Match Prediction: LGD Gaming - BOOM | Dota 2

It's hot in Singapore. The main stage of the main tournament of the year continues at Suntec Singapore.

We are talking about the final match of the second game day of The International 2022 main event. We are talking about the PSG.LGD vs BOOM Esports match.

Looking at the sign of the game without a background, it seems that there is nothing surprising here. But the top eastern teams play and play, nothing supernatural.

This feeling lasts exactly until you open the bracket of The International 2022 and see the following there: this is a duel of the second (!) round of the losers bracket. There is no typo here, PSG.LGD can really finish the eleventh The International at the TOP-12 stage.

I don't believe it either, but this is the reality. Whether there will be a second sensation after the departure of Team Spirit - we will find out after one bo3 and our forecast.

Form PSG.LGD

PSG.LGD will play as the clear favorite in this match. The chance of the Chinese club winning in the second round of the lower bracket of the playoffs of the bookmaker is estimated by the odds around 1.3.

Such a figure for the golden roster of PSG.LGD is nothing new. Naturally, no matter what, PSG.LGD will be the favorite.

They would have been in just about every other game left, but this year is special. In terms of PSG.LGD - too.

During the season, the team showed a decent game, but at The International itself, it is experiencing serious difficulties. They started in the group stage and continue into the playoffs.

PSG.LGD results at The International 2022

The team ended up in Pot A, where their competitors were TOPs like OG, RNG, EG and others. However, for PSG.LGD, the concept of TOP does not make sense, because they are always the main contender for success for at least three years.

In the case of PSG.LGD at TI, I would like to say that nothing lasts forever. Chinese giants too, and we found confirmation of this in the group stage.

Yes, PSG.LGD made it to the upper bracket of the playoffs, but you can't call it a problem-free passage even if you really want to. The team gave cards to such teams as Hokori - already a sign.

Okay, with him, with the group, PSG.LGD looked out for the playoffs, right? Maybe, but it seems like it's time to stop.

In the match against Team Secret, we saw a real beating. Moreover, PSG.LGD played the dominant role, which is oh, how unusual for them.

Puppey forced Ame and the company to wag and accept other people's rules of the game, with which the Chinese were not ready to meet.

Now they have no room for error. And in the current conditions, mistakes in PSG.LGD are common.

PSG.LGD roster

• Ame
• NothingToSay
• Faith_bian
• XinQ
• y`

This season is the last for the “golden” roster of PSG.LGD. At the very least, Faith_bian will lay down the wires from the keyboard, and given the potential collapse of PSG.LGD at this International, there is still a chance of missing a few more tops.

Heroes PSG.LGD

Primal Beast, Slark, Puck appear in spades, but there are also Zeus with Terrorblade. PSG.LGD continues to rate Tiny for XinQ, but there is no noticeable impact from him.

On the second day of the group stage, they added Natures Prophet to the first position and Pangolier for NothingToSay. Also flashed Venomancer and other "nice" heroes for the pace. However, later they came to the more standard characters listed above. Weakly cope with aggressive picks, which we saw in the match against Team Secret.

BOOM Esports Uniform

BOOM Esports will play in the status of catching up in this match. The chance of a team from Southeast Asia to succeed is estimated at a coefficient of around 3.5.

If you said a year ago that BOOM would give a coefficient of 3.5 in the bo3 playoffs of The International 2022 against PSG.LGD, I would have laughed. However, a year ago it was impossible to imagine such a pair, and even in a knockout match. Now it is a fact, and it pleases.

The whole season BOOM diligently trampled their way to The International. As a result, the team ended up here, but literally immediately sunk into the abyss of problems.

BOOM results at The International 2022

Like PSG.LGD, BOOM played in Group A and among their competitors were all the same TOPs plus PSG.LGD. The company is just right for the passage to the upper bracket of the playoffs.

Naturally, no TOP-4 in the case of BOOM happened, and in general Skem and the company were on the brink of an abyss.

After the first two days of the group draw, the statistical percentage for reaching the playoffs, according to Noxville calculations, was just over 1%. Here they are, and do you know who else played the “Cinderella story” last season? That's right, they have already taken off in the TOP-16, having lost the same BOOM.

I don’t know if it’s a good idea to warm up for a team that has made it to the playoffs through replays and sent home the reigning world champions, but it’s impossible not to do this with all the desire.

Composition BOOM

• Jackky
• Yopaj
• fbz
• Tims
• skem

Despite BOOM's massive improv during this event, it's hard to call flawless acting. Yopaj shines, lanes swap, but play hard. But how different when you barely get to the lower bracket of the playoffs of The International 2022.

Heroes of BOOM Esports

Most Picked BOOM Heroes in 7.32: Mars (9 games, 77% win rate), Chen (8 matches, 87% win rate), Batrider (7 matches, 85% win rate), Kunkka (7 matches, 57% win rate), Dark Willow (6 matches, 100% wins).

History of personal confrontations

BOOM and PSG.LGD played twice this season. The first time they met was at the PGL Arlington Major - Playoff, and the second time they met in Singapore, in Group A. Both PSG.LGD matches went dry.

The outcome of the fight

You know, I really want to see how BOOM alternately send home the champions of The International, and then the runner-ups, but all good things sometimes come to an end. Although PSG.LGD this year is only a shadow of their former self, they are still a very formidable opponent, and BOOM has nothing to surprise them with.

BOOM is not the kind of team that is capable of presenting PSG.LGD with an unsolvable task. They don't play aggression like Secret does, and fbz's mid Mars is unlikely to surprise NtS. In general, we give PSG.LGD a chance for the coveted Aegis.

Outcome: victory for PSG.LGD.