Cloud9 and paiN Gaming will meet in the first quarter-final of Brazy Party 2023. An interesting encounter, as the Brazilian team knows how to cling, while the Cloud9s initially seem to be favourites for this encounter.
In this case, it's really hard to know what will happen on the server. It all hinges on the fact that Cloud9 doesn't play Nuke, the Brazilians' favourite map, while paiN Gaming has virtually nothing to offer, barring Ancient.
All in all, it will be interesting to see what the Brazilian team is like in a match like this. Still, it seems to me that groove's wards will try their best. Therefore, I'd go with a logical win for Cloud9 here.
Cloud9's form
The sixth team of the world ranking failed at the BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023 Europe RMR B, after which Ledgee fell to FaZe Clan in qualification of the last chance and was left without a major.
Next up, Cloud9 was at IEM Rio 2023 where they played well in the group stage but miserably fought Vitality in the semi-finals and actually gave up their winning game.
As for the performance in the group stage of Brazy Party 2023, here the Russian team got two hard wins over Sprout and 9INE, but at times the guys showed a clear desire not to lose face.
The latest results from Cloud9:
- A 2-0 win over OG.
- 2-1 victory over FURIA.
- 1-2 defeat at the hands of Vitality.
- Victory over Sprout, 2-1.
- 2-1 win over 9INE.
Cloud9's best scores:
- Anubis - 100% wins.
- Mirage - 75% wins.
- Vertigo - 70% wins.
- Ancient - 69% wins.
- Overpass - 58% wins.
- Inferno - 50% wins.
Let's not forget that the Russian squad continues to give up Nuke.
The shape of paiN Gaming
The seventeenth team in the world ranking showed a good game in their BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023 Americas RMR, where they got three confident victories and made it to the majors, though not to the "legends", given the loss to FURIA.
As for Long Soppeg in the group stage of Brazy Party 2023, here paiN Gaming was unable to cope with Into the Breach, but thankfully the team was able to take on BIG.
In the last round, the Brazilian team managed to beat 00NATION in class. However, it is noticeable that paiN Gaming a little exhausted, which began to play with a lot of blunders.
Latest results from paiN Gaming:
- A 2-0 win over BHOP.
- A 2-0 win over Mythic.
- 1-2 loss to Into the Breach.
- 2-1 victory over BIG.
- Beat 00NATION 2-0.
Top scores for paiN Gaming:
- Ancient - 83% wins.
- Anubis - 79% wins.
- Nuke - 73% wins.
- Mirage - 71% wins.
- Vertigo - 63% wins.
In turn, the Brazilian team now denies the Overpass.
Cloud9 - paiN Gaming encounter statistics
The teams have not met before.
Forecast for the match Cloud9 - paiN Gaming
Everything will depend on which game the Brazilians want to play. I personally think Anubis and Ancient will be the obvious choices, but Cloud9 will be ready for that as well.
On the other hand, Cloud9 will probably want to test paiN Gaming on Vertigo, which is very heresy, but still outnumbered in favour of the favourite. All in all, it's hard to see a scoop here.
Therefore, in this case, I would recommend betting on Cloud9 to win.
