In the third round of the IEM Major 2022 tournament in Rio de Janeiro, Evil Geniuses from the USA will play against 9z from South America at the challenger stage.
Evil GeniusesThe team from the USA, as well as their rival from South America, won one victory after the first game day and stumbled once.
Yesterday, in their second match, Evil Geniuses gave a relatively good fight on the Mirage map to the European team MOUZ, but still the guys were defeated with a score of 10:16.
9zBut the team from South America made a sensation yesterday in its second match of the VO1 format.
On the Mirage 9z map, they were able to beat one of the hosts of the tournament, the Brazilian Imperial team. At the same time, 9z had an excellent first half of the match for the defense side and took 13 rounds. But in the attack, the guys already had certain problems, but still the guys were able to finish the match in their favor with a score of 16:11.
Between themselves, 9z and Evil Geniuses last played on the sixth of October at the LAN tournament IEM Road to Rio 2022 Americas RMR. Then the teams came to the full-time match with a score of 2:0 on wins after the matches of the VO1 format. In the VO3 format game, the team from the USA turned out to be stronger in a very stubborn struggle – 16:5 Overpass (its peak); 11:16 Dust2 and 16:13 Mirage.
ForecastIn this match of the VO1 format, Evil Geniuses are considered by bookmakers to be a small favorite, which is quite fair.
With a competent peak of the map, the team from the USA is quite capable of winning this match and ridding themselves of unnecessary problems, and therefore we also suggest that you bet Evil Geniuses on victory.
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