PSG.LGD vs BOOM Esports Prediction: The favorite to leave no chance for the opponent

One of the most important international Dota 2 tournaments, the PGL Arlington Major 2022, will continue in the United States on Thursday, August 9. PSG.LGD and BOOM Esports will face off in the first match of the upper bracket quarter-final series.

PGL Arlington Major 2022 is a major international cyber-sports tournament in Dota 2. The tournament in the U.S. will be the second and final major event of the 2021/22 DPC season. Top 17 teams from around the world will compete for the prize pool of $500,000 and 4,570 DPC points from August 4th till August 14th.

PSG.LGD: undefeated

PSG.LGD won Group A ahead of schedule, losing in only one map. The only team that could defeat xiao8 was Soniqs. The game of the world leader so far is amazing. If the opponents could not beat them in BO2, then what chance do they have in the BO3 format match? BOOM Esports has practically none.

We do not have to tell much how strong PSG.LSD is. The Chinese team will be the odds-on favorite in all tournaments they attend. Since TI10 we haven't seen Chinese teams on the international arena. The whole region missed the first major in Sweden due to covid restrictions, but in July, the formidable Chinese got out and took part in the tournament in the UAE, Riyadh Masters 2022. The Arabian tournament was not so easy to play, because all the top players except Asians had gathered there and raffled off 4 000 000 dollars in prize money. PSG.LGD players triumphed, destroying Team Spirit (2-0) in the final.

This Arabian tournament can be considered a preparatory one. First of all, this was the first time since TI10 that Chinese teams participated in an international match. Second, the PSG.LGD players had to be in top form before the main event; they had played the Summer Regional with their hands down, even refusing to play one of the re-match matches. Why, they can afford it, they're in the major, and most importantly, they got a ticket to TI11 a long time ago.

In my opinion, PSG.LGD now can be called the most stable team in the world if they are motivated enough. It is worth realizing that xiao8 team won the first and second DPC league in China and both regional finals that Valve organized for the Chinese region instead of the majors. In the summer tour, the team finally relaxed because the main task was accomplished ahead of schedule. Even without going to the last match of the replay, xiao8 team explained that they want to focus on preparing for international starts, and here is one of them.

The squad of this team has been unchanged for many years and the main intrigue in the upcoming summer international tournaments is how many times PSG.LGD will allow someone to beat them if anyone is capable of it at all now.

BOOM Esports: nothing to surprise

Near the end of the group stage, BOOM Esports found their game. The Asians gave battle to Team Aster (1-1) and Team Spirit (1-1), and also defeated Natus Vincere (2-0). Although there were openly failed games, but that was at the start of the group stage. Will BOOM Esports players be able to withstand the incredible PSG.LGD? Theoretically, they can, but in practice, it is extremely unlikely.

BOOM Esports is the best team in Southeast Asia in this DPC cycle. This team just finished all three DPC leagues in an awesome fashion: championship in the first winter round, in the third summer round and vice-champion in the second spring round. Add winning the winter regional finals instead of the major and you get over 1,100 DPC points, which pretty much guarantees the guys a TI11 appearance.

It was strange not to see the team at the Riyadh Masters 2022, considering that BOOM Esports won the previous tournament in the UAE called GAMERS GALAXY: Invitational Series Dubai 2022, but note that the past few days ago the Masters did not include any Asian team, except Deboosters, and that host team was assembled from hodgepodge and was only an extra for world leaders. It's a shame, BOOM players could have put on a real show in a $4,000,000 million tournament, which the Arabs couldn't do.

Before the major started, BOOM Esports earned a win in qualifying for August home tournament, ESL One Malaysia 2022.

Head-to-head encounters

These teams played back in 2018. PSG.LGD beat the opponent 1-0, but many years have passed since then and the teams' lineups have changed dramatically.

Expert Betting Tips

Total frags handicap of PSG.LGD will be at least (-22.5), the odds for this are 1.85 at 1xbet.

And the match Total Frags will be more than 106.5, the odds on it are 1.90 at 22bet.

PSG.LGD's individual Total Frags will be over 64.5 kills, odds on it are 1.83 at bet365.