Eternal Fire vs Team Falcons Tips & Predictions - PGL Cluj-Napoca 2025

By Tit Krajnik

20 Feb 2025

Tit Krajnik 20 Feb 2025

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Eternal Fire vs Team Falcons Counter-Strike 2 betting predictions for Friday, February 21, 2025, in the opening round of PGL Cluj-Napoca 2025 playoffs (16:00 EET)
The most competitive game of the PGL Cluj-Napoca 2025 quarterfinals
Eternal Fire are favoured, but Team Falcons should not be underestimated

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Eternal Fire vs Team Falcons Predictions

Eternal Fire and Team Falcons will face off on Friday, February 21, in the PGL Cluj-Napoca 2025 playoffs in what promises to be the closest quarterfinal fixture between the consistent Turks and the improving Falcons.

Eternal Fire vs Team Falcons Predictions
Head to Head
Eternal Fire Form
Eternal Fire Squad & Team News
Team Falcons Form
Team Falcons Squad & Team News

Both teams have made quite a splash in this tournament, as Eternal Fire continue posting consistent results, whereas Team Falcons seem to have finally learned to fly as they reached their first Big Event playoffs since the roster rebuild.

This match will be a proper test for both teams, and it’s a tough one to call. While the addition of jottAAA has paid off for Eternal Fire, Team Falcons seem to have figured out their issues and unlocked degster, who, alongside NiKo can do some serious damage.

This will be a highly competitive game which can easily extend to three maps.

Team Falcons are in excellent shape
Eternal Fire continue to make a name for themselves as one of the more consistent teams in the world
Expect a competitive game

Head to Head

Eternal Fire met with Team Falcons twice this season and won both games

Eternal Fire 2-0 Team Falcons - January 19, 2025
Eternal Fire 2-0 Team Falcons - February 1, 2025

Eternal Fire Form

Eternal Fire have been enjoying an excellent start to the year, having already made the finals of BLAST Bounty Spring 2025 and placed top-six at Intel Extreme Masters Katowice 2025.

Over that stretch, EF have beaten a few notable teams, including FaZe Clan, 3DMAX, HEROIC, Team Vitality, and G2 Esports, making a strong case for themselves as one of the top contenders in big events.

Evidently, the jottAAA gamble has paid off for Eternal Fire, who look poised to produce another deep run at PGL Cluj-Napoca 2025, and their strong head-to-head record makes it more believable that EF can do well on Friday.

However, they’re now up against an improved version of Team Falcons, who should present a tougher challenge.

Eternal Fire Squad & Team News

Eternal Fire have not made any roster changes.

İsmailсan "XANTARES" Dörtkardeş
Engin "MAJ3R" Küpeli
Ali "Wicadia" Haydar Yalçın
Özgür "woxic" Eker
Samet "jottAAA" Köklü

Team Falcons Form

Team Falcons have not had the best start to their new project and were widely regarded as one of the biggest disappointments in Tier-1 Counter-Strike. But after two rough tournament runs, Team Falcons seem to have found the formula.

NiKo and his crew reached PGL Cluj-Napoca 2025 playoffs with a 3-1 record, which includes one tough loss against paiN Gaming and three wins against FlyQuest, MOUZ, and Astralis.

Notably, degster has found his long-lost form and is one of the key players helping the Falcons on their resurgence, whereas NiKo continues showing what we got used to from his time at G2 Esports, averaging the tournament’s fourth-highest performance rating at 1.23.

Team Falcons Squad & Team News

Team Falcons have not announced any roster changes.

Emil "Magisk" Reif
Nikola "NiKo" Kovač
René "TeSeS" Madsen
Damjan "kyxsan" Stoilkovski
Abdulkhalik "degster" Gasanov

Verdict

Eternal Fire v Team Falcons

This should be a very exciting fixture between two teams who have the needed calibre players to go all the way and claim the trophy. Eternal Fire are billed as more likely victors, which makes sense as they are 2-0 up in the head-to-head and have been more consistent this season.

However, Team Falcons’ resurgence is not to be ignored. They’ve looked like a much-improved version of themselves at PGL Cluj-Napoca 2025, and if they can keep at it, the Falcons can make it far.

It’s hard to pick out a winner, and while Falcons are a more appealing pick at outsider odds, over 2.5 maps is a more obvious choice.

Over 2.5 Maps

Over/Under

@-109.89 - 3 Units

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