR’s victories came on Cache. Inferno is also a go-to map for MIBR against Renegades, and we will discuss this further in the Map Pool section.

Map Pool

MIBR did not play a lot of matches in the last 3 months, so predicting map veto is going to be hard in this one. However, they were always avoiding Nuke and there is no way these changes against Renegades. On the other hand, Australians do not play Overpass, and this is their permaban for sure.

On to the good maps for both of these teams. MIBR always thrived on Inferno, Mirage, and Train. These were always rock-solid maps for the Brazilian roster. However, they have not been so good on Inferno in the last couple of meetings, so they should definitely avoid this map against Renegades

Renegades is stellar on Inferno, and this is definitely their best map. Furthermore, they will get this map into the map pool, and if they do not opt for it, they are crazy. This is their best chance of snatching victory in this best-of-3 series. Furthermore, Cache is another map that fits Renegades playstyle. Lastly, Renegades do not shy away from Train and Mirage either.

MAP VETO PREDICTION

• MIBR remove Nuke
• Renegades remove Overpass
• MIBR pick Train
• Renegades pick Inferno
• MIBR remove Cache
• Renegades remove Dust 2
• Mirage is left as a decider

Summary

This is going to be a great best-of-3 series. From my perspective, I am clueless when it comes to the final outcome. However, I believe that we will see all three maps in this one. There are a couple of reasons for that.

Firstly, map pools are so different for both of these teams that we simply can not see anyone taking it in 2 maps.

Secondly, both MIBR and Renegades are in great form, and they will definitely be on top of their game. In conclusion, if both teams do not make a lot of mistakes on their map picks, I can see a decider in this one.

Betting prediction: Total maps, Over 2.5
Odds: 1.95
Bookmaker:Betway
Date: March 1st, 16:00 CEST

What are IEM events?

The Intel Extreme Masters, commonly referred to as IEM, is one of ESL’s two top level tournament circuits. Typically, each event offers a prizepool above $250,000 and features 16 teams competing in two eight-team GSL-style groups. IEM events are part of the ESL Pro Tour, with each situated at the Masters level or above.

IEM Katowice, also known as the World Championship, has $500,000 in prize pool and will be the first Masters Championship of the ESL Pro Tour. Teams qualified through winning the final three ESL Pro Tour events of 2019, invites or through the traditional qualifier structure.

IEM Katowice odds

The odds below represent the opening matches for IEM Katowice. For a complete list of odds for IEM Katowice, head over to our CS:GO section.

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Gunning for glory: Astralis, Natus Vincere, mousesports, Team Liquid

Astralis headline Group A, and are overall the headline team for IEM Katowice. According to HLTV.org’s rankings they remain the best team in the world, owing to their end-of-2019 form where they won three of the four LAN finals they competed in, including IEM Beijing. While their 2020 has started slowly, falling out of their BLAST Premier group in last place, the team remain dangerous.

In Group A, Fnatic, FaZe and Vitality are all in contention for that third playoff spot, all having players who, at one point, lifted Major trophies.

The Danes are the current reigning IEM Katowice champions, having won 2019’s edition while it was classed as a Valve Major. Despite their failure to advance at the year’s first event, and only winning one map all weekend, Nicolai 'dev1ce' Reedtz was still one of the tournament’s top performers, holding a 1.09 rating. Astralis are set to face the new Cloud9 team in their opening match of group A.

Na`Vi came out victorious in the second group of BLAST Premier, coming back from an opening match loss to Vitality. The performance in that opening match, alongside finishing as runners-up at the ICE challenge, evidently lit a fire underneath Oleksandr 's1mple' Kostyliev in his quest to return to being the number one player in the world.

s1mple lost his title at the start of this year to Vitality’s Mathieu 'ZywOo' Herbaut after his explosive debut year. s1mple’s backbreaking performances against Astralis, Vitality and Complexity earned him a 1.36 rating over the entire group. Him and Denis 'electronic' Sharipov, who earned the MVP award at the ICE Challenge, remain Na`Vi’s most dangerous players and will pose a serious challenge for FaZe, who they meet in the opening match.

