Virtus.pro vs LGD Gaming Prediction: the Bears Will Fight For Two Points

Prediction for the BetBoom Dacha Dubai match which will take place on February 5th. Who will turn out to be stronger? Check the team conditions! Several betting options are available.

The Bears exchanged maps with Aurora in the first series of the tournament (1:1). Analysts put Virtus.pro on the list of teams that will leave the Dacha after the group stage. But Virtus. pro’s playing is very disciplined. At the January qualifiers for tier-1 tournaments in the CIS, the Bears quietly took an economic advantage on the map, developed, and, with good items, made quality entries to the top. The team was always good at reading opportunities to kill Roshan and the Terzators. Ahilles admitted in an interview that the Bears were comfortable playing against Chinese teams while preparing for TI12. The lineup hasn’t changed since then, and the series against LGD Gaming will likely go comfortably for Virtus.pro. Half of the teams in Group A received direct invitations to the tournament and didn’t have much game practice.

On the other hand, the Bears have had time in January to try out new strategies. Virtus.pro is written off early. They are a team from the strongest region in the world; they were in the top 8 at TI12, and they haven’t changed their lineup. Therefore, xiao8 will have to break their heads to defeat the Bears.

LGD Gaming fell under a global Chinese reshuffle after finishing in the top 3 at TI12. The team lost NothingToSay and planet. Without them, LGD Gaming looked dry at the tournament in Kuala Lumpur, did not get out of the group, and did not earn slots in the DreamLeague Season 22 and ESL One Birmingham 2024 qualification. 

Xiao8 managed to keep y’ in the team - with the captain, they were in the top 3 of The International twice and won the Riyadh Masters 2022. He also kept LGD Gaming’s shiro (a young and promising Chinese carry) and niu (an offlaner who has dramatically improved the team’s results since his arrival). Usually, xiao8 teams fail in the first half of the year and start playing at full strength in July-August, so now LGD Gaming should not expect loud victories and brilliant play. But in the distant future, he will make the players a working mechanism again, which will show itself at the money tournaments. The Chinese teams came to the game in good shape, but LGD Gaming plays a little worse. Virtus.pro has already played against the Chinese team in Seattle and managed to upset them once. Considering the peculiarities of the team’s preparation for the main tournaments of the year, the coach will not be demanding and will forgive his charges of one or two lost maps.

The Bears took away a map in the last face-to-face meeting, although the LGD Gaming lineup was stronger. Now, it is tough to believe in 2-0 from Virtus.pro, but they might be stronger on the first maps.