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The MongolZ vs Team Liquid Tips & Odds – Intel Extreme Masters Katowice 2025

tit-krajnik
01 Feb 2025
Tit Krajnik 01 Feb 2025
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  • The MongolZ vs Team Liquid Counter-Strike 2 betting predictions for Sunday, February 2, 2025, in Group B at Intel Extreme Masters Katowice 2025 (13:30 CET)
  • MongolZ are billed as favourites
  • Team Liquid are not at 100% yet, but they should be good for one map
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The MongolZ vs Team Liquid Predictions


The MongolZ and Team Liquid will face off on Sunday, February 2, in the first match of Group B at Intel Extreme Masters Katowice 2025 in what should be an exciting affair between a struggling and rusty team.
  • The MongolZ vs Team Liquid Predictions
  • Head to Head
  • The MongolZ Form
  • The MongolZ Squad & Team News
  • Team Liquid Form
  • Team Liquid Squad & Team News

Liquid have been struggling to find traction for a while now, and even with the offseason arrival of NertZ, they've yet to show any significant improvement. The MongolZ, on the other side, were phenomenal last season, albeit they've not played a single match in nearly two months, so a slower start to the tournament is to be expected.

  • The MongolZ have not played a match in over a month
  • Team Liquid are still finding traction
  • MongolZ should win, but it could be a competitive game

Head to Head


The MongolZ and Team Liquid have yet to meet this season.

The MongolZ Form


The MongolZ were one of the most pleasant surprises of the 2024 season. The Asian outfit shook the Counter-Strike esports scene with a few deep tournament runs, including a runner-up finish at Skyesports Championship 2024, top-four at Elisa Masters Espoo 2024, a gold medal from Thunderpick World Championship 2024, and a quarterfinal run at the Shanghai Major 2024.

The MongolZ were nothing short of phenomenal in 2024, and they enter the new season with high expectations to continue posting good results in bigger events.

While it is entirely possible for MongolZ to continue terrorising the upper echelons of the CS2 esports scene, they have also been out of action for nearly two months, so some rust is expected.

The MongolZ Squad & Team News


No roster changes for The MongolZ

  • Garidmagnai "bLitz" Byambasuren
  • Sodbayar "Techno4K" Munkhbold
  • Usukhbayar "910" Banzragch
  • Ayush "mzinho" Batbold
  • Azbayar "Senzu" Munkhbold

Team Liquid Form


Team Liquid started their IEM Katowice 2025 campaign in the Play-In stage, where they looked a bit shaky. They lost their opening match against HEROIC (1-2) and added two 2-0 sweeps of Complexity and Wildcard in the lower bracket, securing their ticket for the group stage.

Despite beating Complexity and Wildcard, Liquid came close to dropping a map in both series, which is not too inspiring. However, it is not like Team Liquid have looked great since the start of the year, so expectations were not too high.

With a shaky run through the play-ins, succeeding an early elimination from BLAST Bounty Spring 2025: Closed Qualifier, Team Liquid do not seem like they are in a position to contest a strong finish in Katowice.

While they have made an exciting addition in NertZ this offseason, Liquid have yet to find their stride.

Team Liquid Squad & Team News


No changes for Liquid since the arrival of Guy "NertZ" Iluz.

  • Keith "NAF" Markovic
  • Russel "Twistzz" Van Dulken
  • Roland "ultimate" Tomkowiak
  • Justin "jks" Savage
  • Guy "NertZ" Iluz

Verdict

The MongolZ are the clear favourites to win this match if we go by the teams' accomplishments over the last three months. However, it is important to consider that the Asian squad have not played an official match in nearly two months, meaning they travel to Katowice very rusty.

This should give Team Liquid a chance to cause an upset, as even though they've not looked the best since the turn of the year, they have enough talent on their roster to play at the top level.

I do not expect any major surprises, but this match looks like it can easily extend to three maps.

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