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We close out the professional season of competitive Dota 2 with betting tipNNEWs on DreamLeague Season 21 matches. It's the last championship before the Long Sogpeg of the main event of the year - The International 2023.
DreamLeague Season 21 will begin with the group stage. We will talk about Group B, where Gaimin Gladiators and Team Spirit will play in the opening match.
The match promises to be very hot and clearly claims to be the centrepiece of the day. On one side are the recent BB Dacha champions and on the other are the winners of the Riyadh Masters 2023.
Let's see if this bo2 match will find a winner to start the championship with a much needed win or if we will settle for a draw in an even match.
Let's go.
The in-form Gaimin Gladiators
We open the match analysis with an analysis of the Gaimin Gladiators form. In this match, the Gladiators are again favoured.
Bookmakers believe in the success of GG. The odds for their victory is at around 2.6.
In favour of the victory of Gaimin Gladiators is their recent championship at BB Dacha. In addition, the club remains one of the strongest teams in the vastness of competitive Dota 2 in 2023.
At the DPC 2023 Tour 1 WEU Division 1, the team took the top 2, which paved the way for them to The Lima Major 2023. The first Major season of the tournament was a trailblazing triumph for the Gladiators. Gaimin Gladiators won the tournament without losing a single map in the championship play-offs.
The next DPC cycle in the home league ended even worse than the previous one. Then GG lost to tiebreaker for the top 2, but more than compensated for the failure with a performance on the international stage. Even twice.
On the eve of Long Copega DPC 2023: Tour 3, GG took the championship in two international arenas. They won the $1,000,000 DreamLeague S19 and The Berlin Major 2023, defending their status.
In the third round of the domestic league, Gaimin Gladiators were expectedly one of the top contenders to win the league, but failed to get the regional championship. At the end of DPC 2023: WEU Tour 3 GG took 2nd place, but they made it to the Major, and that's the main thing.
- Gaimin Gladiators lineup: dyrachyo, Quinn, Ace, tOfu, Seleri .
There was also DreamLeague Season 20, where in the first group stage GG felt like they played half-heartedly. Nevertheless, they made it to the next stage and then won the grand final.
After winning DreamLeague Season 20, Gaimin Gladiators won another title. This time it was the Major a Champions Cup again. At Bali Major 2023, GG were once again beaten by Team Liquid in the grand finals.
GG had high chances to finish all the big tournaments of the year with victories, but at Riyadh Masters 2023 they were unlucky. In the first round of play-offs "gladiators" fell to the lower play-offs grid, where at the stage of TOP-4 Ledge and Talon Esports and left the championship.
It was possible to return the winning streak at BB Dacha. Gladiators easily made it through the group stage (7-1 on maps) and also easily closed out the play-offs with a 3-1 win over TSM in the tournament finals.
Most popular Gaimin Gladiators heroes
The most frequent pick was Rubick. The character has appeared in the GG peak 8 times and has an 87% win rate.
Next came Pangolier (6 matches, 83% wins), Doom (6 matches, 66% wins), Keeper of the Light (5 matches, 80% wins), Ember Spirit (5 matches, 80% wins).
We also took Ember Spirit (4 matches, 100% wins), Terrorblade (4 matches, 75% wins).
Team Spirit uniforms
We continue the match analysis with the analysis of Team Spirit's form. "Dragons" will play in the status of an outsider.
This is indicated by the bookmakers. The odds for Spirit's victory are at around 5.
We should not be surprised by the indicator, because we have here the favourite bo3 matches. On paper there is a gap, but in reality I wouldn't be in a hurry to call GG the winner.
In the first round of DPC 2023: EEU Division 1 Spirit were ranked 2nd. Then the dragons were prevented from winning by BB Team, who finished the tournament in first place with a score of 7-0. After playing in their home league, Team Spirit visited The Lima Major 2023 where they finished in the top 8.
Later Spirit played the second round of the home league and again finished in the top 2. Going to The Berlin Major 2023 they expected to improve the result of the previous Major, but in the end it got worse: already TOP-12.
Despite the "sluggish" game on the international arena, Spirit still consistently come out of the groups at the Major, and at home they look like the main contender for victory in every game. This was the case in the third season of DPC 2023.
Spirit finished the Eastern Europe final cycle in first place. It took 3 attempts to earn the championship in Eastern Europe.
- Team Spirit roster: Yatoro, Larl, Collapse, Mira, Miposhka .
The last tournament before DreamLeague Season 20 for the Dragons was DreamLeague S20. There the representatives of Eastern Europe took the top 5, which is not a bad indicator, considering the above mentioned performance for the year.
Spirit visited The Bali Major 2023, but the trip there ended in failure. The team finished in the top 12, failing to make it to the prizes.
Team Spirit made it to the Riyadh Masters 2023 directly into the group stage. The Dragons finished with a score of 8-6 and second place in Group A.
Once in the play-offs Team Spirit started their way to the grand finals. In the first match they outplayed Team Aster, after a very difficult Long Srpeg on two maps.
Next was BB Team and almost identical series: Spirit fell behind on all 3 maps, but somehow won 2-1.
In the match to reach the grand finals they played against Liquid. After giving up the first map, they cameback on the second and demolished Liquid on the third. At the Riyadh Masters 2023, Spirit were transformed into macro masters. Not least because of this, Spirit became the champions of the biggest tournament of the year.
Most popular Team Spirit characters
The top of Team Spirit's most selectable characters is headed by Crystal Maiden. The character has appeared in the peak 6 times and has an 83% win rate.
Apart from Crystal Maiden, Disruptor and Underlord are also appreciated, having been peaked 5 times each with 80% winrate. There was also Skywrath Mage (4 matches, 100% win rate), Doom (4 matches, 75% win rate), PL, Viper, Slark, Riki appeared 3 times each and has 100% win rate.
Personal history
Spirit and GG have played each other several times over the course of the season. Over the 5 series, the situation is not in Spirit's favour. Gladiators won three times, Spirit won once and 1 match ended in a draw.
Predicted result of the match Spirit - GG on DreamLeague Season 21
In this match I expect a roughly equal fight, and therefore the most logical option would be to bet a draw. However, it's a debut match, and therefore, to eliminate risks, I'll take the TS handicap, as I don't believe in a clear victory of one of the sides.
Bottom line: +1.5 on Team Spirit.
