Team Spirit and Heroic will fight for the right to get into the semifinals of IEM Rio Major 2022, where they will get to the winner of the next quarterfinal: FURIA — NAVI.
Honestly, I think that the Dragons will once again cause inconvenience to the opponent, who, to be honest, does not perform well enough to call him a favorite.
At the same time, we already have the Heroic precedent, when the team did not come up with anything against the background of Cloud9. On the other hand, the Danish team looks very cool on Nuke, thus taking away one top Team Spirit map.
And yet, I believe that the Russian team will be able to open up and fight, because in terms of its potential it is definitely higher than Heroic. Yes, and in the comparison of snipers, the advantage is clearly with the "dragons".
Team Spirit Uniform
Back in October, the twelfth team of the world ranking became the winner of the Flow FiReLEAGUE 2022 Global Finals, although they managed to fail in the playoffs of CCT South Europe Series 1.
As for the start at IEM Rio Major 2022, here the Russian team confidently outplayed Bad News Eagles, but then suffered two close defeats from FURIA and Outsiders.
However, Team Spirit managed to make it to the playoffs as the team played great in BO3. And if the victory over Sprout was read, then on the eve of the “dragons” they went through Team Liquid and added confidence.
Team Spirit latest results:
- Victory over the Bad News Eagles with a score of 16:8.
- Defeat from FURIA with a score of 13:16.
- Defeat from Outsiders with a score of 14:16.
- Victory over Sprout with a score of 2:0.
- The victory over Team Liquid with a score of 2:1.
Best Team Spirit maps:
- Vertigo - 83% of wins.
- Ancient - 71% of wins.
- Nuke - 70% win rate.
Do not forget that the Russian team continues to refuse the Inferno map.
Form Heroic
Shortly before the start of the major, the tenth team of the world ranking became the winner of BLAST Premier Fall Showdown 2022 Europe, having obtained three clean sheets.
As for the start of IEM Rio Major 2022 itself, here Heroic started with two good victories over Outsiders and fnatic, and then lost to Cloud9 without a chance.
And yet, in the fourth round, the Danish team managed to get past Team Liquid, although in a sense, Heroic rebounded again. In general, this team can be considered a favorite, but only with a big stretch.
Heroic's latest results:
- Victory over Astralis with a score of 2:0.
- Victory over the Outsiders with a score of 16:9.
- Victory over fnatic with a score of 16:2.
- Defeated by Cloud9 with a score of 0:2.
- The victory over Team Liquid with a score of 2:1.
Best Heroic Maps:
- Ancient - 100% win rate.
- Nuke - 86% of wins.
- Inferno - 75% of wins.
- Mirage - 56% of wins.
- Overpass - 50% of wins.
- Vertigo - 50% of wins.
In turn, the Danish team is still refusing the Dust 2 map.
Match statistics Team Spirit — Heroic
As part of the current season, the teams had one meeting - at PGL Major Antwerp 2022, the victory went to Team Spirit (16:12).
Prediction for the match Team Spirit — Heroic
First of all, I would like to highlight Ancient, Vertigo and Nuke as the strong points of Team Spirit. As for the Danes, they are definitely not worse on Nuke, as well as there are questions with the Mirage map.
Looking at it as a whole, three of those four cards should appear in the series, since I believe in Overpass with less diligence. At the same time, I can definitely say that Team Spirit is stronger in understanding on Ancient, no matter how otherwise the numbers tell.
Otherwise, the Danish team has a lot of experience, especially over the past six months. However, the "dragons" will definitely try to impose their game, simultaneously trying to cut off the aggression of the Danes.
Therefore, in this case, I would recommend betting on Handicap by cards (+1.5) for Team Spirit.
