Team Liquid vs OG Prediction: the First European Derby in the U.S. Major

One of the most important international Dota 2 tournaments, the PGL Arlington Major 2022, will begin on Thursday, August 4. Team Liquid vs OG 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.

Team Liquid has been doing well throughout Europe's 2021/22 DPC cycle. The team achieved the championship in the winter tourney and finished second in the regional winter finals, where extra DPC points were awarded. In the spring, the team finished third in the regional league and went to the majors, where they performed mediocrely, taking 9-12 places. Due to failure in the Majors, the European squad tried to play well in the Regional League Summer Tour. They succeeded, becoming second, getting a ticket to the August Majors in the U.S.

The European team played with a substitute at the Riyadh Masters 2022 Arabian LAN tournament at the end of August. The great and mighty Ana replaced the Finnish carry MATUMBAMAN. Why the Finn didn't go to the UAE is unknown. It was more important to get their leading player to the USA with the team, and in UAE, Ana will go. The Australian isn't the same that was at TI8, TI9. In 2021 he tried to make a comeback in O.G., but after playing for precisely two months, he left. And he didn't show anything in Team Liquid. Now he'll be on replacement in RNG at the majors, and the Liquid with MATUMBAMAN is on full alert.

The current OG team continues to hold the reputation of an aggressive squad. Such style helped them win the first major of 2022 and perform well in all regional leagues, booking a ticket to TI11.

At the Riyadh Masters 2022 in late July, the OG team held its first entire squad LAN tournament. Finally, Misha solved all the problems, who wasn't at the victorious major, but the OG support didn't make it to the second major again due to the visa problems. The legendary Ceb will be in the USA again, but does he have something else besides his Swedish Windranger, which no longer surprises anyone?

We expect a close confrontation. Both have equal chances to win. In such a game, we propose to bet on a draw and the frags TO (54.5) on maps 1 and 2.

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