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Wildcard vs FURIA Esports Tips & Predictions – Intel Extreme Masters Katowice 2025

tit-krajnik
30 Jan 2025
Tit Krajnik 30 Jan 2025
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  • Wildcard vs FURIA Esports Counter-Strike 2 betting picks for Friday, January 31, 2025, in the second round of the IEM Katowice 2025 Play-In stage upper bracket (13:30 CET)
  • Both teams still have much to prove
  • Wildcard have enough upside to cause an upset
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Wildcard vs FURIA Esports Predictions


FURIA Esports and Wildcard will face off on Friday, January 31, in the upper bracket round 2 of Intel Extreme Masters Katowice 2025, marking their first clash of the 2025 Counter-Strike 2 esports season.
  • Wildcard vs FURIA Esports Predictions
  • Head to Head
  • Wildcard Form
  • Wildcard Squad & Team News
  • FURIA Esports Form
  • FURIA Esports Squad & Team News

Both teams started the tournament well, although FURIA Esports had a much easier schedule, having to face Imperial Female, yet even in that game, FURIA nearly dropped a map.Wildcard, on the other side, edged past BIG, showing they are ready to perform, granted they, like FURIA, did not have the toughest start to the tournament either.

FURIA are billed as the better team, which makes sense as they showed higher highs last season. However, since January, they have not looked too sharp, which makes it easier to believe Wildcard can upset.

  • FURIA Esports are not in the best shape
  • Wildcard can be very competitive on a good day
  • This match is closer to a coin flip than what the betting odds suggest

Head to Head


FURIA and Wildcard last met during Perfect World Shanghai Major 2024: Opening Stage, when FURIA edged out a win.

  • FURIA Esports 16-14 Wildcard – December 1, 2024

Wildcard Form


Wildcard had a solid sun in late 2024 when they won the Americas RMR, and they started 2025 with another solid showing by winning Frost and Fire Europe. They were not as successful at BLAST Bounty Spring 2025, exiting the tournament in 17th-32nd place with a loss to Astralis.

Wildcard have been very up-and-down across the last few months, but over that stretch, they’ve also proven that Wildcard can perform on a good day. That happened in the first round of the IEM Katowice 2025 Play-in stage when Wildcard swept BIG with 13-4 on Ancient and 16-13 on Inferno.

While not the most dominant display, Wildcard performed well on the day and look ready to take on FURIA Esports.

Wildcard Squad & Team News


No changes for Wildcard ahead of this match.

  • Peter "stanislaw" Jarguz
  • Joshua "JBa" Barutt
  • Aran "Sonic" Groesbeek
  • Tim "susp" Ångström
  • Love "phzy" Smidebrant

FURIA Esports Form


FURIA Esports have not made any roster changes this offseason, which makes sense, as they looked solid in the latter parts of 2024. Even though they failed to make it to the Perfect World Shanghai Major 2024 playoffs, FURIA fought their way to the Elimination Stage, where they posted a 2-3 record.

After a solid display at the Major, FURIA suffered an early elimination from BLAST Spring 2025, and they did not look the best in their win against Imperial Female in the first round of IEM Katowice 2025.

Much like Wildcard, FURIA have shown to have a high ceiling and low floor.

FURIA Esports Squad & Team News


No changes for FURIA Esports.

  • Yuri "yuurih" Boian
  • Kaike "KSCERATO" Cerato
  • Gabriel "FalleN" Toledo
  • Marcelo "chelo" Cespedes
  • Felipe "skullz" Medeiros

Verdict

This match features two teams who can be highly volatile, which does not help with picking out the most likely victors. FURIA Esports have shown higher highs, which explains why they are billed as favourites; however, they looked a bit rough against Imperial Female, so it is much harder to take their side at these betting odds.

Wildcard have done relatively well over the last few weeks, and they nearly defeated FURIA at Perfect World Shanghai Major 2024: Opening Stage. So, while this is FURIA’s game to lose, I much prefer Wildcard at outsider odds.

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