Prédiction de match: Sprout - Team One {{Counter-Strike (CS2)

The first long and eventful day at IEM Cologne 2021 ended and brought us the names of 4 more participants in the group stage. However, we'll talk about the winners later, because today we will continue to say goodbye to the teams that did not pass the Play-In. The first contender for elimination is the loser in a pair of TeamOne and Sprout.

In the first round of the upper bracket, both clubs faced much stronger teams, which led to a natural stay in the lower part of the bracket. Now they face a face-to-face confrontation for the opportunity to stay at the first LAN tournament in a year and a half. Fortunately, bo3 is played at the bottom of the grid.

Sprout Form

We start the discussion with 41 teams of the world ranking, which in this match acts as the nominal favorite. Sprout Germans will try to replicate the success of their BIG compatriots. Whether it will work out is not yet clear.

Sprout is a strong middling, constantly making itself felt at all kinds of local TIR-2/3 events. They and Cologne got in after going through ESL Maisterchaft: Spring 2021. But practice against TOP teams is not enough in some places.

Sprout Latest Matches Results

• Defeat Anonymo 2-0
• Lost to Sangal 0-2
• Lose to AGO 0-2
• Lost to GamerLegion with a score of 1-2
• Lost to BIG 8-16

As we can see, Sprout has big problems even at its level in the last month, let alone the clubs of the higher rank. But the main question in our case is whether the Brazilians from Team One are this club?

Team One uniform

The Germans from Sprout will be opposed by 51 teams of the world ranking - Team One. Another representative of the class of "middle peasants", but this time from the region overseas.

Team One is showing crumpled results in 2021. However, progress has been visible in recent months: they won ESEA Season 37: Premier Division.

Team One Recent Results

• Defeat Extra Salt 2-1
• Defeat Extra Salt 3-1
• Lost to ENCE with a score of 0-2
• Lost to Young Ninjas 0-2
• Lose to OG 6-16

Like Sprout, IEM Cologne 2021 for Team One did not start well, which is not surprising. Still, the promising Brazilians are still far from the level of not even the strongest European teams, and today they can repeat the fate of their compatriots from MIBR.

Personal meeting history

Previously, the teams did not meet in official matches. The competition in the lower bracket of Play-In IEM Cologne 2021 will be its debut.

Match outcome

In such fights it is difficult for me to orient myself, because the teams look practically equal. I would give a slight advantage to Sprout, since the European region, even at the TIR-2 level, looks more solid than America, although this is rather far-fetched.

Nevertheless, I will give the Brazilians a chance. It seems that they can surprise at least here.

Outcome: Team One victory.