Match Prediction: VGJ.Thunder - Vici Gaming | Dota 2
The International 2018The teams met for the last time at Dota 2 Professional League about four months ago and then, the guys from Vici Gaming appeared to be stronger.
The team VGJ.Thunder was considered to be an obvious underdog of the championship and very few people thought that they would pass the group stage, however, the team managed to beat Winstrike and Invictus Gaming and also made a draw against PSG.LGD and Mineski, which guaranteed them an advancement to the lower bracket of the playoffs. At the moment, the roster looks as an obvious outsider too and is unlikely to prevail in the first round of the lower bracket, however, no one believed into their advancement to the playoffs too.
In its turn, Vici Gaming placed eighth in its group, having seven victories and nine losses on its score, but Serenity and TNC Predator also have such statistic, Secret, Newbee and OpTic Gaming earned only one more point. During the group stage, eLeVeN and the company lost to OpTic Gaming, TNC Predator, and VGJ.Storm, however, managed to overcome Newbee and Virtus.Pro, and the matches against Team Secret and paiN Gaming were finished with a draw.
Bookmakers consider Vici Gaming to be a favorite of the match and offer odds in the sum of 1.5 for their victory, while VGJ.Thunder’s triumph is evaluated as 2.4. We fully agree with the bookmakers’ opinion and also prefer Vici Gaming.