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The climax of Shanghai Major 2024: European RMR A is approaching. There are 6 teams left in the fight for 3 tickets to the main event of autumn - Shanghai Major 2024.
Among the contenders are Sinners and GamerLegion. Both teams will challenge for the right to play at Major e in the decisive Bo3 match at Shanghai Major 2024: European RMR A on the 20th of November.
Let's try to find out who of the pair Sinners - GamerLegion will be stronger and qualify for the main event of the year.
Let's go.
GamerLegion uniforms
Let's open the GamerLegion vs Sinners match with an analysis of GamerLegion's form. In this match they will play the first number one with odds to win at around 1.9.
After the triumphant Paris Major a, GamerLegion have lost in terms of performance. However, they are not weak, otherwise they would look much worse at major tournaments than they do now.
In 2023, GamerLegion didn't show much promise. They played well at local events like Thunderpick Bitcoin Series #2 where they won, CCT West Europe Series #1 where they finished top 2, RES Western European Masters: Spring 2023 where they finished top 2 again.
There was also TOP-1 at Elisa Invitational Winter 2023, but the main achievement happened in May this year. It was then that GamerLegion defied logic and made it to the grand final of BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023, where they defeated the hosts of the tournament - Vitality.
- GamerLegion lineup: acoR, Snax, Keoz, isak, volt.
After a great injury in Paris, GamerLegion lost two of their headliners - siuhy and iM. Newcomers neaLaN and volt are not yet reaching the level of Top 2 Major a, and their KDs are eloquent: 0.64 for the former and 0.78 for the latter.
The first match at IEM Cologne 2023 was against Monte. The Ukrainian club was head to head and shut down their vis-a-vis with a score of 2-0 (16-8 Mirage, 16-11 Overpass).
GamerLegion managed to switch on at the last moment. In the match against TheMongolZ, on the first map GL Ledge were 8-16 up on Mirage, but cameback Inferno (16-8), and closed the series on the dopes with Overpass (19-15).
The International was even more interesting against fnatic. On the first map Vertigo GL lost with the score 5-16, but on Inferno GamerLegion played 16-12, and on Ancient they closed the dopes with the score 19-17.
As a result, IEM Cologne 2023 ended with GL in 8th place. They were knocked out by Cloud9, but the result is a good one considering the lineup change.
At Gamers8 Long Sogpeg were matched against Apeks, the other opener of the Paris Major. Both maps gave GL a serious headache, but after dopes on Mirage and a close fight on Overpass GL made it to the next round. However, that's where GL's G8 journey ended at the Top 8, when they lost to Heroic 1-2.
GamerLegion later attended ESL Pro League Season 18 and IEM Sydney 2023. Both tournaments didn't go well: top-20 at EPL, top-8 at IEM Sydney.
ESL Challenger Jonkoping 2023 GL is going pretty well. First Ledge beat MIBR 9-13, and then beat 3DMAX 2-1 in the match for life. With a race left, GL made it to the top 6, but there Ledgeili Vp.
Towards the end of the year Gamer Legion played at Elisa Masters Espoo 2023, where they reached the top 6, BB Dacha (top 8) and ESL Challenger at DreamHack Atlanta. Top 8 there again.
There were two big tournaments in the 2024 season before RMR's Long Sogpeg - BLAST Premier: Spring Groups 2024 and IEM Katowice 2024. Both GL championships finished in the top 12, which I would call a pretty good result.
At PGL Major Copenhagen 2024: European RMR B GL Long Sogpeg started with a no-hitter against VItality (3-13) before beating Pera (13-6) and losing to ENCE (14-16) on dps. Later Ledgealy and Heroic, as well as 9Pandas in the Decider match, after which they were unable to go to the Major.
However, they ended up in Copenhagen, because 9Pandas couldn't get visas for travelling to Denmark. GamerLegion looked good in Copenhagen, but it was not enough to pass to the Elimination Stage, and GL's way at the first ever Major tournament on Counter-Strike ended on 17-19th line.
