On February 23, a match between PSG.LGD and Team Spirit will take place as part of The Lima Major 2023 Dota 2 group stage. Both teams did not start the tournament in the best way, and the face-to-face match will be important in the fight for the top bracket of the playoffs. Analysts of the betting company PARI believe that Spirit has a slightly better chance of success, but experts consider a draw to be the most likely outcome of the confrontation. The best-of-2 meeting is scheduled for 18:00 Moscow time.In the opening match at the tournament, Team Spirit defeated TSM, but after that it lost to Gladiators and is now in the intermediate fourth place in the group.
You can bet on the success of the team in a duel with PSG.LGD with a coefficient of 2.90.
In favor of Spirit is the fact that her opponent performs at the major with a replacement — due to visa problems, the tournament is skipped by an offline Chinese roster. Despite this, experts believe that, most likely, the teams will divide the points — they give a coefficient of 2.05 for a draw. But the probability that there will be no draw and one of the teams will close the series with a score of 2:0, analysts estimate a coefficient of 1.70.
The Chinese team earned only one point in the first two games at The Lima Major 2023 — a draw with Evil Geniuses and an unexpected defeat from TSM. PSG.LGD and Team Spirit met in the grand final of the last major, as well as in the decisive match of The International 2021 - both times the Eastern European team celebrated the victory. However, if the teams clashed before the grand finals, it was usually the Chinese team that won - this was also the case at the previous major and TI10. Experts estimate the probability that PSG.LGD will be able to continue this tradition and beat Spirit by a coefficient of 4.00. A more "reliable" option would be a bet that the Chinese team will win at least one card — a coefficient of 1.35.
PARI clients bet on the Russian team — about 83% of the total volume of bets on the outcome of the meeting falls on Spirit. At the same time, 13% was made for a draw and another 4% accounted for the triumph of the Chinese team.
The largest bet among PARI's clients for the upcoming match is 195,000 rubles to win Spirit at a coefficient of 2.95. The player added this option to the express of three esports events with a total coefficient of 9.61.
The Lima Major 2023 for Dota 2 takes place from February 22 to March 5. There are 18 teams participating in the tournament, divided into two groups. The top four teams from each group will advance to the top bracket of the playoffs, the three worst will be eliminated, and the rest will get to the bottom of the grid.
