Match Prediction: Mineski - VGJ.Thunder | Dota 2
The International 2018The last time when the collectives played happened approximately five months ago at the championship Dota 2 Asia Championships 2018 and then the guys from Mineski turned out to be stronger, winning over their opponents by the score of 1:0.
Mineski got to The International 2018 being invited directly thanks to their fifth place in the Dota Pro Circuit rating. During the rating season 2017/2018 the collective won Dota 2 Asia Championships 2018 and PGL Open Bucharest, and also entered the list of Four Best at different rating tournaments. At the main championship of the year the roster holds the fifth place having four won maps and six lost ones: from Mushi and Co - Winstrike, and the matches against Invictus Gaming and Fnatic resulted in draws. Meanwhile, OG and Evil Geniuses defeated Mineski.
The collective VGJ.Thunder performed well during a definite period of the rating season and managed to take the second places at The Bucharest Major, GESC: Indonesia Dota2 Minor and StarLadder ImbaTV Invitational Season 5, which gave the guys a direct invitation to The International. Recently the collective looked unstable and at the group stage of the “World Championship” the collective had three wins and five losses. The collective won over Winstrike and shares the point with PSG.LGD, but couldn’t overcome Evil Geniuses and Fnatic.
Bookmakers lean towards Mineski, while we think this match will results in a draw. This battle is unlikely to result in the win of VGJ.Thunder, but equal teams got to the championship and anything can happen.