3DMAX vs. TSM Prediction on November 21, 2024

Match info

We’ll begin analyzing the events at Perfect World Shanghai Major 2024: European RMR B for Counter-Strike 2 (CS2) after following Group A of the regional qualifiers for Europe. Here, in China’s most populous city, the fate of seven spots at Shanghai Major 2024 is being decided.

Sixteen teams will compete for these seven spots. Participants include 3DMAX and TSM (formerly abbreviated as Team SoloMid), who’ll play a face-to-face Bo1 encounter on Thursday, November 21 at 3 p.m. local time to st off their run to this year’s Shanghai Major. Let’s attempt to determine which of these two teams will be more formidable in this encounter and secure the first win on the arduous path to the Valve-sponsored tournament. 3DMAX are the favorites according to the odds of any chosen CS2 betting website.

Meeting statistics

The current form of 3DMAX

With odds of 1.584 to win the next match on DoubleBet, 3DMAX (returned to the Counter-Strike scene in November of last year after acquiring the Looking4Org organization) will be the favorites. Their rivals are 2.37 on the same online bookmaker.

For now, the French team’s 2024 season has fewer high-profile victories than 2023. They placed in the top 11 at the PGL Major Copenhagen 2024: European Qualifier and IEM China 2024: European Open Qualifier, fourth at the RES Western European Masters: Spring 2024, and top 12 at the European RMR A.

3DMAX competed in the A1 Gaming League Season 8 before the ESL Pro League Season 19 and placed second. They had a fantastic run through the group stage of the ESL Pro League Season 19 (the sole loss came against Astralis in the match for playoff seeding). Their story in the playoffs was very short, though, as they lost to G2 and were top-12 in the end.

3DMAX made more attempts to establish themselves at the S-Tier competitions throughout the season. For instance, they qualified for the Intel Extreme Masters Cologne 2024. The outcome of their second attempt at ESL Pro League Season 20 was, however, worse than that of ESL Pro League S19—they finished in the top 20. 3DMAX performed significantly better in events with lower rankings. They were the winners of YaLLa Compass Summer 2024 and in the top three at the Thunderpick World Championship 2024 and ESL Challenger League Season 48: Europe, for instance.

The current form of TSM

The American squad is officially registered in Europe. It’s an intriguing organization, which in itself is from North America; however, the CS division is completely Danish and has highly recognizable players.

In the Counter-Strike 2 competitive arena, TSM experienced a protracted period of stagnation. After taking a hiatus in 2017, the organization resumed competition in 2023. At the time, the achievements were, to put it mildly, mediocre. They kept participating in C-Tier competitions, including the European Pro League, in 2024. They finished in the top three in the European Pro League Season 13; however, prior to that, they were eliminated from all major event qualifiers, including those for PGL Major Copenhagen 2024 and IEM Chengdu 2024. TSM placed in the top 16 and top 8, respectively, in their unsuccessful attempts to qualify for the Elisa Invitational Spring 2024 and IEM Dallas 2024, respectively.

They won the European Pro League Season 19: Division 2 and the Skin.Club Summer Cup 2024 in the second half of this year. TSM competed at CCT Season 2 European Series #14, where they placed in the top 17, ESL Challenger League Season 48: Europe, where they placed in the top 8, and CCT Season 2 European Series #14, where they placed in the top 19, just prior to the forthcoming Group B qualifications for Shanghai Major 2024.

Head-to-head

These two teams have already faced one another twice in the 2024 campaign. Each took a map from one another in these duels.

Match analytics

We anticipate an even game in this encounter, especially because of the match’s Bo1 nature. Given that ESL Pro League is one of the biggest competitions where 3DMAX performed well during the season, we think they have bigger chances to win here, and you can even bet on short map handicaps on them.

Tip: Round Handicap, Map 1 – 3DMAX -3.5, with odds of 2.09 on Dinamobet.