Match Prediction: Nigma - AS Monaco Gambit | Dota 2
WePlay AniMajor 2021Nigma and ASM.GMB will play against each other in the Wildcard for Weplay Animajor 2021. We missed high-quality Dota, but we won't see anything like it here.
This will be the first match of the day for Nygma, and ASM.GMB will come up to this game after the fight with Team Secret, where they are likely to lose.
Let me remind you that ASM.GMB play in Wildcard Major with two substitutions, instead of No[O] ne and SoNNeikO, Lorenof and 633 will play. Just think, the players of the second CIS division, players Prosti Esli and the Fantastic Five will fight in the same stage with Nigma, how can you trust in the CIS team?
To be honest, we could have found better replacements, however, most likely, either many refused, or Valve's rules did not allow.
The European region is many times stronger than the CIS; in particular, although Nigma loses to Tundra Esports, I can't believe in ASM.GMB at all. I continue to focus on the fact that the Gambits did not reach the Major until the end, it is more a merit and failure of NAVI in the games with Team Unique and PuckChamp.
Match prediction: Nigma vs. ASM.GMB in Wildcard for Weplay Animajor 2021
Nigma should be wary of: Nature's Prophet, IO, iLTW's signature Ember Spirit; Tiny/Puck by Miracle. It is worth banning ASM.GMB - IO; Earth Spirit. Gambit has a lot of problems, two key players are gone, there is no captain, Afterlife (ASM.GMB offlaner) said that the atmosphere is working and they are charged to win, but I can't believe it.
Regarding Nigma, they should beat ASM.GMB and Execration, but the rest will have a lot of problems. I think both teams will not make it to the group stage.
Bookmakers give 9.3 odds on Gambit Esports; the draw is estimated at 3.54 and the success of Nigma at 1.38. A bunch of arguments point exactly to Nygma, to them and the forecast, I advise you to catch the odds in LIVE, when Gambits will have an advantage.
Prediction: Nigma will easily beat ASM.GMB at Weplay Animajor 2021 - 1.38 odds
Gambit: The line-up that Soneiko built is now without a captain, but I think it's for the better. Why? And because what is it like to play with a cap that stops believing in the squad after a loss? But you still go to the major, and the cap knocks into another team, and takes a good mid with him. They were replaced by lorenoff and 633, I would not say that this is a bad option. Lorenoff is a young, but skillful player, and he has shown this more than once, and 633 is a very experienced player and a good three, which are few in the CIS scene, I think he will be the captain, caller, because under his leadership, the Fantastic Five mix almost came out in the first division, having got into the second from the open qualifiers.
Nigma: Kuroku does all the rearrangements in his team for a reason, and he does not allow someone else to decide the substitutions, but does everything himself, he has a plan in his head, and I must say that Igor Filatov fit into their play style quite well.
The outcome of the meeting.
In other lineups, over the past 3 months, the teams met only once, in the last Major, also in the wild card, then the gambit won, but now it does not affect anything. Most bookmakers now believe in Nigma's victory. The coefficient in their favor is equal to 1.4. According to the bookmakers, Gambit acts as an outsider, and the odds for their win are 9, and the odds for a draw are 3.5.
No matter how much I cheer for the gambit with my heart, here, unfortunately, they will not pass this opponent, and they just need to come to terms with it.
Team Nigma victory
As I said earlier, AS Monaco Gambit has huge roster problems, while I don't understand how they will succeed in this tournament. Of course, you can treat tough games with character and surprise everyone, but the guys had little time to prepare and the players who left the team set them up badly. Team Nigma has played well lately and will show all its maximum, you remember how badly these guys played in the previous Major with a substitution, now everything will be different and I think that they will take their opponent forward with their feet.
I recommend betting on Team Nigma in this match.