TeamOne vs Infinity Prediction: Easiest series for Brazilians

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.

TeamOne and Infinity will fight in the current series. These teams lost both of their matches on the first game day, so they have one last chance to stay in the game.

• Current HLTV ranking HLTV: #34;
• Changes over the last three months: +34;
• Best map: Overpass – 91% in 11 maps;
• Worst map: Vertigo – 50% in 2 maps.

TeamOne has literally been playing at the top level in recent months. Of course, for the tier-2 American scene. There are no notable players in this lineup, but there's no need for that. The Brazilians have excellent cooperative gameplay, which is enough to show themselves confidently against an Infinity-level team. In the past three months, TeamOne played an incredible number of matches in their region, and they have at least fifty percent win rate on all seven maps. An excellent result, which indicates that their opponents will have a very hard time. Of course, it is a shame that TeamOne lost both of their games on the first day, but still keep in mind the level of their opponents, because with Infinity it will be much easier.

• Current HLTV ranking HLTV: #93;
• Changes over the last three months: +97;
• Best map: Overpass – 75% in 4 maps;
• Worst map: Nuke – 33% in 6 maps.

Infinity is clearly an unwanted team at a tournament like this. The current squad has been around for a very long time, and in the past two years Infinity has never risen above #77 on the HLTV roster, playing only in the USA Region 4 tournaments, with absolutely no success whatsoever. First of all, it's weird that the team hasn't disbanded yet. Secondly, it's strange that the team ended up in a tournament like this, because it's clearly weaker than any of its opponents. If 2-16 from FURIA in the first game day can somehow be justified, then a similar score against the weak Nouns is already too much.

Despite both teams failing to win a single game on the first day, TeamOne was the clear favorite. Before IEM Road to Rio 2022 Americas RMR, this Brazilian team was destroying everyone in a row with a great handicap. The Brazilians were unlucky at the beginning of the current championship, but they will do everything in their power to win. Infinity is far behind them in terms of their level of play. It makes sense to expect a rout, so we should take TeamOne Handicap (-13.5) for odds of 1.72 at 1xbet.

It is also extremely hard to expect Infinity to win by even a single maps. Correct Score 2-0 in favor of TeamOne can be taken for odds of 1.12 at Betway.

The Brazilian team will for sure start dominating as early as the first map. It is worth taking a bit of a risk and picking up TeamOne Handicap (-7.5) rounds on the first map for odds of 2.00 at Bet365.