ENCE eSports vs Made in Brazil

ENCE ranked #4 from Finland are clashing against team MIBR ranked #15 from Brazil in the IEM Chicago 2019 that has eight teams competing for the prize pool of $250,000. This tournament is played on LAN in Chicago, Illinois, the United States of America and this is best of 3 semi-final type of match.

ENCE map highlights in the previous three months: Train is at 77,8% win rate on nine played maps - WON/DREW/LOSS - 7/0/2, Nuke 75,0% on 12 played maps 9/0/3, Mirage 71,4% on seven played maps 5/0/2, Dust2 50,0% on four played maps 2/0/2, Overpass 44,4% on nine played maps 4/0/5, and Inferno with 40,0% win rate on five played maps 2/0/3.

ENCE played eight maps in July and won five, converted, they played four matches and won two. In June they played nine maps and won seven; in other words, they played four games and won three. During May they played 29 maps and won 17, converted, they played 22 games and won 13.

Pistol performance in the recent 100 days both on online & offline events / tournaments goes to team MIBR who have 55,9% win rating total over team ENCE who have 52,5% total.

MIBR map performance in the last three months: Cache is at 100,0% win rate on only one played map - WIN/TIED/LOST - 1/0/0, Vertigo 100,0% on two played maps 2/0/0, Overpass 76,9% on 13 played maps 10/0/3, Mirage 64,7% on 17 played maps 11/1/5, Train 62,5% on eight played maps 5/0/3, Nuke 50,0% on six played maps 3/0/3, Inferno 33,3% on 12 played maps 4/0/8, and Dust2 with 28,6% win rate on seven played maps 2/0/5.

MIBR played 17 maps in July and won six (with one tied map), converted, they played ten matches and won three. In June they played 12 maps and won five, converted, they played six games and won two. In May they played 30 maps and won 22, in other words, they played 13 games and won 11. During April they played seven maps and won five, converted, they played four games and won three.

OK, so big tournament with a lot of surprises. ENCE finished as 1st in Group B with two wins and +1 round difference with +6 points, while MIBR were 2nd placed in Group A with two wins, one loss, a round difference of +0 and six points. The loser here will get $25k, and the winner will get another chance to fight for a prize of $125k or the secured $50k. ENCE is heavily favored, and that is with a good reason because MIBR benched coldzera and "zews" will stand-in for them in this matchup. Head-to-head the score is 1-0 for ENCE, and they played in march this year where ENCE won 16-9 on Train.

I believe that MIBR can snatch one map here, because ENCE lost 14, 12, 14, 7, 16, 12, 16 rounds in their last three games, which is quite a lot, so there is definitely a chance to win one map, so my bet will be a +1,5 handicap on MIBR.

Good luck to all who bet, and don't forget to gamble responsibly!