In their opening match at the candidates stage in Rio de Janeiro at the IEM Major 2022, Evil Geniuses from the USA will play against the Mongolian IHC team.
Evil GeniusesThe team from the USA played for the last time in preparation for this tournament for quite a long time, it was on October 21.
Already in the quarterfinals of the BLAST Premier Fall Showdown 2022 tournament, North America Evil Geniuses failed. In the VO3 format game, Evil Geniuses lost to the Brazilian Fluxo team on three maps – 17:19 Dust2 (the opponent's peak); 16:11 Mirage and 8:16 Nuke.
IHCAnd this team from Mongolia is a "dark horse" for many, but still it is difficult to expect something special and big sensations from it here.
At the same time, just in this match, knowing how Evil Geniuses can invent problems for themselves, a sensation can happen. IHC last played on October 23 in the ESL Challenger League Season 42 Asia-Pacific final. In the VO5 IHC format game, they lost to the Chinese team Lynn Vision – 0:1 (the Chinese team gained an advantage of one card due to the passage to the finals on the upper grid); 15:19 Ancient (the opponent's peak); 16:12 Inferno and 12:16 Dust2.
ForecastIn this match, Evil Geniuses are considered by bookmakers to be an almost unconditional favorite.
At the same time, at least a good fight may well turn out here, and therefore we suggest that you put more than 25.5 rounds on the total.
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