Gambit Esports vs Fiend: How many rounds will the Bulgarians win?

DreamHack Masters Spring 2021 begins on April 29 and the opening match will be between Gambit Esports and Fiend. The Russian team is the clear favorite in this match. Will the experienced Bulgarians be able to oppose the top 1 ranking HLTV or Gambit Esports will defeat their opponent in a bo1 meeting?

Gambit Esports: maintaining their reputation

• Current HLTV ranking: #1
• Last three months changes: +15
• The best win rate map: Vertigo - 82% in 11 maps
• The worst win rate map: Dust2 - 58% in 12 maps

Gambit Esports still hold first place in the HLTV ranking. The Russian team has been showing very strong results in recent months. The team after losing the ESL Pro League Season 13 final was able to take revenge on Heroic, beating them 2-1 in the deciding match for the BLAST Premier Spring Final slot. The team shows that they have no intention of slowing down and continue to maintain their high level of play.

In terms of maps, Gambit Esports will not be able to play their best map, Vertigo, as Fiend hardly ever play it, four matches in the last three months and zero wins speak for themselves. They have consistently banned this map in recent matches and it’s unlikely anything will change in this clash. However, Gambit Esports have a great map pool. The squad has an Overpass where they feel very confident. Four wins from the last five meetings speak for themselves. And the opponents were all top-notch, NAVI, Astralis, Heroic. But there is little hope that the teams will make it to this map. They will choose from Mirage, Train and Inferno. On all three maps, the win rate of the Russian team is higher, even because they constantly play with the best teams in the world, and Fiend are struggling with the draw 2 teams. The Train map looks the most acceptable for both teams. But Gambit Esports have won six of their last seven matches on Train and lost only once to Heroic in the ESL Pro League Season 13 final by a score of 26-28. In four of their six matches, they have not even allowed their opponents to reach the nine rounds. With such statistics, there is little faith in Fiend on this map.

Fiend: without much hope of success

• Current HLTV rating: #54
• Last three months changes: +48
• The best win rate map: Dust2 - 83% in 6 maps
• The worst win rate map: Vertigo - 0% for 4 maps

Fiend look like an extra team in this tournament. If you look at the teams that gathered at DreamHack Masters Spring, even paiN look more competitive. They, by the way, are ranked 27th and look like clear underdogs in the tournament, and Fiend don’t even appear in the top 50. Of course, you can rely on the bo1 format in the opening matches, but the tendency for the underdog to have a better chance in a bo1 match is gradually disappearing. Contracts are going up, money is coming into the industry and there is more and more responsibility on the team. Gambit Esports always play very focused and rarely make mistakes in matches against weaker opponents. In the last five months, they have suffered one defeat at the hands of a Tier 2 team and that was at the Snow Sweet Snow tournament. In major tournaments, where DreamHack certainly belongs, they do not allow that at all. So the prospects for Fiend in this match are not very good.

Train looks like the most obvious option for both teams. Both teams quite often play this map and feel comfortable on it, but of course, Gambit Esports look favorites. Fiend in recent matches were defeated by EXTREMUM, CLEANTmix, and they won’t even be able to resist Especially if Gambit Esports will start for the defense, where they have almost 60% win rate.

Expert Betting Tips

Gambit Esports are the favorite of the match. Gambit Esports should beat their opponent easily in any scenario and they will be completely satisfied with Train. On this map, they usually smash their rivals, which should happen in this match.

The bookmakers are offering odds of 1.95 for Under 23.5 rounds, which looks like a good option. You can also think about Gambit Esports winning with a handicap (-7.5) for odds of 1.75.