Match Prediction: Imperial Esports - GamerLegion | CS2 (CS:GO)
PGL CS2 Major Copenhagen 2024 Challengers StageImperial Esports will face GamerLegion in the fifth round of the opening stage of PGL Major Copenhagen 2024. The loser will take 17th-19th place in the standings and earn a $10,000 consolation prize. The match format is bo3. Which team will continue its performance at the first Major Championship of the year? Let's find out.
In this betting thread, you will learn how the participants of this match performed during the previous year, how they did in their previous professional tournament, as well as how this match will end.
Imperial Esports uniforms
The previous year has been a mixed success for Brazilian squad Imperial Esports. The Brazilians took part in various qualifiers and also travelled to a number of major tournaments. The season started with a win at ESL Pro League Season 17: South American Conference, which secured a slot at EPL Season 17, where the team took 29-32nd place. Imperial were also able to qualify for Intel Extreme Masters Rio 2023 and BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023: American RMR, where they fell short. A win at BLAST Premier: Spring American Showdown 2023 sent VINI and his teammates to BLAST Premier: Spring Final 2023. There, the team was able to finish in the top 4 of the event and earn a record $40,000 in prize money for Imperial Esports. But at the Intel Extreme Masters Cologne 2023 Imperial finished on the 17th-20th place in the standings, and ESL Pro League Season 18 ended with the Brazilians in the 21st-28th place. A disappointing performance at BLAST Premier: Fall American Showdown 2023 ended Imperial Esports' participation in the tournament series from BLAST. Before the end of the year, the Brazilians tried to qualify for the ESL Challenger at DreamHack Atlanta 2023, but came in second place in the South American qualification. The win at the 2023 CBCS Invitational provided the players with $30,597.23 in prize money. The year 2024 saw Imperial fail to qualify for the Intel Extreme Masters Chengdu 2024, as well as qualify for PGL Major Copenhagen 2024: American RMR and ESL Pro League Season 19. The team was also able to qualify for the Ace South American Masters Spring 2024, a win which earned VINI and his teammates a slot in BLAST Premier: Spring Showdown 2024. The players earned their first prize money at RES Latin American Series #1, where they finished in second place and were awarded $15,000 in prize money. A top-two finish at PGL Major Copenhagen 2024: American RMR secured Imperial Esports a trip to the first Major tournament of the year.
Imperial Esports had previously competed in the BLAST Premier: Spring Showdown 2024. According to the results of the draw, the first and last opponent for the Brazilian team was the Ukrainian club Monte. Imperial lost on two maps in a row and finished their participation in the competition.
The opening round of PGL Major Copenhagen 2024 started for Imperial Esports with a tough 22-19 win over ENCE on the Anubis map, followed by a 14-16 win over Heroic. In the middle matches of the third round, Imperial Esports outlasted Apeks by a score of 13-7 on the Overpass map. A full bo3 clash with ECSTATIC ended in a 1-2 defeat for the Brazilians.
Imperial Esports latest match statistics:
- Defeat by ECSTATIC with a score of 1:2
- 13-7 win over Apeks
- Defeat by Heroic with the score 14-16
- Victory over ENCE with the score 22-19
- 0:2 defeat by Monte
GamerLegion's form
GamerLegion started the previous playing year in a measured manner and gradually gained momentum. The first achievement of the team was the 3-4th place at CCT South Europe Series #2. After not so successful qualifications at IEM Rio and another tournament from CCT Gamer Legion won Thunderpick Bitcoin Series #2, earning $32,000. This was followed by qualifying for BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023, where the team finished in second place and earned a slot in the only Major event of the year. In addition, Snax and his teammates won silver at CCT West Europe Series #1, RES Western European Masters: Spring 2023 and CCT North Europe Series #4, earning another $20,000. Also in March, the team won the Elisa Invitational Winter 2023, which earned them $12,500. The main achievement in the history of GamerLegion was the second place at BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023 and a record $170,000 in prize money for the team. 7th-8th place in the standings at Intel Extreme Masters Cologne 2023 provided GL with $24,000. In Saudi Arabia at Gamers8 2023, GamerLegion finished in 5th-8th place in the standings and received $35,000. But at ESL Pro League Season 18 the European club did not achieve such success, finishing in 17th-20th place and earned $15,000 in prize money. GamerLegion finished in 7th-8th place at the Intel Extreme Masters Sydney 2023 and received $6,000 in prize money. A 5th-6th place finish in the standings at the Elisa Masters Espoo 2023 provided the players with $10,000. Rounding out the year for GL was a top-8 finish at BetBoom Dacha and ESL Challenger at DreamHack Atlanta 2023. GamerLegion kicked off the 2024 year by competing at BLAST Premier: Spring Groups 2024. For 9th-12th place Snax and his teammates were rewarded with $8,500 and a slot in BLAST Premier: Spring Showdown 2024. At the Intel Extreme Masters Katowice 2024 the team demonstrated a similar result and earned $16,000. GamerLegion failed to qualify for the Major tournament, taking 9-11th place in PGL Major Copenhagen 2024: European RMR B. Top 2 in PGL Major Copenhagen 2024. Top 2 in the European RMR Decider secured the players a coveted trip to Denmark.
The previous professional tournament for GL was BLAST Premier: Spring Showdown 2024. But the players were not destined to achieve the desired result. According to the results of the draw GamerLegion met with BIG. The 1:2 defeat ended the team's participation in the qualification tournament from BLAST.
GamerLegion started their journey to PGL Major Copenhagen 2024 in the opening stage. First, the European squad was defeated by AMKAL ESPORTS 13-8 on the Overpass map. In the top matches of the second round GL lost to SAW with a score of 9-13. The team managed to recover by defeating Legacy 13-4 on the Vertigo map. In the fourth round Snax and his teammates Ledge and Eternal Fire in a full bo3 series.
GamerLegion's latest results stats:
- A 1-2 loss to Eternal Fire
- 13-4 win over Legacy
- 9-13 defeat of SAW
- A 13-8 win over AMKAL ESPORTS.
- A 1-2 loss to BIG.
Match History of Imperial Esports - GamerLegion
Previously the participants of this confrontation have not played against each other on the professional scene.
Predicted result of the match Imperial Esports - GamerLegion
Imperial Esports and GamerLegion are not stable in the current tournament and since the beginning of this year in general. Let's bet on the victory of GamerLegion team with the score 2:1.
Bookmakers & Statistics
Imperial Esports are listed as the favorites of the match in the majority of bookmakers and odds on them are equal to 1.793. GamerLegion, in turn, are the outsiders of the match. Odds on their victory are about 2.468.
How did the participants perform in the last matches
Last Matches | Imperial Esports | GamerLegion |
5 matches (wins) | 2 | 3 |
10 matches (wins) | 5 | 6 |
The statistics of personal battles between teams is also important for successful bets. The participants in the battle before the meeting played 0 matches with each other. In these battles Imperial Esports got 0 victories while GamerLegion managed to take 0 matches.