Match Prediction: OpTic Gaming - Fnatic | Dota 2
ESL One Birmingham 2018The last time when the teams met was approximately a month ago at the tournament StarLadder ImbaTV Invitational Season 5 and there the guys from North American turned out to be stronger winning 2:1 over Fnatic.
OpTic Gaming are playing well at the moment and within last two months they managed to win the qualifier for ESL One Birmingham 2018 and to become the winner of StarLadder ImbaTV Invitational Season 5, gaining 675 Dota Pro Circuit points and taking the fourteenth 14 position in the world rating. Also we should emphasize the fact that the team need to earn the biggest number of points in order to have a chance to get to The International 2018 directly. During the current championship, PPD and Co won their group and after that they got the second position in the winners’ group guaranteeing a slot at the semifinal immediately.
The team Fnatic also look rather strong and these two months they have taken the 3-4 positions at StarLadder ImbaTV Invitational Season 5 and GESC: Thailand Dota2 Minor, and also won the qualifiers for ESL One Birmingham 2018. Abed and Co took only the second position in their group so they started their way to the playoff from the semifinals where they won 2:1 over OG.
The teams are extremely equal which is proven by the coefficients of the bookmakers - Fnatic’s win is 2.0, while OpTic Gaming’s triumph is evaluated as 1.7. We also think that the North American collective are the favourites of this competition.