Team Secret vs Elephant: Who will lose points again?

October 7 saw the start of The International 10, the tournament that the entire eSports community has been waiting for two years. Of course, this celebration is somewhat overshadowed by the fact that the competition will take place without spectators, whose presence was banned at the very last moment. Nevertheless, the highest level of Dota will flood us very soon, and we will only have to enjoy the long-awaited The International.

On October 8, Team Secret and Elephant will play their next match in the group stage of The International 10. Which team will be stronger and score the important points?

Team Secret can be classified as the team that hasn’t played before The International 10 for the longest time. The team’s last matches were in June, and they played very poorly. The team lost their previous three games, squeezed out only one map, and needed rest. Three months is more than enough time to rest. True, so far in the tournament, Team Secret are looking relatively unstable. The team managed to beat Team Spirit and did so very confidently, but then unexpectedly lost to beastcoast 0-2. Such results do not add faith in the team, and so far, the Secret do not look like a team that missed Dota 2.

Elephant’s last tournament was i-League 2021 Season 2, where the team managed to finish fourth. After that, the Chinese team spent a month preparing for The International 10. At the main tournament of the year, Elephant also does not look very stable so far. If the team looked very good in the first match, in the second one they suffered an unnecessary defeat on one of the maps and lost points. Fnatic is one of the main outsiders of the tournament, and it was extremely disappointing to lose points with them. In each of their matches, the Chinese team tried to play with active picks that fluff well, and they succeeded with such strategies. They are one of the strongest teams in this tournament, and Team Secret could have big problems.

Both teams showed a great game in the first leg, but in the second leg, they dropped points. At the moment, the encounter between these teams looks as close as possible. The bookmakers are predicting a draw at 2.08, which doesn’t look too bad.