Prediction on match CS2 Nouns - paiN Gaming

Nouns and paiN Gaming will meet in the third round of IEM Road to Rio 2022 American RMR. Personally, I don't like the North American team at all, because it has a clear decline.

In turn, paiN Gaming seems to be the obvious favorite on paper, and in terms of the game, the team should come out from a position of strength. Moreover, the Brazilians, despite a relatively modest start in Sweden, are still much stronger individually than their current rival.

Therefore, here I will not look towards Nouns, because the guys are all sad.

Noun form

The 44th team in the world ranking unexpectedly failed in the closed qualifiers for ESL Challenger Rotterdam 2022, and then played in the same way in the Ace North American Masters Fall 2022.

At the same time, the North American team reached the playoffs of ESL Challenger League Season 42 North America, but you need to understand the level of competition in the championship.

As for the start at IEM Road to Rio 2022 Americas RMR, here Nouns managed to lose to Evil Geniuses, but after that she remained afloat after defeating Infinity.

Latest Nouns results:

• Victory over BHOP with a score of 16:11.
• Victory over Strife with a score of 2:1.
• Defeated by TeamOne with a score of 1:2.
• Lost to Evil Geniuses with a score of 7:16.
• Victory over Infinity with a score of 16:2.

Best Nouns cards:

• Vertigo - 86% of wins.
• Ancient - 78% of wins.
• Inferno - 70% win rate.
• Nuke - 67% of wins.
• Dust 2 - 56% win rate

At the same time, most often the North American team refuses the Nuke card.

form paiN Gaming

The 23rd team in the world ranking managed to take second place in the CCT South America Series 1, and immediately after that became the champion of ESL Challenger Melbourne 2022.

It seemed that the Brazilian team had finally found its game and was ready to go to the home major.

But the start of the IEM Road to Rio 2022 Americas RMR turned out to be a failure, to put it mildly. Here paiN Gaming barely outplayed ARCTIC, and then the team lost to Complexity without a chance.

paiN Gaming latest results:

• Victory over Imperial Esports with a score of 16:5.
• 2-0 victory over Wings Up.
• Victory over Imperial Esports with a score of 2:1.
• Victory over ARCTIC with a score of 16:13.
• Lost to Complexity with a score of 7:16.

The best paiN Gaming cards:

• Nuke - 88% of wins.
• Dust 2 - 83% of wins.
• Ancient - 60% of wins.

Do not forget the fact that the Brazilian team refuses the Mirage card.

Nouns vs paiN Gaming stats

As part of the current season, the teams held five meetings:

• paiN Gaming's victory in the qualification for PGL Major Antwerp 2022 Americas RMR with a score of 16:4.
• PaiN Gaming won Ace North American Masters Spring 2022 with a score of 16:12.
• Nouns won the open qualifier for IEM Dallas 2022 with a score of 2:0.
• Nouns win at ESL Challenger League Season 41 North America with a score of 2:0.
• PaiN Gaming won ESEA Spring 2022 Cash Cup 5 North America with a score of 2:0.

I note that in BO1 the teams played on Dust 2 and Vertigo maps.

Prediction for Nouns vs paiN Gaming

I was disappointed with the performance of the Brazilian team at the start of the tournament, but for some reason there is a feeling that paiN Gaming will be able to play and perform better.

In turn, Nouns is an ordinary team, from which one should not expect any special achievements. Yes, and the day before, the North Americans did not play so brightly, just as the defeat of Infinity should not confuse the cards.

Well, in this case, I would recommend betting on the victory of the paiN Gaming team with Handicap by rounds (-3.5).