Eternal Fire and Apeks will meet in the group stage of Brazy Party 2023. In this case, the Turkish team may surprise, as the last RMR tournament was clearly unable to open up due to a very difficult group.
In their turn, there are big questions to Apeks, because the team qualified to the Majors for free, but they have nothing to do there. So it turns out that the Turks can show that not everything is so clear-cut.
So here I would lean on the victory of Eternal Fire, which in my understanding is stronger than Apeks. Especially since we're talking about online, where everyone is on an equal footing.
Eternal Fire uniforms
The 26th ranked team in the world failed in the group stage of ESL Pro League Season 17, although even there the guys had chances in two matches against fnatic.
Next, the Turkish team failed at the RES Eastern European Masters Spring 2023 where they couldn't even make it to the play-offs after two losses to VOYVODA and Bad News Eagles.
As for the performances at the last BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023 Europe RMR B, here Eternal Fire noted one win over Astralis, but otherwise showed nothing and were left with empty pockets.
Eternal Fire's latest results:
- A 12-16 defeat to Bad News Eagles.
- Defeat to Ninjas in Pyjamas by a score of 11-16.
- A 16-7 win over Astralis.
- Defeat to Cloud9 by a score of 16-19.
- 1-2 defeat to Aurora Gaming.
Eternal Fire's best scores:
- Overpass - 67% wins.
- Anubis - 62% wins.
- Nuke - 55% wins.
- Vertigo - 55% wins.
- Inferno - 50% wins.
Do not forget that the Turkish team still does not play on the Ancient map.
Apeks form
The 33rd ranked team in the world fell in the play-offs of BetBoom Playlist Urbanistic 2023, where it instantly sidelined MOUZ, showing exactly zero fight and desire.
However, the European squad went on to take a shot at the BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023 Europe RMR A, where they blatantly took advantage of a simple grid, defeating GamerLegion, Sprout and B8 Esports.
Already after all that, Apeks made a successful debut at ESL Challenger League Season 45 Europe, defeating Partizan and K23. However, you still have to keep the overall instability of the team in mind.
Recent Apeks results:
- A 16-19 defeat to Bad News Eagles.
- 2-0 win over Sprout.
- 2-0 win over B8 Esports.
- Beat Partizan 2-0.
- 2-0 win over K23.
Apeks top scorers:
- Anubis - 86% wins.
- Ancient - 62% wins.
- Overpass - 56% wins.
- Inferno - 55% wins.
- Mirage - 55% wins.
In turn, the European team has given up Nuke.
Eternal Fire - Apeks encounter statistics
During the current season, the teams have played one meeting - at CCT South Europe Series 2, the victory went to Eternal Fire (2-1).
Forecast for the match Eternal Fire - Apeks
Personally, I think that Eternal Fire is definitely not weaker than their opponent. And we definitely can't compare here by participation in the majors, as Apeks didn't show anything of value in the qualifiers. Moreover, we have face-to-face statistics that speak in favour of the Turkish squad. Therefore, in this case, I would recommend betting on Eternal Fire to win.
