Matchförutsägelse: Team Spirit - Tundra Esports | Dota 2

DreamLeague Season 22 kicks off, where Team Spirit, the reigning world champions, will face Tundra Esports in Group B of the first group stage. The teams are battling for a place in the top 4 to advance to the next stage of the competition. The format of the match is bo2. Which of the participants will start their way to the big tournament with a victory? We will find out very soon.

In this betting thread you will find out how the participants of this match performed in 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.

Statistics of Team Spirit's latest results:

• A 0-2 loss to Azure Ray
• 2:0 win over LGD Gaming
• 0:2 loss to Gaimin Gladiators
• 1:1 draw with OG
• 1:1 draw with Azure Ray

Tundra Esports uniforms

After a disappointing end to the season for Tundra Esports in the form of a 13-16th place finish at The International 2023. The organisation made the decision to drop its European Dota 2 roster. For a long time it was unknown whether Tundra would remain in Valve's esports discipline or not. But on the 10th of December, the day before the Long Conner ESL One Kuala Lumpur 2023, the management of the organisation announced the signing of a new team. It was Team Undying, the North American squad that was fired by TSM on the 5th of December. Thus, Tundra Esports has secured its participation in a major tournament from ESL. In the ESL One Kuala Lumpur 2023: North America Closed Qualifier, the team confidently defeated Fart Studios and Bammysoy 2-0, and in the top grid final Whitemon and his teammates defeated nouns in a full bo3 series. The grand final clash against the same nouns ended with a 3-2 victory for future Tundra players. Thus the team qualified for ESL One Kuala Lumpur 2023, where they took 7th-8th place and received $47,500 as a reward. The team also made it to DreamLeague Season 22: Western Europe Open Qualifier #1, defeating such teams as Nightshade Esports, 5STARS Esports and Flawless. An attempt to qualify for the BetBoom Dacha Dubai 2024: WEU Closed Qualifier ended in a three-map loss to OG in the deciding game. But at DreamLeague Season 22: Western Europe Closed Qualifier the team was successful and secured their participation in the big championship.

Earlier Tundra Esports took part in ESL One Birmingham 2024: Western Europe Closed Qualifier. Their first opponent was Team Tickles. The 2-0 victory took Tundra to the semifinals of the top qualification grid. There the team met with OG and again Ledgeil them with the result 0:2. NAVI Junior did not create any big problems for Tundra players in the lower set. The victory on two maps in a row took Tundra Esports to the semi-finals of the final, where Whitemon and his teammates outplayed Team Secret with the result 2:0. With a similar score Tundra Esports defeated Entity and travelled to the decisive match of the qualifiers, where they beat OG 3:1, securing their trip to Birmingham.

Tundra Esports recent match stats:

• 3-1 win over OG
• 2-0 win over Entity
• A 2-0 win over Team Secret.
• A 2-0 win over NAVI Junior.
• 0:2 defeat to OG

Match history of Team Spirit - Tundra Esports

The participants of this rivalry have not played against each other on the professional stage in their current squads.

Predicted result of the match Team Spirit - Tundra Esports

Despite not the best performance at the LAN-tournament in the Emirates, Team Spirit are the favourites for this clash. Let's bet on the victory of Team Spirit.