{"id":5281,"date":"2024-05-02T12:07:35","date_gmt":"2024-05-02T12:07:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/news\/cs-2\/esl-pro-league-19-wednesday-matches-overview"},"modified":"2024-05-02T12:07:35","modified_gmt":"2024-05-02T12:07:35","slug":"esl-pro-league-19-wednesday-matches-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/news\/cs-2\/esl-pro-league-19-wednesday-matches-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"ESL Pro League 19: Wednesday Matches Overview"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Six matches<\/strong> will be played on <strong>Wednesday<\/strong>, two of which will be for the playoff spot. Underdog teams were a real surprise in the previous groups, but for<strong>\u00a0Groups C\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0<strong>D<\/strong>, it seems more complicated for underdogs to steal a game from more experienced teams, and experience comes on top. We will have to see if\u00a0<strong>Wednesday\u00a0<\/strong>gameday brings something new in case of surprising underdog wins. Here, you will find\u00a0<strong>Wednesday&#8217;s match<\/strong>\u00a0schedule and overview.<\/p>\n<h2>Schedule<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>BIG vs. BOSS, FlyQuest vs. Natus Vincere starting at 12:30 CET<\/li>\n<li>Bad News Kangaroos vs. ENCE, MOUZ vs. GamerLegion starting at 15:30 CET<\/li>\n<li>FORZE vs. FURIA, Monte vs. Liquid at 18:30 CET<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Matches Overview<\/h2>\n<h3>BIG vs. BOSS<\/h3>\n<div class=\"_44tKOV3EvA2Ivv21VkJmnQ==\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"undefined?q=30&amp;auto=format\"> <span><\/span><\/div>\n<p class=\"lNHCeuVfx3n+4j-MEOe3bg==\"><em>BIG vs. BOSS &#8211; ESL Pro League 19<\/em><\/p>\n<p>German team\u00a0<strong>BIG\u00a0<\/strong>faces an underdog team from\u00a0<strong>NA, <\/strong>and<strong> BIG <\/strong>seems\u00a0to be a clear favorite to win this match, as it should be.\u00a0<strong>BIG\u00a0<\/strong>has not had top places at any tournaments for a long time, but at the same time, they were a team that could surprise anyone at any point. Since they&#8217;re a European team and practice in Europe with much better teams, they will have an advantage over\u00a0<strong>BOSS<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3>FlyQuest vs. Natus Vincere<\/h3>\n<div class=\"_44tKOV3EvA2Ivv21VkJmnQ==\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1bd9e1328c5a76df.jpeg\"> <span><\/span><\/div>\n<p class=\"lNHCeuVfx3n+4j-MEOe3bg==\"><em>FlyQuest vs. Natus Vincere<\/em> &#8211; ESL Pro League 19<\/p>\n<p>Champions of the\u00a0<strong>PGL Major<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<strong>Natus Vincere\u00a0<\/strong>against an underdog Australian team,\u00a0<strong>FlyQuest,\u00a0<\/strong>in an opening\u00a0<strong>Group D\u00a0<\/strong>match.\u00a0<strong>Natus Vincere\u00a0<\/strong>is a clear favorite to win this match based on everything, from their experience to their results. The <strong>PGL Major<\/strong>\u00a0Champions title should tell enough about\u00a0<strong>Natus Vincere&#8217;s<\/strong>\u00a0current level; they&#8217;re the best team in the world at the moment.\u00a0<strong>FlyQuest\u00a0<\/strong>must give it their all to have some chance against such a team.<\/p>\n<h3>Bad News Kangaroos vs. ENCE<\/h3>\n<div class=\"_44tKOV3EvA2Ivv21VkJmnQ==\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/117326ea16031a16.jpeg\"> <span><\/span><\/div>\n<p class=\"lNHCeuVfx3n+4j-MEOe3bg==\"><em>Bad News Kangaroos vs. ENCE <\/em>&#8211; ESL Pro League 19<\/p>\n<p>These teams lost their opening matches and haven&#8217;t shown anything good yet.\u00a0<strong>ENCE\u00a0<\/strong>will be a clear favorite to win this match since they&#8217;re the better team overall, and they should take this win to keep their way in\u00a0<strong>ESL Pro League 19<\/strong>.\u00a0<strong>Bad News\u00a0Kangaroos<\/strong>\u00a0might try to surprise them, but it&#8217;s hard to do in a best-of-three series against a more experienced team.<\/p>\n<h3>MOUZ vs. GamerLegion<\/h3>\n<div class=\"_44tKOV3EvA2Ivv21VkJmnQ==\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/97ab2baf449d2350.jpeg\"> <span><\/span><\/div>\n<p class=\"lNHCeuVfx3n+4j-MEOe3bg==\"><em>MOUZ vs. GamerLegion <\/em>&#8211; ESL Pro League 19<\/p>\n<p>These two teams know each other and met before at\u00a0<strong>IEM Katowice<\/strong>; MOUZ won their previous heads-up match with a\u00a0<strong>2-0 score<\/strong>\u00a0in a best-of-three series. Now, after all the success\u00a0<strong>MOUZ\u00a0<\/strong>had, they&#8217;re probably the ones who will have an advantage here since they&#8217;re in good shape, and\u00a0<strong>GamerLegion\u00a0<\/strong>is a shaky team that has yet to find consistency.<\/p>\n<h3>FORZE vs. FURIA<\/h3>\n<div class=\"_44tKOV3EvA2Ivv21VkJmnQ==\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/86a92790ed294ed2.jpeg\"> <span><\/span><\/div>\n<p class=\"lNHCeuVfx3n+4j-MEOe3bg==\"><em>FORZE vs. FURIA <\/em>&#8211; ESL Pro League 19<\/p>\n<p><strong>FURIA\u00a0<\/strong>seems to be a favorite to win this match since\u00a0<strong>FORZE\u00a0<\/strong>is yet to prove what their mix of players is capable of. After losing the opening match,\u00a0<strong>FURIA\u00a0<\/strong>should be extra motivated to keep themselves in\u00a0<strong>the ESL Pro League<\/strong>\u00a0and start winning, and this one is an excellent chance to do so.<\/p>\n<h3>Monte vs. Liquid<\/h3>\n<div class=\"_44tKOV3EvA2Ivv21VkJmnQ==\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/5e4c9fa8e5260819.jpeg\"> <span><\/span><\/div>\n<p class=\"lNHCeuVfx3n+4j-MEOe3bg==\"><em>Monte vs. Liquid <\/em>&#8211; ESL Pro League 19<\/p>\n<p>Monte is still getting on their way to finding their game with the new roster with a new roster, and\u00a0<strong>Liquid\u00a0<\/strong>might be a hard one to do for them at this point; even though\u00a0<strong>Liquid\u00a0<\/strong>also has the same problems with being consistent, their overall experience and time they played together should help them to win this match and proceed to the playoff stage.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><em>We will return tomorrow with an overview of the other day&#8217;s matches, so stay tuned. Don&#8217;t miss the Wednesday matches&#8217;\u0094they will be fire!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Six matches will be played on Wednesday, two of which will be for the playoff spot. Underdog teams were a real surprise in the previous groups, but for\u00a0Groups C\u00a0and\u00a0D, it seems more complicated for underdogs to steal a game from more experienced teams, and experience comes on top. We will have to see if\u00a0Wednesday\u00a0gameday brings<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":5106,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-5281","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cs-2"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5281","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/75"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5281"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5281\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5106"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5281"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5281"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5281"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}