Team Spirit vs Cloud9 Prediction: Cloud9 has a small chance for one victory in the series

Prediction for the match between Team Spirit and Cloud9 which will take place on August 21. Who will turn out to be stronger? Check the team conditions! Several betting options are available.

Team Spirit

Team Spirit did not show an impressive result at the Riyadh Masters 2024, finishing in 7th-8th place. The Dragons are expected only to place as high as possible at tournaments with more than $1,000,000 in prize money, but this time they failed to live up to the fans' expectations. The International 13 is ahead, a potential opportunity for Yatoro, Collapse, Mira and Miposhka to make history and become three-time TI champions.

Team Spirit's captain admitted after the defeat in Riyadh that the team was unable to get into the formative meta. However, later, at the Chinese LAN tournament, Team Spirit felt comfortable in the same meta, beating everyone in their path except Xtreme Gaming. The Dragons can't cope with the Ame team in 2024 - they won only one out of ten face-to-face series, but in the PGL Wallachia Season 1 Grand Final. Analysts emphasised that Team Spirit can't bring out their best qualities in the midst of the pace and fast-paced games, and it's difficult to gambeck in such conditions. It is the return from difficult situations and macro play of the highest level that is Team Spirit's speciality.

Miposhka team is systematically preparing for The International 13 and will hardly show all their ideas on FISSURE Universe: Episode 3. However, the history of the past years shows that when Team Spirit wins an event before TI, they become unstoppable at the main tournament of the year. However, even before the Riyadh Masters 2024, the team won the 1win Series Dota 2 Summer in dominating fashion, and in Riyadh they stayed even outside the top 6.

Cloud9

Until a month ago, the entire roster was playing under the Entity tag, but after the Riyadh Masters 2024, a major deal with Cloud9 took place and the players changed into Cloud9 uniforms. It's a successful signing for Cloud9 - a European squad that's a consistent contender in Dash 1 tournaments, with matchmaking star watson, and experienced fighters at every position. Entity was once constantly revolving around the world top, and now Cloud9 will try to climb to the top.

The irony of the tag change is funny, but we should recognise another fact: it's no coincidence that the team got an invitational straight to the main stage. At FISSURE Universe: Episode 3 there will be no tops from China, Team Liquid also refused, but even with them the invite for Cloud9 would look logical. Fishman and company stopped at Riyadh Masters 2024 on 9-12 place, but in the playoffs gave a very tight fight to BetBoom Team. In Riyadh Entity played confidently, quickly, moved actively around the map, and did not shy away from taking risks in the drafts. In the group stage, the team achieved eleven wins and three losses, and the series with BetBoom Team and Team Liquid closed with a score of 2-0. Cloud9's main star is watson. Alimzhan has been at the top of the European leaderboard in terms of MMR for a long time and is approaching the 15,000 MMR mark, and has also become a good competitive player in 2024. In difficult times for the Fishman team, it was watson who pulled out tough matches.

The old Entity squad is known as the kings of dash-2 tournaments. Fishman and his team won 1win Series Dota 2 Spring and FISSURE Universe: Episode 2 this year, although the roster hadn't won a tournament since March 2022. There will be no weak opponents in the third episode of FISSURE Universe. What kind of glory will the roaster bring to Cloud9?

Expert Betting Tips

The teams met once in 2024, and Entity had no problem winning that match. We always have a little more faith in Team Spirit before The International, and now we're expecting the Miposhka collective in ultimatum form. But Fishman and company have proven time and time again that they are capable of fighting at the highest level and causing problems for their opponents. Taking into account that in China the Dragons liked to play 3 cards, Cloud9 has a small chance for one victory in the series.