Prediction for paiN Gaming — Team Liquid ESL Pro League Season 17 21.03.2023

paiN Gaming vs. Team Liquid at ESL Pro League Season 17

paiN Gaming and Team Liquid will meet in the first round of the playoffs at ESL Pro League Season 17. Note that the winning team will advance to the 1/8 finals and fight with MOUZ.

paiN Gaming showed great results in the group stage, losing to only one opponent – Ninjas in Pajamas. Team Liquid, on the other hand, barely made it to the playoffs, winning at the last moment.

Team capability analysis

It is worth considering the specific strengths of each team. Team Liquid improved their game on the Nuke map, but paiN Gaming has traditionally performed well on this map. In addition, the North American team makes mistakes on other maps from time to time, which adds to the intrigue of the match.

Therefore, it is worth paying attention to the choice of a card from paiN Gaming, which seems to be able to seriously compete with the favorite. What’s more, the attractive odds are noteworthy bets.

form paiN Gaming

The 25th team of the world ranking qualified for BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023 America RMR without much difficulty, having won three qualifiers. Immediately after that, the Brazilian team made it to the playoffs of the ESL Challenger League Season 44 North America, but withdrew from participation due to a busy schedule.

At the group stage of ESL Pro League Season 17, paiN Gaming started with a loss to Ninjas in Pajamas, but then scored three victories over Rooster, OG and Grayhound Gaming, securing their place in the playoffs. The team performed well, forgetting about the failures in Katowice.

Form Team Liquid

The third team in the world ranking managed to visit IEM Katowice 2023, where it made it to the playoffs. However, Team Liquid didn’t last long, losing to G2 Esports in the semi-finals. As for the start in the group stage of ESL Pro League Season 17, here Team Liquid managed to lose to Rare Atom and Team Spirit, brightening up their position with one minor victory over ATK.

However, in the very end, the North American team corrected itself by getting victories over Rare Atom and Astralis on the way to the playoff stage. And yet, it is still noticeable that the “liquid” float around the game, trying to solve their problems during the championship.

Prediction for the match paiN Gaming — Team Liquid

A very interesting match, where Team Liquid could potentially lose. Considering how the Brazilian team fit into the championship, showing an excellent game at a distance.

In general, it will be interesting to look at the layouts of the cards here, since the “liquid” ones do not have much of an advantage. Therefore, in this case, I would recommend betting on Handicap by cards (+1.5) for the paiN Gaming team.