In the first round match at the "legends" stage of the IEM Major 2022 tournament in Rio de Janeiro, the Russian team Cloud9 will play against the European team FaZe.
FaZeThe European team last played on the sixth of October at the LAN tournament IEM Road to Rio 2022 RMR A. FaZe perfectly played the qualifying stage at the Major and won all their three matches.
In their last match, which was on the sixth of October, FaZe was able to win the match for reaching the Major in a VO3 format game, as a result, the guys won all their three matches. FaZe turned out to be stronger than the Danish Sprout team on three maps in a stubborn struggle – 19:17 Ancient (the opponent's peak); 16:19 Nuke and 16:5 Mirage.
Cloud9The Russian team, in turn, played the "contenders" stage quite hard at the tournament in Brazil.
Cloud9 lost their opening matches of the VO1 format, but then the guys gathered and won three consecutive victories in the VO3 format games. In their last match for reaching the "legends" stage, which was on November third, Cloud9 confidently beat the European GamerLegion team – 16:13 Overpass (their peak) and 16:13 Mirage.
Cloud9 and FaZe last played against each other on September 29 in the quarterfinals of the ESL Pro League Season 16 LAN tournament. Then Cloud9 won a strong–willed victory in the VO3 format game - 13:16 Inferno (the opponent's peak); 16:8 Ancient and 16:11 Mirage.
ForecastIn this match, FaZe is of course considered a small favorite among bookmakers.
Although Cloud9 scored a good move in the tournament, but the Russian team has some problems in the game. In a match against a serious opponent in the VO1 format, there can be any outcome, but still here we suggest you bet on FaZe.
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