Liquid clear favorite for elimination match tomorrow
Liquid have been drawn against Brazilian side Fluxo for tomorrow's elimination BO3. This comes after they finished with the highest Buchholz score of the 0-2 teams, with all others being tied and reverting to initial seeds.
Based on Pick'Em statistics of 1,348 partakers on the match-ups calculator website, Liquid are expected to face absolutely no trouble tomorrow. 71.8% of users chose Fluxo as their 0-3 pick for the Pick'Em Challenger, with MongolZ coming in second place at only 13.6%.
In terms of advancement to the Legends stage, Liquid are in fifth position with 90.7% of users placing them a 3-0 or Advancement pick. Only 1.7% of total users picked Liquid as their 3-0 however, suggesting that people expected them to potentially be in the situation in which they currently find themselves.
Going into the BO3 tomorrow, things look even better for Liquid when checking the potential map veto. Fluxo's best map, Vertigo with an 80% winrate, is Liquid's current permaban, so, an easy ban there. Both teams also rarely play Ancient, however, there is a small chance we do see it.
Of the remaining maps, Overpass is the only win-rate favoring Liquid, however, the Brazilian side's opponents in the past three months have been of mostly lower caliber than Liquid's international experience, so the up to 20% higher win-rates on certain maps isn't much to worry about.
The match will be played tomorrow at 12:30PM, with us provider further analysts in the leadup.
