Match Prediction: Gambit Esports - Team Empire | Dota 2

We continue the series of predictions for Dota 2 Champions League Season 8, the leaders of group "B" - Gambit and Team Empire enter the battle.

Both teams share 1st place with No Monkey Business joining them; the team has 4 wins and 1 loss; Gambit has 9 won cards and 2 lost; Team Empire has exactly the same ratio of wins and losses; 9 cards won and 4 lost.

Team Empire roster

• Cooman
  
• Dodren
• DkFogas
• [T]SA
• Antares
• TA2000 (played as a substitute)

Roster of Gambit Esports

• Smiling Knight
  
• mellojul
• after life
• sayw
• Pantomem

Gambit Esports latest results - 5 matches counted

- Lost 2-0 to Gladiators on March 1st
- Lost in a match with Nemiga Gaming with a score of 1:2
- Winning the match with CHILLAX with a score of 2:0
- Lost in a match with No Monkey Business with a score of 1:2
- Winning the match with Cybercats with a score of 2:0

Team Empire latest results - 4 matches counted

- Winning the match with No Monkey Business with a score of 2:1
- Winning the match with Cybercats with a score of 2:1
- Victory in a match with Alliance with a score of 2:0
- Lost 1-2 vs CHILLAX - March 1st

The Gambit and Team Empire teams did not play each other, and their last matches were about 3 weeks ago - on March 1st. Empire then lost to CHILLAX 1:2, and Gambit beat the Cybercats.

Gambit Esports against Cybercats, took on the first: IO, Tiny, Invoker, Ancient Apparation, Spirit Breaker; on the second: Kunkka, Mirana, Sand King, Earthshaker, Chen.

Team Empire vs CHILLAX lost 1:2; they lost with Tiny, Ogre Magi, Techies, Lina, Brewmaster; won the second with Tiny, Phoenix, Invoker, Wintern Wyvern, Centaur; on the decisive "Imperials" took: Shadow Demon, Mars, Wintern Wyvern, Bristleback, Phantom Assassin.

We have not seen these teams for a long time and therefore it is better to wait for the start of the matches and look at possible substitutions; prematch - a clear victory for Gambit Esports, Team Empire can win 1 map.

Bookmakers give odds of 1.408 on Gambit Esports and 2.848 on Team Empire; at 2:0 from Gambit - 2.3; at 2:1 - 3.17. I tend to win with a score of 2:1 for 3+, but it's better to bet in LIVE.

Prediction: Gambit Esports will win Team Empire - odds 1.408; with a risk of 2:1 - coefficient 3.17