Match Prediction: Complexity Gaming - Imperial Esports | CS2 (CS:GO)
BLAST Premier: Spring American Showdown 2023Complexity and Imperial Esports will meet in the quarter-finals of the BLAST Premier Spring Showdown 2023 Americas. I wouldn't say the pair have much of a chance of qualifying for the Washington tournament, but it will be an interesting battle.
First and foremost, I have big questions about the play of the North American squad, who shot up in Katowice but most recently didn't even make the ESL Pro League Season 17 playoffs.
Imperial Esports, on the other hand, were even weaker in Malta, not picking up a single win at all. In fact, the Brazilian side started to lose ground even in qualifiers where they started to lose to everyone.
So, what can be expected from such a sweet pair. Nevertheless, the teams must close their cards, and they already played each other at the last tournament. So here I would keep an eye on the three cards, as it is simply impossible to pick a favorite here.
Form Complexity
The eighth team of the world ranking surprised everyone at IEM Katowice 2023, where it almost made it to the playoffs, managed to upset MOUZ and fnatic and also took over the cards from Heroic and Outsiders.
Next up, the North American squad failed in qualifying for IEM Rio 2023, but qualified for the next BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023 America RMR without a single loss.
In the group stage of ESL Pro League Season 17, however, Complexity had a classic regression to the mean, as the team was limited to just one win over Imperial Esports, but flew away from everyone else following.
Complexity's latest results:
- A 2-1 win over MIBR.
- Defeat to BIG by a score of 1-2.
- A 0-2 defeat to Movistar Riders.
- 2-1 victory over Imperial Esports.
- 1-2 defeat at the hands of BIG.
Best Complexity cards:
- Overpass - 67% wins.
- Nuke - 62% wins.
- Ancient - 57% wins.
Let's not forget that the North American squad hasn't featured on the Mirage map for a long time.
Imperial Esports uniforms
The 33rd ranked team in the world started the new season quite well, not only making it to the EPL (about that below), but also being selected for the BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023 America RMR and BLAST Premier Spring Showdown 2023 Americas.
However, in the group stage of ESL Pro League Season 17, the Brazilian squad had a crisis of ideas, which resulted in three losses and a last-place exit. Yes, the guys were very close in every match, but everyone remembers the final result.
And most recently, Imperial Esports managed to fail in the open qualification for IEM Dallas 2023, where the team somehow managed to lose to The Union.
Imperial Esports' latest results:
- A 2-1 win over 9z.
- A 0-2 loss to FURIA.
- 1-2 defeat at the hands of SAW.
- 1-2 defeat at the hands of Complexity Gaming.
- 20-22 defeat at the hands of The Union.
Imperial Esports top cards:
- Nuke - 75% wins.
- Inferno - 67% wins.
- Overpass - 60% wins.
- Mirage - 50% wins.
- Vertigo - 50% wins.
- Ancient - 50% wins.
In turn, the Brazilian team continues to reject the Anubis card.
Meeting statistics Complexity - Imperial Esports
In the current season, the teams have played one meeting - at ESL Pro League Season 17, Complexity Gaming won (2-1).
Complexity vs Imperial Esports match prediction
Frankly speaking, the North Americans bounced back in the last game, because after 1:16 on Inferno, they should have gone the farthest away.
Nevertheless, Imperial Esports can't press their games, but the team has some logic. It's clear that Complexity will be favourites for the meeting, but there are systematic problems here as well.
Therefore, in this case, I would recommend betting on Total on the cards 2.5 more.
Bookmakers & Statistics
Now, the majority of bookmaker companies believe in Imperial Esports victory. Odds on them are equal to 1.699. According to bookmakers data, Complexity Gaming are the outsider and odds on their victory amounts 4.731.
How did the participants perform in the last matches
Last Matches | Complexity Gaming | Imperial Esports |
5 matches (wins) | 2 | 2 |
10 matches (wins) | 5 | 6 |
Gamblers will definitely be interested in the statistics of personal meetings between the teams. The participants in the battle before the meeting played 2 matches with each other. In these battles Complexity Gaming got 1 victories while Imperial Esports managed to take 1 matches.