Team Liquid vs ENCE Match Prediction

On September 10 at 17:30 EEST, Team Liquid will face ENCE in the group stage of ESL Pro League Season 20 for Counter-Strike 2. The match will be a best-of-3 series.

Team Liquid has shown strong performance at top-tier events recently, with an average rating of 6.2. They finished 7th-8th at IEM Cologne 2024 and qualified for IEM Rio 2024. In their last five matches, they won three, defeating FLUFFY AIMERS twice and Legacy once, but lost to Legacy again and FaZe Clan. Their form is solid, but they need to improve consistency.

ENCE, however, is struggling. They haven’t participated in major tournaments recently and failed to qualify for the European RMR for the Shanghai Major. ENCE has lost four of their last five matches, with their only win against Enterprise. The team lacks a clear playstyle and systematic approach.

Map Pool

Team Liquid typically bans Vertigo (31 times in the past six months) and favours maps like Ancient (94% win rate), Dust2 (86%), and Anubis (69%). They are expected to ban Vertigo and choose between Ancient and Anubis.

ENCE consistently bans Inferno (32 times) and prefers Ancient, though their win rate on it is only 30%. They perform better on Vertigo (63%) and Nuke (50%), so they might choose one of these. The deciding map, if necessary, could be Mirage.

In their last meeting in May, Team Liquid won against ENCE. Both teams have changed significantly since, but Liquid may have a psychological edge.

ESL Pro League Season 20 is taking place from September 3 to 22 in Malta, with a prize pool of $750,000.