Match Prediction: 9z - Imperial Esports | Counter-Strike (CS2)

9z and Imperial Esports will try not to fall into the mud in front of their native stands. And here it is interesting, because de facto Imperial Esports should sink more, but 9z also has an interesting guy from Brazil.

In general, looking back, the crowd does not help the local teams much, as they lost like a blueprint at the start of the championship - clearly trying to outdo each other on a scale of shame.

However, in this case, I tend to choose 9z, which at least has a coach. And at the recent RMR-tournament, the team really broke the Brazilians by making a cool comeback on Nuke.

Form 9z

The 28th team of the world ranking managed to surprise at the IEM Road to Rio 2022 Americas RMR, as it miraculously pulled out a couple of matches and qualified for the Major.

However, further the Latin American team reached the initial one, having failed in the framework of FlowFiReLEAGUE 2022 Global Finals. As a result, we did not see any game against the backdrop of serious rivals.

So, at the start of the almost home IEM Rio Major 2022, the team lost in a salad to GamerLegion. In general, with such ideas, 9z runs the risk of being among the outsiders.

Latest 9z results:

• Defeated by Evil Geniuses with a score of 1:2.
• Victory over ATK with a score of 2:0.
• Victory over MIBR with a score of 2:1.
• Defeated by Team Spirit with a score of 0:2.
• Defeated by GamerLegion with a score of 6:16.

Best 9z cards:

• Dust 2 - 92% of wins.
• Nuke - 70% win rate.
• Mirage - 67% of wins.
• Overpass - 67% of wins.
• Inferno - 57% of wins.

Let's not forget that the Latin American team has been refusing the Vertigo card for a long time.

Imperial Esports Uniform

The eighteenth team of the world ranking almost failed at the IEM Road to Rio 2022 Americas RMR, fortunately managed to escape in the very end and booked a trip to the major.

Then the Brazilian team managed to play within the Flow FiReLEAGUE 2022 Global Finals. Well, how to play - lose to paiN Gaming in the semifinals and move on.

Well, at the start of IEM Rio Major 2022, the team quite expectedly lost to Vitality. Yes, there have been attempts from Imperial Esports to return to defense. But the game is still past and unprincipled.

Imperial Esports latest results:

• Victory over paiN Gaming with a score of 2:0.
• Victory over Complexity with a score of 2:1.
• Victory over Isurus with a score of 2:0.
• Defeated by paiN Gaming with a score of 1:2.
• Defeated by Vitality with a score of 9:16.

Best Imperial Esports cards:

• Overpass - 89% of wins.
• Inferno - 57% of wins.
• Nuke - 50% win rate.

It is worth recalling that the Brazilians have long abandoned the map Ancient.

9z Meetings Statistics - Imperial Esports

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

• The victory of Imperial Esports in the qualification for PGL Major Antwerp 2022 Americas RMR with a score of 16:11.
• The victory of Imperial Esports at FiReLEAGUE Latin Power Spring 2022 with a score of 2:0.
• The victory of 9z in the closed qualifiers for IEM Dallas 2022 with a score of 2:1.
• Imperial Esports won the closed qualifier for IEM Dallas 2022 with a score of 2:0.
• 9z win at IEM Road to Rio 2022 Americas RMR with a score of 22:20.

I note that in BO1 the teams played on the Nuke and Inferno maps.

Prediction for the match 9z — Imperial Esports

I don't like what Imperial Esports is trying to show. This is too old CS that everyone is used to now. It is clear that we have almost 50/50 face-to-face meetings, but I still tend to consider 9z the favorite.

Plus, the Latin Americans showed at the recent RMR tournament that they get along well with the local flora and fauna in one enclosure. Therefore, in this case, I would recommend betting on the victory of the 9z team.