In the first round match at the "legends" stage of the IEM Major 2022 tournament in Rio de Janeiro, the Russian Outsiders team will play against Heroic from Denmark.
OutsidersThe Russian team scored a very good move and won three consecutive victories after the opening defeat in the VO1 format game.
At the same time, Outsiders managed to beat the strong European teams Vitality and fnatic. In their last match, which was on the second of November, in a VO3 format game for reaching the "legends" stage, Outsiders made a sensation and defeated the European fnatic team – 16:1 Overpass (opponent's peak) and 16:14 Mirage. In this meeting, Jame performed well, who finished the meeting with a score of +21 in frags.
HeroicThe Danish team, in turn, last played on October 23 at the BLAST Premier Fall Showdown 2022 Europe tournament.
In the final of the tournament, in a game of the VO3 Heroic format, they outplayed their compatriots from the Astralis team on two cards – 22:20 Ancient (the opponent's peak) and 16:10 Nuke.
Between themselves, Heroic and Outsiders last played on the fifth of October at the LAN tournament IEM Road to Rio 2022 Europe RMR B. Then, in the VO1 format game, the Russian team on the Mirage map turned out to be stronger with a score of 16:12.
ForecastIn this match, Heroic is considered a small favorite among bookmakers.
However, we see that Outsiders have scored a very good move and with a competent peak here, the Russian team may well win another victory. We suggest you take a chance and bet on Outsiders.