[DOTA2] Gambit Esports vs Winstrike

Details:

Gambit Esports vs Winstrike
ESL One DPC 2021, Closed Qualifier, Lower Bracket, Round 1
Best of 3

Gambit Esports Lineup:
1 - Arslan "xannii" Shadjanov
2 - Artem "Lorenof" Melnik
3 - Evgeniy "Blizzy" Ree
4 - Danial "XSvamp1Re" Alibaev
5 - Albert "eine" Garaev

Winstrike Team Lineup:
1 - Anton "dyrachyo" Shkredov
2 - Maxim "re1bl" Afanasyev
3 - Yevgeny "chshrct" Kostroma
4 - Danial "yamich" Lazebny
5 - Nikita "Pantomem" Balaganin

Analysis:
It's great that both of these teams receive a direct invite to the Closed Qualifiers, sadly one must proceed to the Second Stage after getting eliminated here. We would see both teams will try hard to do everything to avoid it but it is more likely that Gambit Esports will emerge victorious on this one.

The reason for this is that Gambit was able to perform at the same level as Alliance last month in a best of 5 grand finals, the pressure is there yet they manage to win 2 maps against a great team. Meanwhile, on the same event, Winstrike was eliminated easily by The Alliance in less than 35 minutes on both matches clearly showing that they still need to improve their playstyle. Another factor to consider is that Gambit beat Winstrike not so long ago with a score of 2-1.

With all the facts above, I recommend that we place our bets on Gambit Esports.

Prediction:
Gambit Esports to win (Medium Bet)