PGL Wallachia 2024: Season 1. Group stage. Swiss system. Team score stands at 2-1. The concluding match of the day and the main event for Eastern European viewers because the CIS derby awaits us, where, in fact, the current top-1 of the region will be determined. Such battles are always unpredictable and highly anticipated. The Eastern European teams clashing in this battle are BetBoom Team and Team Spirit.
This Eastern European team looked prior to the tournament start like a squad that could confidently aim for a 3-0, but in the end, they find themselves at a 2-1 score. The tournament path of BetBoom Team is quite intriguing. On the first day of the game, they had difficulties, but still confidently beat Shopify Rebellion 2-0. Then there was a match against Aurora, which seemed at that moment that the Eastern European team would win rather easily, but what happened was defeat due to their own mistakes, after which they dropped into a 1-1 score. Then they got lucky with the draw and faced MOUZ, who they overcame without significant struggle landing into a 2-1 score, one victory away from entering the play-off. However, to make it into the play-off, they still have to win this very match, and their opponent for the play-off ticket is Team Spirit. Every Eastern European derby is always a tremendous battle.
This Eastern European team, just like Gaimin Gladiators, played poorly at ESL One Birmingham 2024, where Team Spirit failed to escape the group stages and missed the subsequent play-off tournament. It felt as if everything was going horribly wrong for this team. However, so far in this tournament, Team Spirit is looking at least decent, although far from their peak form. In the tournament's first match, Team Spirit confidently beat Virtus.pro 2-0. Afterward, they gave a good fight to Gaimin Gladiators but ended up losing. On the third match day, however, they secured quite a convincing victory over "nouns" with a 2-0 score, after which the team advanced to the score of 2-1. They're now one step away from the play-off, but to make this step, they need to beat the current Eastern European top-1, BetBoom Team. This will be a highly interesting encounter, the winner of which is hard to predict even before the matches because this is a CIS derby.
Between them, BetBoom Team and Team Spirit have held ten meetings. Of these BetBoom Team scored three victories, two matches ended in a draw, and Team Spirit claimed the victory in the remaining five encounters. This year one meeting ended in a draw and another saw Team Spirit victorious.
Betcity favours BetBoom Team in this match, with odds of winning at 1.69. At the same time, the odds for Team Spirit are 2.13. In this scenario, anything can happen, particularly given this year's matches indicating that BB Team may struggle head-to-head with TS. However, I am still willing to take a risk and back BetBoom Team for the win, i.e., w1.
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