Sprout vs Team Spirit Prediction: the Dragons Won't Repeat the forZe Mistakes

On October 4, the qualification tournament series for the next CS:GO majors, IEM Rio 2022, began. Intel Extreme Masters Road to Rio 2022: European RMR B is a qualification tournament for the upcoming second major CS:GO eSports event, IEM Rio 2022. European qualification is divided into two groups - A and B, in which 16 teams from Europe and the CIS will fight for eight seats in the main tournament of the year's second half. The contest has no prize fund. Only in each of the two groups, the eight strongest teams will receive a ticket to the major in Rio de Janeiro. A lot of exciting matches and games of the highest level. All this awaits CS:GO fans in the coming days.

On Wednesday, October 5, the series of qualification tournaments for the next CS:GO major, IEM Rio 2022, will continue. In the European RMR qualification of Group A, Sprout and Team Spirit will fight in the second round.

Team Sprout kicked off this RMR tournament yesterday with a 19:17 victory over forZe on the Inferno map. It should be understood that the Russian team was destroying Sprout on the offensive side, but this team showed a remarkable comeback, showing everyone their claws and fangs.

Sprout is a German organization that abandoned the idea of a purely German lineup in CS: GO, so in the run-up to this RMR, the lineup was completely renewed. In August, two great Danish shooters joined the squad: refrezh and Zyphon. The roster is not flawed, but it's evident that these guys still need to get into shape. It's hard to evaluate Sprout's chances of making it to the main stage of the Majors, but beating forZe gives them those chances, but we don't think they'll succeed against Team Spirit.

Team Spirit started this RMR tournament with a victory over another Russian team, 1win (16:9). No matter how hard flamie tried to cause problems to the Dragons on the Nuke map, but they could not stop Team Spirit solo. Today this team has a similar level test. Team Spirit had a great seeding due to participation in the last major's playoff. They should pass to the grid 2:0 should take place and will remain only one step away from the majors.

Team Spirit was a true discovery of the previous major - PGL Major Antwerp 2022, taking 3-4 places by its result, losing in the semifinals to future champions FaZe (0:2). But it will be difficult for the current Dragons squad to repeat the success of the first half of the year.

It will be difficult in Brazil, first of all because the team left one of the brightest players of that squad - degster, who now defends the colors of the OG organization. The place of AWP in Team Spirit was taken by Ukrainian w0nderful, with whom the team has already played the group stage of ESL Pro League Season 16. From Group A this team was not able to reach the playoffs, winning two games and losing three, but the same result showed a team NaVi, so the game of Team Spirit is a hopeless crime, the team from the CIS is just unlucky somewhere, although I repeat that in this major (if they get there) Dragons will perform much weaker.

For this match, we offer the following options: TU (26.5), H1 (-3.5), and Team Spirit to take the 1st pistol round.