Imperial Esports and G2 will meet in the top group stage of the BLAST Premier Spring Final 2023 for a direct trip to the semi-finals.
On the other hand, the loser has almost nothing to lose as they will advance to the quarterfinals. But the surprise here is Imperial Esports, who better or worse beat Vitality and managed to win a few extra days in Washington.
And the Samurai love to surprise in these matches, and yet now the European team should take a chance and make the difference. So here I would lean on the G2 team to win.
Imperial Esports uniforms
The 33rd ranked team in the world failed completely at home IEM Rio 2023 and then similarly performed poorly at Brazy Party 2023, once again finishing in last place.
After a short break, Imperial Esports returned to the scene to win ESL Brasil Premier League Season 14. However, I wouldn't call the path to the play-offs easy, especially there were challenges of their own.
Nevertheless, at the Long Converge Group Stage of BLAST Premier Spring Final 2023, the Brazilian team pulled off a massive upset, playing diametrically opposed to Vitality and destroying them.
Imperial Esports latest results:
- A 2-0 win over TropiCaos.
- 2-1 victory over Paquetá.
- 2-1 win over the RED Canids.
- 2-1 victory over ODDIK.
- 2-0 win over Vitality.
Top scores for Imperial Esports:
- Ancient - 80% wins.
- Nuke - 75% wins.
- Overpass - 67% wins.
- Vertigo - 50% wins.
It should be remembered that the Brazilian team still refuses to use Anubis maps.
G2 uniforms
The sixth ranked team in the world played horribly in the main stage of the BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023, where they were defeated by Vitality, Bad News Eagles and fnatic and never made it to the play-offs.
Next European team ambiguously played in the group stage of IEM Dallas 2023, but still made it to the play-offs to get to the quarterfinals of Ledgege to FaZe Clan and move on.
As for Long Sogpeg within the group stage of BLAST Premier Spring Final 2023 here G2 overlooked Cloud9, but there clearly tried an opponent that wasn't even going to play normally.
G2's latest results:
- A 16-5 win over Nouns.
- A 2-0 win over OG.
- 0-2 defeat at the hands of Heroic.
- 1-2 defeat of FaZe Clan.
- 2-0 win over Cloud9.
Top scorers of G2:
- Inferno - 83% wins.
- Vertigo - 60% wins.
- Mirage - 50% wins.
In turn, the European team continues to deny maps Overpass.
Imperial Esports - G2 encounter statistics
Last season, the teams have met once - at the PGL Major Antwerp 2022, the victory went to G2 (16:12).
Forecast for the match Imperial Esports - G2
On the face-to-face meeting is definitely not worth watching, and that was on the Mirage card. Now we've seen a change of fortunes, although the Brazilian side is still the clear outsider.
In general, it is unclear how the miracle Imperial Esports in a dry win over Vitality, as all recent events in Europe, the team was at the bottom and took the last line.
But that's a tenth thing, now the Samurai must still pick up. And the day before the team confidently took on Cloud9, although there and the rival folded his legs.
If you look at the map, Imperial Esports can take a closer look at Ancient, although the sample is small. Otherwise, even with their numbers, the European team is a head above.
So in this case I'd recommend betting on a G2 team win.
