Maç Tahmini: Evil Geniuses - IHC | CS2 (CS:GO)

Evil Geniuses and IHC will meet in the first round of IEM Rio Major 2022 Challengers Stage. The Mongolian team has already completed its task, as it made it to the Major for the second time in a row.

However, you need to be realistic - the IHC will not stay in the championship, since the team will be saved only by a face-to-face meeting with Grayhound in the third round, so that it does not go home with a 0-3 result.

Yes, the North American team was also not among the favorites, but in such matches, Evil Geniuses, at least now, should take out on their own experience.

In general, I'm not sure about the intrigue, since there are 10 percent of it here. Well, according to the result, I tend to choose North Americans who are able to close the IHC without any problems.

Evil Geniuses form

The 22nd team in the world ranking began to gain momentum during the ESL Pro League Season 16, where they got two wins in the group and almost made it to the playoffs.

Then the North American team went to IEM Road to Rio 2022 Americas RMR, where they lost to Team Liquid in an equal battle in the match for a slot in "legends".

However, from the very fresh Evil Geniuses took part in the BLAST Premier Fall Showdown 2022 North America, where it lost to Fluxo in the quarterfinals. But it is clearly not worth judging by this defeat, since the team has all plans for one.

Evil Geniuses latest results:

• Victory over Nouns with a score of 16:7.
• Victory over FURIA with a score of 16:14.
• 2:1 victory over 9z.
• Lost to Team Liquid with a score of 0:2.
• Defeated by Fluxo with a score of 1:2.

Best Evil Geniuses cards:

• Mirage - 80% of wins.
• Overpass - 67% of wins.
• Nuke - 50% win rate.

Don't forget that the North American team continues to ban the Vertigo map.

Form IHC

The 46th team of the world ranking went through the qualifying round of IEM Road to Rio 2022 undefeated. Moreover, at IEM Road to Rio 2022 Asia RMR, the Mongolian team won two confident victories without throwing off a single card to the opponents.

However, IHC slowed down a little further, as they played terribly in the playoffs of the ESL Challenger League Season 42 Asia-Pacific. Here the team lost to ARAVT and Lynn Vision in the grand final.

In general, the Mongols can do something, but by the standards of Asia. But, as the Belgian Major showed, it's too early for the team to do something special.

Latest IHC results:

• Defeated by ARAVT with a score of 0:2.
• Victory over Clutch with a score of 2:0.
• Victory over NKT with a score of 2:1.
• Victory over ARAVT with a score of 2:1.
• Defeated by Lynn Vision with a score of 1:3.

Best IHC Cards:

• Nuke - 100% win rate.
• Overpass - 100% wins.
• Inferno - 80% win rate.
• Ancient - 56% of wins.

Interestingly, the Mongolian team also does not play on the Vertigo map.

Evil Geniuses vs IHC Match Statistics

The teams have not met before.

Prediction for the match Evil Geniuses — IHC

All statistics of the Mongolian team must be divided by two, since the difference between the regions is large. Yes, IHC can be a dark horse, but I doubt that the team will make it to the fifth round of the Challengers Stage.

In turn, the North American team has a little more prospects, and the game has begun to improve in recent weeks. Now it remains to see the inclusion of a sniper, which was good a couple of years ago.

Well, in this case, I would recommend betting on the victory of the Evil Geniuses team with Handicap by rounds (-3.5).