Fnatic vs PSG.LGD Prediction: Another Easy Points for the Favourite

One of the most important international Dota 2 tournaments, the PGL Arlington Major 2022, will begin on Friday, August 5. Fnatic and PSG.LGD will play in the third round of the group stage.

PGL Arlington Major 2022 - an international cyber-sports tournament in Dota 2 with the status of the major. The contest in the U.S. will be the second and final major event of the 2021/22 DPC cycle. The top 17 teams from around the world will compete for $500,000 and 4,570 DPC points from August 04-14.

Does it make sense to consider Fnatic as one of the fighters at this majors? Three players did not receive visas to the U.S., but the Asians did not give up the idea to participate, although their chances of success are not impressive.

After TI10 there were changes at Fnatic: Armel, an experienced player from TNC Predator, sat on the mid, while Jaunuel from OB Esports x Neon got the hard-support. In January the team was completely re-synchronized and Fnatic became an powerful once again.

At the end of the first DPC they managed to make a comeback and reach the Majors, which was canceled at the last minute. In the second DPC league there were no such problems, they quietly occupied the top-3 preparing for the majors.

In Sweden, as part of the group stage, the magic of numbers followed the team, the entire first stage they finished with the statistics 2-2-2, which did not allow them to start in the winners. In the first match of the playoffs the guys received a familiar opponent - T1, overcoming them with a score of 2-1. And then there was the game with OG (1:2), which was also supposed to end with a victory, but on the third map the Europeans made a comeback. After that OG couldn't be stopped. Fnatic finished the majors in 7th-8th place, which is not bad overall.

There's not much to say about the strength of PSG.LGD. This Chinese team will be considered the top favorite in all tournaments where it decides to participate. Since TI10, we haven't seen Chinese squads at international LANs. The whole region missed the first major in Sweden due to covid restrictions. Still, in July, the formidable Chinese participated in the UAE tournament - Riyadh Masters 2022. The Arabian tournament was challenging because all the top players except Asians had arrived and raffled off 4 000 000 dollars in prize money. PSG.LGD players were the tournament champions, destroying Team Spirit (2:0) in the final.

This tournament on the Arabian court can be considered a preparatory tournament. First, this was the first time since TI10 that Chinese teams participated in an international match. Second, the PSG.LGD players had to be in top form before the main event; they had the Summer Regional with their hands down, even refusing to play one of the re-match matches. They can afford it, they're in the majors too, and most importantly, they got a ticket to TI11 long ago.

In my opinion, PSG.LGD is now the most stable team in the world if they are motivated. It is worth realizing that the team xiao8 won the first and second DPC league in China, and Valve's regional finals were organized for the Chinese region instead of the majors. During the summer tour, the team allowed itself to relax because the main task was accomplished ahead of schedule. Even without going to the last match of the replay, the xiao8's team explained this by the fact that the team wants to focus on preparing for international starts, and here is one of them.

The composition of this team has been unchanged for many years, and the main intrigue in the upcoming summer international tournaments is how many times PSG.LGD will allow someone to beat themselves if anyone can do it now.

We chose the following betting options: the frags handicap 2 (-14.5) on map 1 and map 2 and the frags total under (45.5).

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