Imperial Esports and TheMongolz will play in the first round of the lower group stage of IEM Rio 2023. Something the Brazilians didn't come up at all for the Long Championship, so I wouldn't be surprised if those go home to the next street.
TheMongolz, on the other hand, tried to impose their game on NAVI, with the team clearly not losing on shots. On the other hand, the Mongolian team is very unstable, but Imperial Esports clearly have just as many problems.
So here I would lean on the victory of the team TheMongolz, which in my understanding is a little bit The International erser than the Brazilians. And Imperial Esports clearly didn't prepare for such a tough Long Convergence.
Imperial Esports uniforms
The world's 28th ranked team managed to win the BLAST Premier Spring Showdown 2023 Americas, during which they outplayed Complexity Gaming, EG Black and paiN Gaming.
However, immediately after that, the Brazilian team fell to BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023 Americas RMR, where they recorded one win over TeamOne, but also Ledgeil Evil Geniuses and Complexity Gaming.
Imperial Esports also failed at the Long Converge of the IEM Rio 2023 group stage. Or rather, they were defeated by Ninjas in Pyjamas.
The latest results from Imperial Esports:
- A 2-0 victory over paiN Gaming.
- A 12-16 loss to Evil Geniuses.
- A 2-0 win over TeamOne.
- 0-2 defeat of Complexity Gaming.
- Defeat by Ninjas in Pyjamas 5-16.
Imperial Esports top scorers:
- Nuke - 70% wins.
- Overpass - 62% wins.
- Vertigo - 60% wins.
- Ancient - 60% wins.
- Mirage - 57% wins.
- Inferno - 56% wins.
It should be remembered that the Brazilian squad refuses to play Anubis.
TheMongolz form
The 27th ranked team in the world finished only third in ESL Challenger League Season 44 Asia-Pacific, clearly playing below expectations.
But TheMongolz did manage to qualify for the BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023, though they suffered one defeat at the hands of Grayhound Gaming in qualifying.
As for Long Sogpeg in the group stage of IEM Rio 2023, here the Mongolian team failed to cope with Natus Vincere, but looked quite decent in the attack.
TheMongolz's latest results:
- A 16-10 win over Twisted Minds.
- Victory over Rare Atom with a score of 16-11.
- 1-2 loss to Grayhound Gaming.
- Beat Rare Atom 2-0.
- Defeat by Natus Vincere 9-16.
TheMongolz's best scores:
- Nuke - 82% wins.
- Anubis - 71% wins.
- Ancient - 50% wins.
In turn, the Mongolian team does not play on the Vertigo map.
Imperial Esports - TheMongolz match statistics
In the current line-up teams have not yet met.
Forecast for the match Imperial Esports - TheMongolz
I don't believe in the Brazilian team at all. Perhaps Imperial Esports will be able to engage and put up a fight, but it's hard to see more than one goal from the guys.
In turn, the Mongolians can open up here. And in the game with NAVI, the team played well on shooting, so there are prerequisites. Therefore, in this case I would recommend betting on TheMongolz team to win.
