Liquid - Gladiators: betting tip for the match The International
The Upper Bracket Finals on September 14 will feature a meeting between Liquid and Gaimin Gladiators. Despite the fact that the "liquids" have reached this stage with only one defeat, they are still considered underdogs. Previous face-to-face matches have regularly ended in favor of the "gladiators" with a "dry" score. Will the "horses" be able to break this trend and get to the grand final of The International? Find out from our betting tip

Command Analysis

Team Liquid

Current form
Liquid usually doesn't have problems until the decisive stages. They were literally one step away from the grand final of The International the year before last, and last season they finished their performance at the quarterfinal stage of the lower bracket. Since then, the "liquids", of course, have gained a lot of experience, and now with this baggage they look much stronger than before. Let us recall that in the playoffs, the team managed to deal with Xtreme Gaming and Cloud9 without a win. In the match with the "clouds", the "horses" completely controlled the course of the game and quite confidently brought the matter to a victorious end on both maps.
Interesting trends for betting
- Liquid's last four maps have been without megacreeps
- Liquid averages 24 kills per map
Match lineup
miCKe, Nisha, 33, Boxi, iNSaNiA

Gaimin Gladiators

Current form
Gaimin Gladiators were close to triumph at The International last season and even reached the grand final, but lost to Spirit without a single chance (0:3). Much time has passed since then, but it cannot be said that the team is in better shape now than then. However, the "gladiators" definitely know how to play on stage. If they had problems in meetings with Heroic, G2.IG and Nouns earlier, then in the last match against Tundra in the arena they proved their superiority with a score of 2:0, without experiencing difficulties on any of the maps.
Interesting trends for betting
- On the last three out of five maps GG played without megacreeps
- According to statistics, GG makes 20 kills per map at the tournament
Match lineup
dyrachyo, Ace, Quinn, tOfu, Seleri
Trends
Total bet over 2.5 cards
The last two matches out of three with GG's participation were on three maps
2.05Tip and bets
The last face-to-face matches between the teams ended in favor of Gaimin Gladiators, but we would not say that they are clear favorites in this meeting. Liquid have shown themselves well up to this stage and have had an excellent winning streak. They already know their opponent very well and know their weak points, which they will try to “hit”. We think that with such odds it makes sense to bet on the success of “Liquid”.
Prediction - Liquid win in 2.45