What to expect from Liquid v. G2

Well, I can safely say that nobody expected this to be one of the final matchups to determine playoff placing at IEM Dallas. Liquid are fighting for their lives while G2 seems to be pugging their way forward to potentially upsetting one of North America's last squads in the competition. Regardless of who wins, North American fans will just be happy to see one, or two, of Jake "Stewie2k" Yip, Keith "NAF" Markovic, or Russel "Twistzz" Van Dulken.

Also read: Stewie2K: "I know for a fact this won't be the last time you see me"

Liquid's last laugh

What a win that was against Falcons, but Liquid will need to be much better if they have any chance of defeating G2 today. Despite the team missing their IGL, the European squad with the American flair has proven to be a lot to handle so far this event as they dumped MOUZ out of the event late last night.

YEKINDAR continues to get better in form, 1.17 rating this event
skullz remains an inconsistent figure, 0.93 rating this event
How much more does Twistzz have to do? 36 kills in regulation against Falcons on Ancient

It's a Stewie world

Stewie. Man, what a player. What a ride to watch the former Major winner come back into the competitive Counter-Strike scene after a lengthy departure and actually hold his own. Nobody will say that he is a world beater and instantly ready to walk into any top team, but he has shown that he isn't a slouch either.

Stewie is a liability, but has his moments when he needs to step up (Stewie3k anyone?)
m0NESY has carried this team to win, 1.20 rating this event
huNter- hasn't been at his best (when was the last time he was?)

Also read: NAF: "I expected cadiaN, Twistzz, and YEKINDAR to be the front stars"

Previous Matchups

These two sides have met up twice, with each coming away with a win. Liquid were trounced in their first meeting at BLAST Premier Spring Groups 2024 but got their revenge at IEM Chengdu a few months later. Now with their third meeting, could Liquid finally get the advantage?

Likely Vetoes

This is going to be a wild ride for both sides. Inferno and Ancient are likely to come out, but G2 just look demonstrably better overall when looking at map history.

Liquid ban Vertigo
G2 ban Mirage
Liquid pick Ancient
G2 pick Inferno
Decider is Anubis.

You can catch all the action tonight at 07:00PM.

IEM Dallas 2024

Bo3

2 - 1

Liquid

All maps

G2	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating 2.1
Nikola 'NiKo' Kovač	45 - 46	-1	76.1	75.4%	1.10
Ilya 'm0NESY' Osipov	46 - 41	+5	69.4	66.7%	1.05
Nemanja 'huNter-' Kovač	46 - 48	-2	71.9	66.7%	0.98
Jake 'Stewie2K' Yip	37 - 45	-8	61.1	63.8%	0.91
Nemanja 'nexa' Isaković	28 - 43	-15	49.0	62.3%	0.72

Liquid	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating 2.1
Russel 'Twistzz' Van Dulken	49 - 40	+9	86.8	68.1%	1.18
Mareks 'YEKINDAR' Gaļinskis	49 - 42	+7	72.4	69.6%	1.08
Keith 'NAF' Markovic	47 - 43	+4	69.2	71.0%	0.99
Casper 'cadiaN' Møller	38 - 40	-2	61.7	73.9%	0.94
Felipe 'skullz' Medeiros	37 - 39	-2	63.4	71.0%	0.84