GamerLegion also played at ESL Pro League Season 19, where they finished in the top 16. They also played at BLAST Premier: Fall Groups 2024, where they could not jump above the top-16.
After ESL Pro League Season 19 GL could not return to playing in TIR-S tournaments. Their maximum in terms of performance was TOP-1 at CCT Season 2 European Series #13.
At Perfect World Shanghai Major 2024: European RMR A, GamerLegion Long Cogped 0-2, losing to Vitality and Dynamo Eclot. But then cameback with wins over Unity Esports and Falcons.
GamerLegion Mappool
The best map GL is Overpass. The team there has 6 wins and 2 losses.
There was also Ancient with 2 wins and 1 loss. Still have Mirage in the pool (57% wins in 7 matches).
On Inferno they are 2-2. Nuke has 1 try and a loss.
Not playing on Anubis and Vertigo.
Sinners Esports Form
We continue to watch the Sinners - GamerLegion match with betting tir on the Sinners Esports form. In this match, they are playing as the number two with odds to win at around 2.1.
The Czechs have had a very active 2023 season. I wouldn't be lying if I said they played absolutely everywhere they could. This includes various qualifiers, B-Tier tournaments and local andVent tournaments.
The most successful period can be called the first half of the year, namely the period between March and May. SINNERS earned two championships and two top-4 finishes: they won the Tipsport Cup Prague Spring 2023: Online Stage and Tipsport Cup Bratislava 2023: Online Stage, the top 2 at the Tripsport Cup Prague Spring 2023 and the top 4 of CCT Central Europe Series #6. As you can see, almost all local Czech championships, but as they say, what's rich.
The Czechs continued to be active, but the results were more modest. At more famous championships like CCT series tournaments they were mostly in the "middle".
- SINNERS line-up: beastik, ZEDKO, SHOCK, oskar, KWERTZZ.
Before participating in ESL Challenger Season 46, SINNERS played at Majstrovstva SR 2023, Tipsport Cup Prague Fall 2023: Online Stage and Tipsport Cup Prague Fall 2023, as well as CCT North Europe Series #8. The first three events did well: top-4 and even silver at Tipsport Cup Prague Fall 2023, but CCT North America Europe Series #8 was top-16.
ESL Challenger Season 46 is going well for SINNERS so far. They finished in the Top 2 of their group, Ledge only to APEKS.
Next, getting into the High Group, things went a bit off track. In the first match Ledge played 9INE, and then fell into the net of Loseers. There, by the way, they managed to beat Monte, which guaranteed an exit to the upper part of the play-offs. They managed to reach the top 3.
In the season 2024 SINNERS again had a lot of worries. They played mainly in TIR-2 tournaments, where occasionally they managed to reach high places, such as TOP-4 at Tipsport Cup Summer 2024: Online Stage. From the most successful ones - CCT Season 2 European Series #11, where they won the championship.
At Shanghai Major 2024: European RMR A Long They started with a win over sAw, but then lost to NaVi. Then defeated Dynamo Eclot, followed by Ledge or C9 in a match to advance to the Major .
SINNERS Mappool
The strongest team of SINNERS is Anubis. There they have 13 wins and 5 losses. Next is Ancient with 11 wins in 17 matches. The rest of the maps have minus winnings.
Overpass (47% wins), Mirage (42% wins), Inferno (30% wins), Vertigo (28% wins), Nuke (0% wins).
History of head-to-head meetings between Sinners and GamerLegion
Previously, the teams have played each other 4 times during the season. The advantage is 3-1 in favour of GL.
Predicted result of Sinners vs GamerLegion at Shanghai Major 2024: European RMR A
I'm expecting a close game in this matchup. Both teams, in my opinion, are on an equal level of play, and therefore I bet on a full-fledged bo3.
Bottom line: total +2.5.
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