PaiN Gaming vs Team Liquid Prediction: the American team should not drop out of the main tournament

Prediction for the match between PaiN Gaming and Team Liquid which will take place on October 7. Who will turn out to be stronger? Check the team conditions! Several betting options are available.

Brazilian team paiN Gaming made history by becoming the first team from CBLOL since 2015 to qualify for the Swiss stage of the World Championship, making their success particularly significant given that this is the final year of the region's existence. This breakthrough emphasized the development and potential of the Brazilian stage, although expectations for paiN's performance in the main stage of the tournament remained modest.

In the play-in stage, paiN, being outsiders, managed to surprise by taking the first map in the match against PSG Talon, but then lost the series 2:1. However, the team quickly rehabilitated themselves by beating Viking Esports from VCS 2:0 in the elimination match, and then in a tense encounter with Rainbow7 from LLA, they won 2:1, which secured their entry into the Swiss stage. In the first match of the Swiss stage paiN Gaming, as expected, lost to one of the strongest teams in Europe - G2 Esports. And then, in the next match, the Brazilians lost to T1 without a chance, showing that they still have a lot to improve in order to compete at the level of the best teams in the world.

Despite finishing second in the LCS, Team Liquid cannot be written off. They dominated their home arena in 2024, winning the spring championship and going through the summer group stage undefeated. However, the team lost to FlyQuest 1:3 in the summer split finals.

At MSI, Liquid started off with a loss to Top Esports, but after falling to the bottom set, they were able to regain ground by defeating Fnatic 3:1. Their performance ended at the quarterfinals stage, where they lost to T1 and finished in 5th-6th place with Top Esports. Team Liquid proved that they can fight with the strongest, but they need to be more stable at crucial moments to succeed at Worlds.

At Worlds 2024, Team Liquid started off with matches against formidable opponents. In the opening game against LNG Esports, Liquid showed that they could keep up, but ultimately lost due to a number of individual mistakes. They followed that up with another loss, this time to Weibo Gaming, highlighting that the team still has a lot of work to do to minimize mistakes and improve communication to compete at the highest level.

The Liquid showed all year a good level of play, but at the World Championship, suddenly, the team began to fail game after game. But, even despite a lot of individual mistakes, the American team should not fly out of the main tournament of the year at the hands of the Brazilians.