In its opening match at the candidates stage in Rio de Janeiro at the IEM Major 2022, the Russian Outsiders team will play against the European team MOUZ.
We can say that both teams were somewhat unlucky with the seeding, although they themselves are partly to blame for this. However, Outsiders and MOUZ will have to start the tournament with a rather important match. The last time both teams played was in mid-October at the ESL Challenger Rotterdam LAN tournament, which the Russian team successfully won. In the semifinals of the tournament in Rotterdam, Outsiders and MOUZ just came together, then there was a stubborn struggle in the VO3 format game, but Outsiders were able to win a strong–willed victory - 14:16 Inferno (their peak); 16:9 Mirage and 16:12 Ancient.
And a couple of hours later, in the final of the Outsiders tournament, they dealt with another European ENCE team on two maps – 16:8 Dust2 (their peak) and 16:14 Vertigo. Both matches were on October 16.
ForecastIn this match, Outsiders are considered by bookmakers to be a small favorite.
However, in a match of the VO1 format, much will depend on the map, where of course there may be small accidents. Still, it will be too early for the teams to show all their "chips", and therefore there may be a "default" card here, where the guys will just play shooting. We suggest that you bet more than 26.5 rounds on the total.
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