Matchförutsägelse: Team Spirit - TSM | Dota 2

The first game day of DreamLeague Season 20 continues. Team Spirit will play against TSM in the online tournament. The Eastern European champion against the bronze medalist from North America. Which of the two big-name teams has the better chance to win? Let's find out.

Read this betting tip to find out how the teams have fared over the course of the playing year, their previous results in the previous fixture, and how this bo2 clash will end.

Team Spirit uniforms

Compared to last year, this year Team Spirit are on a definite decline. The team finished second in DPC EEU 2023 Tour 1: Division I, BetBoom Universe: Episode I - Comics Zone and DPC EEU 2023 Tour 2: Division I. Results at international tournaments can hardly be called good. 7th-8th place at the Lima Major 2023, 9th-10th place at DreamLeague Season 19 and 9th-12th place at ESL One Berlin Major 2023 shows that the International 2021 champions are losing international competition to the top teams.

Prior to their appearance at DreamLeague Season 20, Yatoro and his teammates competed in the final DPC round of the season, DPC EEU 2023 Tour 3: Division I. There, Team Spirit found no equal among the top eight teams in the region. The Spirit won all seven championship matches, while playing all bo3 series with a 2-1 scoreline. Victory earns Team Spirit a slot in the Bali Major 2023, $30,000 and 500 DPC points.

Team Spirit's latest results statistics:

• Victory over 9Pandas 2-1
• Victory over OneMove 2-1
• 2-1 victory over BetBoom Team
• Defeat HYDRA 2:1
• 2:1 victory over Nemiga Gaming

TSM uniforms

TSM have spent most of this season extremely confident at the regional level. This is evidenced by the 7-0 statistical wins at DPC NA 2023 Tour 1: Division I and DPC NA 2023 Tour 2: Division I. On the international level, however, the results of the American squad are noticeably more modest. TSM finished 13-14th at the Lima Major 2023 and 17th-18th at the ESL One Berlin Major 2023. Whitemon and the team finished eighth in the last tournament in the series, DreamLeague Season 19, after making the first group stage and earning $37,500 in prize money.

Also, like all competitors in this tournament, the previous championship for TSM was the first DPC division of the season in their region, namely DPC NA 2023 Tour 3: Division I. There, the American squad produced a weaker performance than in the previous two DPC rounds. The 5-2 stats were not enough to finish in the top 2 of the championship, so TSM finished third in the standings. This earned them $27,000 and 200 DPC points, but the team members will not travel to Bali, at least not as players.

Recent TSM results statistics:

• 2-0 win over Sand King Gomez
• 1-2 loss to nouns
• 2-0 defeat
• Defeat Team DogChamp 2:1
• Defeat ALPHA 2:0

Team Spirit - TSM match history

Due to regional and performance differences, Team Spirit and TSM have only played each other once this year. At the Lima Major 2023 in Group A, Team Spirit defeated TSM 2-0.

Predicted Team Spirit - TSM match result

Taking into account all the above factors and the history of performances, Team Spirit should win this match, because TSM are not distinguished by a high level of play against serious opponents on the world stage. Our bet is on Team Spirit to win.