paiN Gaming and Nouns will meet as part of the CCT North America Series 3 Grand Finals, where the winner of the championship will be determined. It seems that the North Americans have too little chance, given their recent failures in big matches.
In turn, paiN Gaming has all the cards in hand to recover from the failure in Katowice and win a meaningless online tournament again.
In general, here it is logical to look at the victory of the Brazilian team, which is head and shoulders above its opponent.
form paiN Gaming
The 27th team in the world ranking completely failed at the recent IEM Katowice 2023 Play-In, where they suffered two humiliating defeats and went home.
Further, the Brazilians made changes in the composition, which, objectively speaking, do not actually mean anything in terms of results.
So, at the start of CCT North America Series 3, the team got a series of confident victories. And there is complete confidence that paiN Gaming will not stop there and take another victory.
paiN Gaming latest results:
- Lost to ENCE with a score of 7:16.
- Lost to IHC Esports with a score of 0:2.
- Victory over Limitless with a score of 2:0.
- Victory over Take Flyte with a score of 2:0.
- Victory over Strife with a score of 2:0.
The best paiN Gaming cards:
- Nuke - 83% of wins.
- Inferno - 67% of wins.
- Ancient - 67% of wins.
- Vertigo - 60% of wins.
Let's not forget that the Brazilian team continues to refuse the Mirage card.
Noun form
The 61st team of the world ranking managed to start in the group stage of the ESL Challenger League Season 44 North America, where they got two confident victories, but at the same time failed to cope with MIBR.
At the same time, the North American team failed in the open qualifiers for IEM Brazil 2023, but managed to win ESEA Winter 2023 Cash Cup 2 North America.
As for the performances in the playoffs of CCT North America Series 3, here Nouns was able to outplay Snakes Den and Vendetta, but here it is even more controversial than that of the opponent.
Latest Nouns results:
- Victory over Detonate with a score of 2:0.
- Victory over Vendetta with a score of 2:0.
- Lost to MIBR with a score of 0:2.
- Victory over Snakes Den with a score of 2:0.
- Victory over Vendetta with a score of 2:0.
Best Nouns cards:
- Mirage - 73% of wins.
- Inferno - 61% of wins.
- Vertigo - 55% of wins.
In turn, the North American team usually refuses the Ancient card.
PaiN Gaming — Nouns Match Statistics
At the end of last season, the teams held two meetings:
- PaiN Gaming wins CCT North America Series 2 with a score of 2:0.
- PaiN Gaming won ESEA Autumn 2022 Cash Cup 7 North America with a score of 2:0.
Interestingly, both matches were played on the Nuke and Inferno maps.
Prediction for match paiN Gaming — Nouns
I don't think that the North Americans will be able to cling to the result in this grand final. Firstly, Nouns is slowly but deflating, and noticeably sinking in principled matches. Secondly, apart from Inferno, the guys have nothing to offer, and this is mercilessly small. Therefore, in this case, I would recommend betting on paiN Gaming to win with a score of 2:0.
