The MongolZ vs Team Liquid: BLAST Open Spring betting guide

Steven Rondina Published 22/03/2025

The BLAST Open Spring 2025 group stage is starting to wrap up and one of the last matches left to bet on is The MongolZ vs Team Liquid.

Most of the playoff competitors have already been decided, even if the seeding is uncertain. Only two more spots remain, and nobody in the hunt has an easy path ahead. Case and point; Team Liquid and The MongolZ will face off in a high-stakes match to head into yet another elimination match.

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The MongolZ vs Team Liquid match overview

Team Liquid and The MongolZ will play in a best-of-three match on March 23, 2025 during the BLAST Open Spring 2025 group stage. This is an elimination match, with the loser going home. The winner of the match survives, but has to defeat the winner of M80 vs G2 Esports to earn a spot in the playoffs.

The MongolZ vs Team Liquid in-depth team analysis

The MongolZ roster and recent results

The MongolZ picked up a solid top-four finish in ESL Pro League Season 21 before losing to eventual winner Team Vitality. The team opened BLAST Open Spring with a win, getting the better of M80 in a tough series. It fell to the lower bracket after being beaten by NaVi in heartbreaking fashion.

Here is The MongolZ’s long-standing roster, who are competing in BLAST Open Spring

Garidmagnai “bLitz” Byambasuren
Sodbayar “Techno4K” Munkhbold
Usukhbayar “910” Banzragch
Ayush “mzinho” Batbold
Azbayar “Senzu” Munkhbold

The MongolZ map pool

The MongolZ struggles on Nuke but is very strong elsewhere. The team has a 43% winrate on Nuke over the last six months, but has a strongly positive winning record on every other map it has played. Mathematically, the team’s best maps are Inferno and Anubis.

Team Liquid roster and recent results

Team Liquid made it to the ESL Pro League Season 21 playoffs, but took a first-round elimination from eventual winner Vitality. It got off to a rough start in BLAST Open Spring 2025 by taking a loss to Eternal Fire

Twistzz will look to lead Team Liquid’s roster to, at the very least, a deeper run into the group stage:

Keith “NAF” Markovic
Russel “Twistzz” Van Dulken
Roland “ultimate” Tomkowiak
Justin “jks” Savage
Guy “NertZ” Iluz

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Team Liquid map pool

Team Liquid is strong on Inferno to this point in 2025, but is unremarkable elsewhere. It’s 4-1 on the map so far, but hasn’t posted notably good or bad results on other maps. Officially speaking, its worst map of the year to this point has been Ancient, where it’s 3-5.

The MongolZ vs Team Liquid statistics, data

The MongolZ has not yet played on Train
Both The MongolZ and Team Liquid are at their best on Inferno

The MongolZ vs Team Liquid head-to-head record

The MongolZ and Team Liquid have faced off just once before; at IEM Katowice 2025. The Mongolians earned the 2-1 victory, though it was an intensely competitive match.

The MongolZ vs Team Liquid betting odds snapshot

The MongolZ is a sizable favorite in this match. The moneylines stand at 1.49 against Team Liquid’s 2.6. This means that bookies are mostly convinced that The MongolZ will win, though Liquid does have a reasonable shot.

The MongolZ vs Team Liquid betting picks & predictions

Core picks

Team Liquid wins (2.6)
- Team Liquid’s chances here are arguably better than the 2.6 line would suggest, so NA believers do have a value play here
The MongolZ wins 2-0 (2.48)
- This iteration of Team Liquid has seen all its losses against top-10 teams in best-of-threes come via a 2-0 score, save its match against The MongolZ in Katowice

Prediction

The MongolZ should be able to get the victory over Team Liquid in this match. It’s far from a layup, as Team Liquid is still a credible fringe top-10 team, but the recent form and stats on a map-by-map basis favor The MongolZ.

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Steven Rondina is a true lifelong gamer. His earliest memories are of playing video games, and he has continued playing them throughout his life with no plans to stop any time soon. Steven’s favorite franchises in gaming include Pokemon, Dark Souls, and Counter-Strike. He has previously published with Bleacher Report and other gaming outlets.

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