Complexity vs ATK Prediction: Excessive practice won’t save the outsider

On October 5, the qualifying series for the CS:GO major, IEM Rio 2022, kicks off. Intel Extreme Masters Road to Rio 2022: Americas RMR is a qualifying tournament for the upcoming second CS:GO eSports major in 2022, IEM Rio 2022. Sixteen teams are participating in the American qualification. The first team will go directly to the tournament in Rio de Janeiro. Teams ranked second through sixth will advance to the challenger stage.

The game day on October 5th will continue with Complexity and ATK, starting at 15:30 (UTC+3). Complexity is in great shape and rightly favored, but ATK has a lot of questions. But how will the match end?

• Current HLTV ranking: #17;
• Changes over the last three months: +16;
• Best map: Dust 2 – 100% in 1 map;
• Worst map: Vertigo – 0% in 1 map.

Complexity is a very ambiguous team. For a while, and just recently, they were at the top of the rankings, but the endless changes in the composition made things worse. However, it should be noted that in recent months Complexity has gained excellent form. It can be perfectly seen by the results of ESL Pro League Season 16 tournament, where Complexity opposed top European teams. The American team looked no worse, and often even better than the opponents. It is obvious that in this form Complexity can show great results.

• Current HLTV ranking: #40;
• Changes over the last three months: +2;
• Best map: Ancient – 100% in 4 maps;
• Worst map: Overpass – 56% in 9 maps.

There is not much to say about ATK. At first it may seem that in recent months this club has excellent results, but still it is worth to take into account the extremely low level of most opponents. Only Apeks and Evil Geniuses can be singled out, but ATK lost both matches. ATK plays for a long time in the current lineup, but due to the low level of players, it does not bring much benefit.

The last time the teams met was on March 12, 2022 during the PGL Major Antwerp qualifiers for the North American region. Complexity won 2-0, giving up 14 rounds on each map. The teams will not meet again in those lineups.

Complexity has been playing at a great level in recent months, beating the top teams like Natus Vincere, ENCE and Astralis. Even against FaZe Complexity was able to take the first map and was also close to win with a score of 2-0, but something did not work out. ATK has been regressing a lot lately, the team has special problems with BO1 matches, because ATK loses even to Strife or EG White. You can take a little risk and bet on Complexity Handicap (-6.5) rounds for odds of 2.21 at 1xbet.

It's very likely that the chosen map will be dominated by the defense side (if it's Ancient or Overpass). In that case, it is logical to expect Total Under (24.5) rounds for odds of 2.30 at Bet365.

It will also be logical to see Complexity win in the first round, as they usually handle this well, winning pistols even against top opponents. The odds for this option are 1.60 at Betway.