Today Team Spirit will play against Gaimin Gladiators in the second group stage of DreamLeague Season 22. Both teams have a 1-2 statistic and share the fourth place in the standings. A win will improve their position in the top-4. The format of the match is bo3. Will the two-time world champions be able to outplay their opponent? We will find out very soon.
In this betting thread you will find out how the participants of this match performed during the previous year, how they did in their previous professional tournament, and how this match will end.
Team Spirit uniforms
The International 2021 champions began last year's playing season by finishing second at the DPC EEU 2023 Tour 1: Division I and BetBoom Universe: Episode I - Comics Zone, which earned the players $28,000 and $25,000 respectively. The team also earned the right to play at Lima Major 2023, the first Major tournament of the year. The 7th-8th place at Lima Major 2023 is hard to call a good result for such a team, but Miposhka and his teammates fulfilled the minimum programme, earning $12,500 and DPC points. Silver in the DPC EEU 2023 Tour 2: Division I allowed Team Spirit to earn $28,000 and ranking points, as well as a trip to Berlin for the Major event. Before travelling to Germany, Spirit finished in 9th-10th place at DreamLeague Season 19, the first tournament of the ESL Pro Tour Dota 2 2023 series, and won $25,000. At ESL One Berlin Major 2023, the team fell short, as a 9th-12th place finish in the standings did not earn them any honours. Team Spirit won the final round of the regional league, winning all of their matches. Thus, Miposhka and his team earned the grand prize of $30,000, DPC points and a trip to Bali Major 2023. In between ranking tournaments, Spirit played at DreamLeague Season 20, where they finished in the top 5 and received $52,500. But in Bali the players had the same bad luck as in Berlin. Once again 9th-12th place and no winnings. The final tournament of the ESL Pro Tour Dota 2 2023 series was the Riyadh Masters 2023, a LAN championship held in Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia, which had the biggest prize money of the year, namely $15,000,000. The win secured Team Spirit $5,000,000 in prize money. Also, the championship at DreamLeague Season 21 brought the players $300,000. And at the end of the year, Spirit became two-time world champions by winning The International 2023 and earning the top prize of $1,521,362. The team failed to qualify for ESL One Kuala Lumpur 2023. The 2024th Long Season started for Yatoro and his teammates by qualifying for DreamLeague Season 22. The team was also able to successfully qualify for ESL One Birmingham 2024.
The previous professional tournament for Team Spirit was BetBoom Dacha Dubai 2024. In the group stage Spirit took the second place in Group B with 1-4-0 statistics, which allowed them to qualify for the play-offs. There Yatoro and Team Ledge and Gaimin Gladiators on two maps and lost the right to make a mistake. The team rehabilitated in the match against LGD Gaming. The 2:0 victory put Team Spirit into the quarter-finals of the quarter-finals. However, the reigning world champions lost to the Chinese team Azure Ray with the result 0:2 and finished their participation in the tournament. The 5th-6th places provided the players with $45,000 in prize money.
According to the results of the DreamLeague Season 22 draw, Team Spirit fell into Group B. The team played with a 2-4-1 result, took the fourth place in the group and made it to the second group stage of the competition. The start was not the most successful for Yatoro and his teammates, as the team Ledgeil Xtreme Gaming in a full bo3 series. Then Team Spirit defeated Aurora with a score of 2:1. After that, Spirit Ledgeiliated Team Falcons on two maps.
Statistics of Team Spirit's latest results:
- A 0:2 defeat to Team Falcons
- Victory over Aurora 2:1
- 1:2 defeat to Xtreme Gaming
- 1:1 draw with Aurora
- 1:1 draw with Shopify Rebellion
Gaimin Gladiators uniforms
Putting aside the fact that the Gaimin Gladiators never won the coveted world championship in 2023, the European squad had one of the best seasons in the history of competitive Dota 2. And that's despite the fact that Gaimin Gladiators didn't perform as well at the regional level as they did at the international level. Second place at DPC WEU 2023 Tour 1: Division I and DPC WEU 2023 Tour 3: Division I, as well as a bronze medal at DPC WEU 2023 Tour 2: Division I are testament to that. And as Seleri and the team picked up victories at tournaments such as Lima Major 2023, ESL One Berlin Major 2023, DreamLeague Season 19, DreamLeague Season 20, Bali Major 2023 and BetBoom Dacha. The team earned a combined $1,350,000 in prize money for their championship at these events. A trip to the Riyadh Masters 2023 saw Gaimin Gladiators finish in fourth place, which earned them an additional $1,200,000. And before the TI 2023, the team played at DreamLeague Season 21, where they failed to achieve the expected results, finishing in 7th-8th place. Gaimin Gladiators made it directly to The International 2023, earning 2140 DPC points after an impressive season. The team won silver and earned $398,730. Gaimin Gladiators finished the year with a second place finish at ESL One Kuala Lumpur 2023, for which they were able to collect $175,000 in prize money.
Gaimin Gladiators previously took part in the BetBoom Dacha Dubai 2024. The Long Sogpegoval Long Sogpegoval tournament saw GG in Group A, where the players finished with a 2-2-1 record, allowing them to head to the play-offs stage. There, Gaimin Gladiators had already managed to outscore the reigning world champions from Team Spirit 2-0 to advance to the semifinals of the top set. Defeat to BetBoom Team on two maps in a row sent Seleri and his teammates to the bottom of the grid and denied them the right to make a mistake. But a clash with Team Liquid in the quarter-finals of the losers was the last one for Gaimin Gladiators. Defeat in the full bo3 series brought the players 5th-6th place in the standings and $45,000 in prize money.
At DreamLeague Season 22 Gaimin Gladiators made it to Group A, where they didn't please their fans much, but made it to the top 4 with 2-3-2 statistics, beating Virtus.pro and Ledgeiv OG in bo1 tiebreakers. In the second group stage Long Corner was also unsuccessful. Ledge beat Team Falcons 0:2, and Shopify Rebellion lost in a full bo3 series. Gaimin Gladiators managed to rehabilitate themselves with a 2-0 victory over Aurora.
Gaimin Gladiators recent results stats:
- A 2-0 victory over Aurora
- 1:2 defeat to Shopify Rebellion
- Defeat by Team Falcons 0:2
- 1:0 win over Virtus.pro
- 0:1 defeat to OG
Match history of Team Spirit - Gaimin Gladiators
Over the past year, the participants of this confrontation have played against each other six times. Gaimin Gladiators won three times, Team Spirit, in turn, only twice outplayed their opponent, and one match ended in a draw. The teams last met at BetBoom Dacha Dubai 2024, where Gaimin Gladiators defeated Team Spirit 2-0.
Team Spirit vs Gaimin Gladiators predicted result
Both teams do not show the best game at this championship, and at the recent LAN-tournament Seleri and the team outplayed Spirit. Let's bet on the victory of the team Gaimin Gladiators.
