Matchförutsägelse: IHC - Grayhound Gaming | CS2 (CS:GO)

IHC and Grayhound will meet as part of the IEM Road to Rio 2022 Asia-Pacific RMR upper bracket final, and together they will compete for a ticket to the major. An intriguing duel, because both teams deserve and, for sure, will get into the TOP-2 of the championship.

But if the Australian team does not stand out from the background of the opponent in any way, then the local audience will obviously drive Grayhound forward. Still, the Mongols seem to me to be much more prepared for the tournament, and the victory of these guys seems like an obvious option to me.

Form IHC

The 82nd team of the world ranking has not won anything lately, if you close your eyes to the qualifiers for IEM Road to Rio 2022. Nevertheless, the Mongolian team managed to reach the final of the 5E Arena Asia Cup 2022, and also reach the playoffs of ESL Challenger League Season 42: Asia-Pacific.

As for the start of the IEM Road to Rio 2022 Asia-Pacific RMR, here IHC rightfully outplayed JiJieHao International, showing a banal difference in class. But it seems to me that the team is more ready for the championship than others, because they shoot be healthy.

Latest IHC results:

• Defeated by Lord Rabbit Gaming with a score of 0:2.
• Technical victory over YK Gaming.
• Victory over Yimagen with a score of 2:0.
• Victory over NKT with a score of 2:0.
• Victory over JiJieHao International with a score of 2:0.

Best IHC Cards:

• Nuke - 91% win rate.
• Ancient - 80% of wins.
• Overpass - 75% of wins.
• Inferno - 60% of wins.
• Dust 2 - 57% win rate

At the same time, the Mongolian team continues to refuse the Vertigo card.

Grayhound form

The 39th team in the world ranking managed to fail at the ESL Challenger Melbourne 2022, where they even failed to make it to the playoffs. Further, the Australian team played terribly at Fortress OCE Masters Fall 2022 Finals, but started with two victories as part of ESL Australia & NZ Championship Season 15.

Nevertheless, at the start of IEM Road to Rio 2022 Asia-Pacific RMR, the team got a strong-willed victory over Rare Atom, where they managed to save themselves in overtime on the third map. And yet, according to the game, Grayhound looked as cool as it was a year and a half ago.

Latest Grayhound results:

• Victory over Meat Grinders with a score of 2:0.
• Victory over Encore with a score of 2:0.
• Defeat from VERTEX with a score of 1:2.
• Victory over Encore with a score of 2:0.
• Victory over Rare Atom with a score of 2:1.

Best Grayhound Maps:

• Dust 2 - 100% win rate.
• Inferno - 88% of wins.
• Mirage - 75% of wins.
• Nuke - 57% win rate
• Vertigo - 57% of wins.

In turn, the Australian team is still not playing on the Overpass map.

IHC vs Grayhound meeting statistics

Within the framework of the current season, the teams held two meetings:

• The victory of IHC in the PGL Major Antwerp 2022 Asia RMR with a score of 2:0.
• IHC's victory at PGL Major Antwerp 2022 Challengers Stage with a score of 2:0.

I note that the teams played twice on the Inferno map.

Prediction for the match IHC — Grayhound

Honestly, the only advantage of the Grayhound is the local audience. However, the rest of the Australian team does not look like an obvious choice, as he has recently lost, even by the standards of his region.

In turn, IHC started too confidently at IEM Road to Rio 2022 Asia-Pacific RMR. And there is a feeling that the Mongolian team will once again show their best CS at the RMR tournament.

Therefore, in this case, I would recommend betting on the victory of the IHC team.