Thunder Awaken vs SG esports Prediction: Clash of Division I and Division II champions

On Monday, June 13, the first week of play in the third round of the DPC South America Regional Dota 2 League will end. Teams Thunder Awaken and SG esports will wrap up the opening week.

DPC SA 2021/2022 Tour 3: Division I is an online Dota 2 tournament from June 10 to July 15, 2022. Eight of the strongest teams from the South American region will compete for $205,000. In addition to the cash prizes, the teams will compete for two tickets to the majors and the important DPC points needed to qualify for T11.

The spring tour for Thunder Awaken went well. The guys won the South American regional league, went to the major in Sweden, and performed well there, finishing in 5th or 6th place, losing in the playoffs to eventual champions OG. Such results satisfied the management, and the squad did not change in the end. Thunder Awaken continue to be the odds-on favorite to win the Regional League, and only a sluggish start could keep them from dominating South America again.

Thunder Awaken (formerly known as Thunder Predator) is a South American cybersports organization. Their former name was due to Acer's sponsorship of the Predator brand.

Thunder Predator has completely changed their line-up after failing at TI10. In return came a full NoPing e-sports squad that, although they performed well in the region in 2021, failed to qualify for TI10, and they were really lucky to be signed by an even more top-flight organization, giving them a second chance. The Peruvians have taken that chance so far, winning the first and second DPC leagues in South America without a chance from their rivals.

SG esports (formerly known as SG e-sports) is a Brazilian professional cybersports organization. It has had a team in Dota 2 since 2016. Having won the South American qualifier for the Kyiv Major in 2017, SG esports players became the first Brazilian squad to participate in a Major tournament organized by Valve. They also ended a two-year drought of no South American teams competing in the majors. The team made their first-ever appearance at The International in 2021 but failed to finish in last place 17-18 and failing to advance from the group.

The team was snatched up after TI10. The new squad could not compete in South America's elite division and was forced to relegate after the first round. In the spring, a renewed SG esports squad was able to win the second division of the regional league and try their hand again in the elite.

Before the start of the summer tour, the squad changed again. The squad left Peruvian Parker, who decided to go for an infamous promotion of sorts. He was replaced by another Peruvian Berna, the Balrogs' defender for two DPC leagues. The third position player has also changed, with the vacant position being taken by Peruvian Frank, who had previously played on the Lava and Thunder Predator squads.

How ready the SG esports players are for the elite will show in the first games, but there is little chance in the match against Thunder Awaken.

On the first map, I expect a lot of kills, the teams should break Total Over 46.5 kills, and the odds for this are 1.84.

The first map will last longer than 35.5 minutes; the odds on that are 1.80.

On the second map, Thunder Awaken will win with a handicap (-14.5) kills; the odds on that are 1.75.

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