Team Secret vs Xtreme Gaming Prediction: Favorite to turn loser

The Last Chance Qualifier for The International 2022 continues on Monday, October 10. Team Secret and Xtreme Gaming will battle it out in the opening games of the LCQ Playoffs upper bracket.

The International 2022: Last Chance Qualifier is a qualifier for The International 2022, the year's main event in Dota 2. Twelve teams from around the world will be competing for two slots in the main tournament. Last Chance Qualifier, like the entire The International 2022 tournament, is a LAN tournament that will take place in Singapore.

Team Secret: toughest matchup ahead

At the end of the LCQ group stage, Team Secret won the title of the most peace-loving team, as Puppey defeated only the Peruvians from Tempest, while all the rest were ties, getting four draws in their stats. With such figures, the European team had to settle for only the third line and therefore has to play against Xtreme Gaming right in the first round, and good for them - Team Secret has the right to make a mistake.

If we evaluate Team Secret's prospects against the Chinese, I don't see any chances of success for the team from Western Europe. While the Xtreme Gaming players are quite a bunch of wreckers and we didn't like their performance in the group either, let's be honest, the opponents of the Chinese were more powerful, and that's why the status of Xtreme Gaming looks scary against Team Secret.

The 2021/22 DPC cycle for Team Secret was extremely problematic. Puppey's team finished all three regional leagues outside of the European major, taking it to Singapore only through regional qualification, where they finished second after losing to Entity (0-3) in the finals.

Clement tolerated his team's failures in the regional leagues for a long time, but still began to reshuffle them in May. In May, Team Secret said goodbye to their carry SumaiL, signing Crystallis from Entity in his place. One lineup change didn't help success in the summer regional league round, so Puppey made another reshuffle before the regional classifications at TI11. Since the Riyadh Masters 2022, the team has been playing with Zayac, who came in fourth instead of YapzOr, and with the Resolut1on three instead of iceiceice. The transfer of the latter greatly strengthened the team's game, although Resol has not played anywhere for a long time, and he plays in Team Secret not in the usual position of the carry, but as a number three.

Xtreme Gaming: ready to add on

To be honest, before the start of this LCQ the Xtreme Gaming team was overhyped... Everyone was quick to give them a ticket to TI11, but as the group stage of the LCQ showed, the experts were too hasty. The Chinese team's play is far from perfect, and the only thing left to comfort the fans is the hope that the group play wasn't important and Xtreme Gaming will improve in the playoffs. The opponents in the form of Team Secret players are an excellent show of strength for Xtreme Gaming and if the Chinese pass them, most likely no one will knock them out of the winners.

Xtreme Gaming is still the main Chinese mystery, because this squad has not yet played in any international tournament this season. Moreover, this tag is newly formed and the last chance qualifier is the first international test for these players under the Xtreme Gaming brand. That said, this team has real masterminds of the game with tremendous experience. Just look at one mid laner Paparazi or the experienced trio of old eLeVeN, let's not forget about the most experienced pair of supports in the face of Pyw and Dy. The only weak link of Xtreme Gaming is young carry lou who joined the top team for the first time.

Xtreme Gaming DPC began the 2021/22 cycle in the second division. In the Winter Regional League, the team became the champion among the second echelon squads of China and got a ticket to the elite. After that, the team strengthened with old eLeVeN and carry lou. With the new roster, the team shone at the Intel World Open Beijing (2nd place) and OGA Dota PIT Season 6: China (1st place).

Xtreme Gaming started the spring round of the regional league as one of the favorites. In the spring, the team finished second and third in the regional finals, which were staged in China due to teams from that region missing the Swedish major. In the summer, the Chinese team finished third in their league, but due to visa issues, Xtreme Gaming declined to participate in the American major and fully prepared all summer for the Chinese regional qualification for TI11. In the qualification itself, Xtreme Gaming reached the final, where they lost without a chance to RNG (0-3). At the Last Chance Qualifier, the Chinese squad of Xtreme Gaming is the main contender for one of the two slots in the group stage of TI11.

Expert Betting Tips

Xtreme Gaming will win the match, and you can bet on it for 1.72 at Bet365.

We are most likely to see three maps, so it makes sense to bet on Maps Total Over (2.5) for 1.90 at Betway.

Another great option is Total Over (124.5) Frags for 2.06 at 1xbet.