Match Prediction: Virtus.pro - Mineski | Dota 2
The International 2018The last meeting between the collectives was held as a part of EPICENTER XL and then Virtus.Pro turned out to be stronger, winning over their opponents by the score 1:0.
Virtus.Pro approached the championship being clear favourites and at the group stage the collective got the second position providing themselves with getting to the upper bracket. At the playoff stage it became clear that the collective have some game problems as it looked as if they were unwilling to reveal their hands, but the loss from PSG.LGD proved all the guesses about the problems.
Meanwhile, Mineski were thought to be strong and some talents assured that they were able to get to Four Best, but the guys really disappointed the viewers at the group stage. The collective got the win over Winstrike only and had draws at the matches against such teams as Invictus Gaming, VGJ.Thunder and Fnatic, while all the other meeting were lost, so it resulted in the seventh position in their group and having five wins and eleven losses. At the playoff the teams won over TNC Predator which was a real miracle as the team was losing , 16 thousand of golds on the map.
The bookmakers think that Virtus.Pro are favourites of the battle and they set the coefficient equal to 1.3, while the win of Mineski is evaluated as 3.5. We do agree with the opinion of the bookmakers and also think that “Bears” must win over the opponents at the bo3 competition.