Imperial Esports vs. Team Spirit Preview & Prediction- Free 5/09 CS: GO

This Monday, the rivals will clash at the Swiss round 1 in the PGL Major Antwerp 2022 Challengers Stage. This is the 3rd Major Tournament organized by PGL taking place in Belgium for a $1,000,000 prize pool. The tournament format is divided into three stages; The Challengers Stage, Legends Stage, and Champion Stage. The Challengers Stage is composed of 16 teams wherein the top eight teams will advance to the Legends Stage and the bottom eight will be eliminated. The upcoming matchup will be played in the best-of-one series.

Imperial Esports Team Stats and Latest Results

Imperial Esports ranks #32 in the global ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 99 weeks. The Brazilian team has shown impressive performance since the beginning of the year and currently holds a win rate of 72.7%. They won the OMEN WGR European Challenge 2022 in March, finished 3rd at the PGL Major Antwerp 2022 Americas RMR, and won the recently concluded IEM Dallas 2022 South America Closed Qualifier. Meanwhile, they won 8 out of their last 10 matches and has a 3-match win streak.

Map win statistics over the past 3 months show that the team's best-played cards are Overpass (100.0%-win rate), Inferno (81.8%), Mirage (66.7%), Dust2 (62.5%), and Nuke (55.6%). On the other hand, they failed to impress on Vertigo (33.3%). The team has maintained its current roster for the last 2 months which consists of boltz (1.13 player rating), FalleN (1.13), VINI (1.16), fnx (1.00), and fer (1.28).

Team Spirit Stats and Latest Results

Team Spirit is ranked #25 in the world ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 48 weeks. The team currently has a 5-match win streak and has attained a win rate of 68.2% over the past 3 months. The team finished 8th at the PGL Major Antwerp 2022 Europe RMR B and got a spot at the upcoming Challengers Stage. They also won the Malta Vibes Knockout Series 6 in February and were awarded $24,000. Out of their last 10 matches, Team Spirit has managed 7 wins.

The team's best-played maps over the last 3 months consist of Ancient (100.0%-win rate), Vertigo (80.0%), Dust2 (75.0%), and Nuke (70.0%). On the flip-side, the team failed to impress on Overpass (50.0%) and Mirage (41.7%). Their roster has chopper (1.01 player rating), degster (1.19), magixx (1.05), s1ren (1.05), and Patsi (1.05).

Imperial Esports vs. Team Spirit H2H Record

Head-to-head has 1 meeting between the rivals. They met at the Group Stage of the Intel Extreme Masters Season XVI – Summer tournament on June 04, 2021, and Team Spirit won 2:0.

Imperial Esports vs. Team Spirit Betting Preview

Team Spirit has a 5-match win streak while Imperial Esports won its last 3 matches. A comparison of their performance on the maps shows that Imperial Esports leads in 3 cards while Team Spirit has an advantage on 4 maps. When we consider their win rate over the past 3 months, we believe that Imperial Esports is the better side and will win.

The Pick: Imperial Esports to win.