What to expect from M80 v. Imperial
M80 are going up against Imperial in the final series of the upper bracket of Group C after both teams went undefeated and secured playoffs. This match will serve to find who will be the team advancing directly to the quarterfinals and who will go to the round prior.
A convincing M80 side
After the win against Complexity, there was some doubt in the air regarding M80's ability to keep advancing in the group. The recent performance against fnatic proved that the first win wasn't a fluke and that this M80 team has a lot to show against some of the top dogs.
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Lake is comfortable playing on this level
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reck is having an incredible event so far
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The German duo and Swisher are having a solid tournament
Another underdog story
Imperial's run has also been filled with upset after upset, having defeated BIG and MOUZ, while only dropping one map to the German squad. The Brazilians have shown no signs of stopping and are ready to secure a quarterfinal spot with yet another upset, as M80 is ranked higher than Imperial by HLTV.
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Map pool favors Imperial
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decenty and felps are averaging a 1.33 rating
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Is try able to outplay slaxz-?
Previous Matchups
These two teams only faced each other once, back in the PGL CS2 Major Copenhagen Americas RMR, where Imperial took an easy 13-3 win over M80, who still had Mario "malbsMd" Samayoa in the roster and Rory "dephh" Jackson standing-in.
Likely Vetoes
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Imperial ban Ancient
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M80 ban Nuke
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Imperial pick Dust2
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M80 pick Anubis
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Inferno will be the decider
ImperialM80| Imperial |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 João 'felps' Vasconcellos |
34 - 29 | +5 | 85.2 | 72.7% | 1.25 |
 Santino 'try' Rigal |
30 - 28 | +2 | 80.5 | 79.5% | 1.18 |
| Kaiky 'noway' Santos |
31 - 28 | +3 | 70.8 | 79.5% | 1.15 |
| Lucas 'decenty' Bacelar |
30 - 27 | +3 | 74.0 | 77.3% | 1.08 |
| Vinicius 'VINI' Figueiredo |
20 - 31 | -11 | 54.8 | 65.9% | 0.77 |
| M80 |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Mason 'Lake' Sanderson |
40 - 30 | +10 | 98.8 | 70.5% | 1.43 |
 Elias 's1n' Stein |
34 - 33 | +1 | 95.0 | 70.5% | 1.22 |
| Michael 'Swisher' Schmid |
24 - 28 | -4 | 63.2 | 75.0% | 1.00 |
| Ethan 'reck' Serrano |
25 - 31 | -6 | 69.8 | 68.2% | 0.93 |
| Fritz 'slaxz-' Dietrich |
20 - 24 | -4 | 44.0 | 70.5% | 0.86 |