mousesports’ slow rise to the top after rebuilding culminated in winning three of their final four events of 2019, winning the first LAN event of 2020 which saw them recently top ESL’s World Rankings before IEM Katowice. The team, led by Finn 'karrigan' Andersen, secured their place in Poland after winning the ESL Pro League finals. They’re currently revelling in the performances of youngsters David 'frozen' Čerňanský and Robin 'ropz' Kool, who came off the ICE Challenge with high ratings, 1.24 and 1.21 respectively.

Liquid are coming off the back of securing a place at the BLAST Premier having finished second in their group after losing to FaZe in two best-of-threes. This continues the form that they finished 2019 off with, a string of second place finishes at S-Tier events.

Jonathan 'EliGE' Jablonowski still acts as the team’s main fragging outlet, and during BLAST Premier he finished as the fifth highest performer of Group A, the highesst non-FaZe player. Alongside Russel 'Twistzz' Van Dulken, Liquid retain strong fragging power and should easily beat their opening match opponents Virtus.pro.

Dark Horses: Fnatic, FaZe, Vitality, EG, G2, 100 Thieves

In Group A, Fnatic, FaZe and Vitality are all in contention for that third playoff spot. All of the teams hold players who, at one point, lifted Major trophies. Fnatic share the most trophies of these three, with Robin 'flusha' Rönnquist and Jesper 'JW' Wecksell sharing three and Freddy 'KRIMZ' Johansson being a part of two of them. FaZe have two players, Marcelo 'coldzera' David and Olof 'olofmeister' Kajbjer, both with two titles each. Vitality have two players with one title each, Richard 'shox' Papillon and Dan 'apEX' Madesclaire.

Astralis are the current reigning IEM Katowice champions, having won 2019’s edition while it was classed as a Valve Major.

The teams all have a strong base of talent, especially if you add the likes of Nikola 'NiKo' Kovač and ZywOo to that list of names. They are still narrowly behind their fellow group mates in placings, but all could cause an upset and force their way into the playoffs. FaZe would have the first chance at this, as they’re set to take on Na`Vi in their opening match.

Katowice 2019 Predictions Espn

Group B’s dark horses are Evil Geniuses, G2 and 100 Thieves. All of these three hold fifth, eighth and tenth respectively in the current HLTV.org top ten. Every one of these teams had strong competitive moments in 2019, the EG lineup lifted their first S-Tier titles during the year while G2 and 100 Thieves had strong finishes in other events. The Australians finished in the top four of the Major while the French squad picked up a number of second tier titles, a second place finish at ESL Pro League and a top four at ESL One New York.

• Read more: Looking at Astralis vs Liquid in 2019

The three teams all took part in the same BLAST Premier group, with 100 Thieves and EG finishing as the bottom two teams while G2 went through in first place. This event saw Kenny 'kennyS' Schrub evoke some form of old with a 1.27 rating, closely backed up by Nemanja 'huNter-' Kovač and Nemanja 'nexa' Isaković on their charge to victory.

The remaining teams

The remaining teams, NiP, TYLOO, Virtus.pro, MAD Lions, Cloud9 and Renegades, are all unlikely to make waves in Katowice. Barring MAD Lions, they all sit in the bottom five of the futures to take wins. Cloud9 and Virtus.pro saw themselves to a group exit at DreamHack Open Leipzig, an event where Renegades finished runners-up behind BIG. NiP were eliminated in the bottom two of their BLAST Premier group. TYLOO didn’t even initially qualify for the event, only taking up their place after Vici failed to secure visas for all of their players.

In the start of year form, only MAD Lions have a realistic shout of causing a large upset in Group B. Despite a disappointing third/fourth place in Leipzig, they attended the ICE challenge and only lost twice to eventual champions mousesports.

IEM Katowice will start on February 24 and last until March 1. All the action can be found on ESL's Twitch channel.

* Odds subject to change