KOI vs FURIA Esports Prediction: Betting on the Spanish team

Prediction for the match between KOI and FURIA Esports which will take place on March 18. Who will turn out to be stronger? Check the team conditions! Several betting options are available.

The Spanish team started the major with a terrible performance against SAW in the Iberian derby and then lost to ENCE in overtime. KOI's chances of advancing to the main stage were noticeably reduced. The CS2 community was counting on the team.

It was strange that KOI was so highly ranked among the popular personalities in Counter-Strike. The team has no recent accomplishments: on the domestic scene, they are consistently inferior to SAW, can't make it to tier-1 tournaments through open qualifications, and came to RMR largely due to lucky seeding. Wins over 3DMAX and Fnatic in its current state are at the tier-2 level. KOI doesn't play Mirage and prefers to take Vertigo or Nuke for the first pick. They have a lot of practice on these maps and have winrates above 60%. The team has a good mappool overall, except the lack of matches against good teams. The January win against Team Spirit was the first game for Dragons in the new lineup, and there were no more successes against tier-1 teams. Liquipedia has a list of KOI matches in 2024, and there are top 50 and top 100 teams but a very small selection of battles against CS2 grands. And that would be fine if you ignore the fact that in the days of Movistar Riders, this roster was much more likely to fight a level higher.

So, clashes with tier-2 teams like SAW and ENCE became very difficult. And unfortunately, KOI looks absolutely lost in the matches. The team lost both BO1s on signature Nuke, which shows that the Spanish-Portuguese team is out of shape and not ready to fight for high places even in the Opening Stage.

FURIA Esports is the main disappointment of the first game day of the Major. The Brazilians were expected to lose in the derby against Legacy, but the defeat by China's Lynn Vision was expected by absolutely no one.

The match against the Chinese was full of some curious highlighters. ArT almost got slaughtered, the Brazilians lost a crucial round of five against two with pistols, and the defense side on Nuke failed altogether. By the way, the ST side wins 55% of the time on Nuke, but it doesn't work for FURIA Esports. The transfer of FalleN is hard to call successful - the star captain plays well only in regional tournaments, and at international events, his KDA is consistently negative. In general, only KSCERATO and yuurih give impact here, but the efforts of the two players are not enough for big wins.

FURIA Esports might be the most ambiguous team of the first half of 2024. On the one hand, in December 2023, before the New Year holiday, the Brazilians took the Elise Masters Espoo 2023 and brought the organization its first serious trophy in many years. At the same time, they lost to the Chinese at a major and are on the brink of elimination. The individual level of the individual players is very high, but they can't convert it into results.

In matches with a balance of 0:2, it is difficult to predict the victory of one of the teams because both play badly in Copenhagen. Bookmakers believe in FURIA Esports, but the tag alone does not make the Brazilians clear favorites. In this meeting, we want to believe only in KSCERATO and its efforts.