Virtus.pro vs. Team Empire at BEYOND EPIC – predictions from Cybersport.ru and Bookmakers Rating

Gaming day will open Team Secret match ViKin.gg at 15:00 Moscow time. After that, a derby of teams from the CIS will take place – they will meet on the server Virtus.pro and Team empire. The final match of the tour will be the battle of captains Clement Puppey Ivanova and Kuro KuroKy Salehi Tahasomi – Team Secret and Nigma will start the game at 21:00 Moscow time.

Representatives of the parties in the ninth round:

• “Bookmakers Rating”: Alexander TRUSTNO1 Kozhevnikov – editor of RB-eSports;
• Cybersport.ru: Vladislav Machinae Zhivnev – author.

Subtotals:

• “Rating of Bookmakers” – ₽4 595;
• Cybersport.ru – ₽3 591.

Bookmakers Rating Bet:

Team Secret – ViKin.gg

In vain we did not believe in the “Vikings”! The team really managed to surprise her victory over OG – the result of a great game performed by ViKin.gg, and not the failure of the two-time winners of The International. But be that as it may, Team Secret is Team Secret. Unlike Virtus.pro, Clement’s team Puppy Ivanova did not have any problems returning to the competitive scene after a mini-vacation, and in a match with Team Unique yesterday, the team, even experimenting with the midge Vengeful Spirit, won a landslide victory. There is a feeling that the game will be close, but Secret players will still be stronger. ViKin.gg can take one card from Secret if the opponent decides to experiment again – the Vikings are objectively stronger than Team Unique in the current form, so they can impose a fight.

Rate: ₽500 to win Team Secret with a score of 2: 1 with a coefficient of 3.5.

Virtus.pro – Team Empire

Do not really believe in Virtus.pro after yesterday’s success in the match with Team Liquid. Yes, the team clearly played better than in the first two matches of the group stage of the BEYOND EPIC, however, the players had mistakes – and in some places quite gross. Yes, Liquid may have lacked motivation (although this is strange given the prospect of meeting Team Secret in the very first match of the top playoff grid). Be that as it may, Liquid showed a terrible game, and VP – a little less terrible.

Empire is a young team, but it has already proved that it is able to fight any opponent. In the previous match between these compositions, “Empire” made a substitution – was absent lightless, who, ironically, had no light, and the player replacing him could not take part in the second map. As a result, after a stubborn confrontation on the first map, where everything was decided by one unsuccessful fight under the VP high-ground, Empire was technically defeated on the second. In full force and at the current courage, the forces team can pick up one card from VP.

Rate: ₽500 to win Team Empire on at least one map for 1.944.

Team Secret – Nigma

Here they are – the consequences of rest. Secret will have to play two matches on the next gaming day, and both meetings cannot be called simple – after ViKin.gg Clement Puppey Ivanov’s team will be opposed by the Nigma team. Perhaps there are no questions about the favorite of this match, in any case it is Team Secret, but Nigma has recently clearly adapted to the game online and began to show an excellent Dota. I don’t think that Secret will have an easy walk, and the last face-to-face meetings invariably ended with Nigma taking one card from opponents. I won’t be surprised if this happens this time.

Rate: ₽500 to win Nigma with handicap on cards (+1.5) with a coefficient of 1.9.

Bet Cybersport.ru

Secret – Vikin.gg

In such a volatile world of online Dota 2, Clement Puppey Ivanov’s team remains the only island of stability. Team Secret has stumbled only twice in 32 matches – and I have no reason to doubt that the team will also cope with ViKin.gg. The problem is that the odds on Secret are already too low, and betting on an accurate account always seemed to me an unjustified risk. Therefore, in this meeting, I will rely on statistics and bet that the first card will last less than 33 minutes – with a quote of 1.87. Most of the past games, the opposing clubs finished quite quickly, and the chance that opponents will not waste time trying to play the unplayed increases on the first map.

Rate: ₽500 for the total time on the first map – less than 33 minutes with a coefficient of 1.87.

Virtus.pro – Team Empire

Virtus.pro is the new Natus Vincere in the sense that recently all bets on its results have been steadily burning out. Let’s try to rectify the situation and bet Team Empire with a handicap of +1.5 for 1.80. In my opinion, trying to understand whether the CIS’s old or new hope wins here is pretty pointless – the overall VP level is certainly higher than that of the opponent, but Solo team has not recently been able to boast of stability. Empire, on the other hand, suddenly gained a good shape, so I see a coefficient of 1.80 that the team will be able to beat at least one card against an opponent, too attractive.

Rate: ₽591 to win Team Empire on at least one map for 1.944.

Team Secret – Nigma

Here they are, the consequences of rest. Secret will have to play two matches on the next gaming day, and both meetings cannot be called simple – after Vikin.gg, the Nigma team will confront Clement Ivanov’s team. Perhaps there are no questions about the favorite of this match, in any case it is Team Secret, but Nigma has clearly adapted to play online lately and shows excellent Dota. I don’t think that Secret will have an easy walk, and the last face-to-face meetings invariably ended with Nigma taking one card from opponents. I won’t be surprised if this happens this time.

Rate: ₽500 for total cards 2.5 more with a coefficient of 2.35.

Preliminary Results:

The participants agreed that Secret should win their matches, but still chose different bets. The editor of Cybersport.ru preferred to refrain from predicting the exact score, and the representative of RB decided that ViKin.GG would be able to beat an opponent on one map. Regarding the derby of teams from the CIS, the opinions of the forecasters coincided.