Maç Tahmini: NiP - Virtus.pro | Dota 2

The representatives of Ninjas in Pyjamas and Virtus.Pro will face in the first round of the loser's bracket of the tournament ESL One Hamburg. The match will be hosted in a bo3 format and a losing team will be eliminated from the competition. The winner will have to face Alliance.

The rosters haven't met since a reshuffle because they didn't get in one group at the event and played in different regions in qualifiers to other championships.

Both teams were assembled not so long time ago and haven't had enough time to create synergy. NiP was one step from getting to the upper part of the bracket but Solo and the company were too close from elimination from the competition.

The representatives of NiP don't look too self-confident and play pretty badly. PPD and the company managed to beat only Wind and Rain and one victory was achieved in a technical way (Quincy Crew were late on the first match). The roster has recently played at DreamLeague Season 12 where placed third, however, opponents were not that strong there.

In its turn, the CIS team has a big potential because the team is a mix of young players with a high level of microplay and they are led by the experienced Solo and Noone. This championship is some kind of a test for the roster and the future replacements in the team depend on the result, so every player will do his best and the performance in the group stage reflects that the team will be way stronger when it finds optimal picks.

We think that the teams are equal in the current state, however, we will prefer the CIS representatives.