Fnatic vs Outsiders Prediction: the Bears Have to Gain Points

One of the most important international Dota 2 tournaments, the PGL Arlington Major 2022, will begin on Thursday, August 4. Fnatic and Outsiders will play in the first round of the group stage.

PGL Arlington Major 2022 - an international cyber-sports tournament in Dota 2 with the status of the major. The contest in the U.S. will be the second and final major event of the 2021/22 DPC cycle. The top 17 teams from around the world will compete for $500,000 and 4,570 DPC points from August 04-14.

Does it make sense to consider Fnatic as one of the fighters at this majors? Three players did not receive visas to the U.S., but the Asians did not give up the idea to participate, although their chances of success are not impressive.

After TI10 there were changes at Fnatic: Armel, an experienced player from TNC Predator, sat on the mid, while Jaunuel from OB Esports x Neon got the hard-support. In January the team was completely re-synchronized and Fnatic became an powerful once again.

At the end of the first DPC they managed to make a comeback and reach the Majors, which was canceled at the last minute. In the second DPC league there were no such problems, they quietly occupied the top-3 preparing for the majors.

In Sweden, as part of the group stage, the magic of numbers followed the team, the entire first stage they finished with the statistics 2-2-2, which did not allow them to start in the winners. In the first match of the playoffs the guys received a familiar opponent - T1, overcoming them with a score of 2-1. And then there was the game with OG (1:2), which was also supposed to end with a victory, but on the third map the Europeans made a comeback. After that OG couldn't be stopped. Fnatic finished the majors in 7th-8th place, which is not bad overall.

The long-suffering Bears are finally reaching their peak form. The Russian team's DPC spring tour was awful. In the first game, the carry Pure was disqualified for drawing on the map, and he was kicked out of the organization.

VP kept silent for a long time and announced their rescue plan at the beginning of the summer tour. The legendary RAMZES666 returned to his home team. Many no longer believed in Roman, but he proved that he was ready to break into the elite of the DOTA scene again. Outsiders sensationally won the Eastern European DPC League summer tour, beating NaVi and Team Spirit in the championship replay. Notably, the Bears only lost to NaVi in the regular season, but the VP players reported feeling sick.

The full roster of Outsiders must come to the United States. All of the Russian players received visas, which means that VPs will do their best. Towards the end of the summer tour, the guys made a crazy run. We hope they will carry that over to the majors.

The Russian team has a tough group, and Fnatic now looks like the opponent from whom the well-coordinated team has to take points. If Outsiders want to make the playoffs, winning this game is a must.

Outsiders is a tag created by Virtus.pro after the start of Russia's special operation in Ukraine since Virtus.pro's ownership group has ties to the sanctioned companies and individuals. Outsiders tag was created as a neutral name for the team and now gives it the right to participate in major cybersports tournaments.

We believe the best options for betting are W2, the frags H2 (-11.5), and the frags TO (46.5).

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