FaZe Clan vs Cloud9

Ok, here we have a clash of clans!

Clan FaZe is playing against Cloud9 in the ELEAGUE Major 2018, this is the Grand final, and the match is played as best of 3.

To just pick FaZe here is an absolute must, since the odds for them are low as 1.36-1.46, and if we look at the past games these two teams played, we can see that FaZe won last eight matches.

Much is at stake, since the first place winner gets $500k and second only $150k, the difference is enormous and this fact will have a significant impact on this match.

That is why i will pick over 2.5 maps.

Why?

Ok let's look at the stats:

Cloud9 is playing with the support of the domestic crowd, that has proven to be a massive impact on the performance of the hosting team. Also, Cloud9 managed to win versus SK, so that is something to admire.

As far as i analyse this match i see that Cloud9 will VETO Nuke, FaZe will veto cobblestone, then Cloud9 will pick mirage, FaZe then will choose between inferno & cache.

Looking further at stats, we can see that FaZe won 4 maps played in their last matches, Overpass, Mirage, Overpass again and Train. And if we look at the percentages, FaZe has map distribution of 25.3% for Mirage, 19,0% for Train and Inferno. Cloud9 has a percentage of 28,6% for Mirage and 19,0% for Train and Cobble.

Pistol performance goes in favour of Cloud9, 61.1% and FaZe has 55.1% overall pistol performance.

Who loves stats? I sure do! Let's look at more raw data and convert it to quality info.

FaZe in their last 20 matches has won 16 and lost 4 with the win ratio of 80% and average opponent rank of #19.65

Cloud9 in their last 20 matches has won 14 and lost four games, with the win ratio of 70% and average opponent rank of #27.15

Even if we ignore that faze has two more wins, we can see here that FaZe has played versus much better teams than cloud9 in these 20 games.

I know that their last few matches have finished rather fast, with FaZe winning all games 2-0, but there is much at stake, so i strongly believe this match will have more than 2.5 maps played and that is my bet.

Quick preview:

Cloud9 is in insane form; they have the favour of the crowd, they won against SK and played like beasts.

FaZe is also in an insane form; they won last eight games, better map pool and overall veto process.

This is the Grand final match, so my suggestion is not to bet a lot of money, very risky game, both teams are good.