FaZe Clan and Bad News Eagles will play in the fourth round of the BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023 Europe RMR A. In this case, the winner will make it to the majors, but will still be waiting for the seeding results to compete for a place in the "legends".
I think, that it does not make much sense to blame FaZe Clan, who lost NAVI the day before and did not show their real abilities. On the contrary, we have to rely on the capabilities of Bad News Eagles, who are unlikely to leap over the top in tactical terms.
Therefore, here I would take a closer look at the resounding victory of FaZe Clan, who on the back of a desire to make amends can produce their best match in terms of individual statistics.
FaZe Clan's form
The world number two team showed a great game in the recent ESL Pro League Season 17, where they absolutely beat Cloud9 in the grand final and earned IGS.
As for Long Sogpeg in the BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023 Europe RMR A, the European squad beat OG and Apeks almost effortlessly, playing on character.
However, the day before FaZe Clan managed to suffer a defeat at the hands of NAVI, showing too weak game. As they say, they played on the brink of a foul, as the team obviously overestimated themselves.
The latest results of FaZe Clan:
- Defeated Natus Vincere 2-1.
- Defeated Cloud9 3-1.
- Victory over OG with a score of 16-10.
- 16-13 victory over Apeks.
- Defeat by Natus Vincere 0-2.
Top scorers of the FaZe Clan:
- Inferno - 88% wins.
- Mirage - 67% wins.
- Nuke - 67% wins.
- Overpass - 67% wins.
- Ancient - 60% wins.
Let's not forget that the FaZe Clan team has long given up on Vertigo.
Bad News Eagles uniforms
The 31st ranked team in the world performed poorly at the RES Eastern European Masters Spring 2023 and ESL Challenger League Season 44 Europe, where they failed to open up after some successes in February.
The Kosovar side was quickly eliminated from the BetBoom Playlist Urbanistic 2023, as they lost to FORZE in the first round of the play-offs.
As for their appearance on BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023 Europe RMR A, Bad News Eagles lost to 1WIN but still had wins over Viperio and Apeks, leaving many questions.
Recent Bad News Eagles results:
- A 0-2 defeat to SAW.
- 0-2 defeat to FORZE.
- 1WIN 9-16 defeat.
- 16-9 win over Viperio.
- 19-16 victory over Apeks.
Bad News Eagles top scorers:
- Inferno - 73% wins.
- Mirage - 62% wins.
- Ancient - 62% wins.
In turn, the Kosovo team also does not play on the Nuke map.
Meeting statistics FaZe Clan - Bad News Eagles
During the last season, the teams have played two meetings:
- FaZe Clan's 16-4 win at PGL Major Antwerp 2022.
- Bad News Eagles won the IEM Rio Major 2022 2-1.
They played Nuke, Mirage, Vertigo and Ancient on the cards then.
FaZe Clan vs Bad News Eagles preview
I don't think it makes sense to recall Rio where FaZe Clan buried themselves leaving Vertigo behind. Now the situation is very different, and the Kosovar team has not yet showed up at this championship. Moreover, for Bad News Eagles are enough questions, because the victories were obtained over the clear outsiders. Therefore, in this case, I would recommend to bet on FaZe Clan's 2-0 victory.
