Team Liquid vs Cloud9 Prediction: betting on the Team Liquid to win

Prediction for the match between Team Liquid and Cloud9 which will take place on September 13. Who will turn out to be stronger? Check the team conditions! Several betting options are available.

Team Liquid made it into the top six at The International 2024, but they're not going to stop there. The Liquid have a real chance at Aegis, as a lot of competitors have gone down. The team broke the curse of second places in Peru, and on a good note can continue their winning march in Copenhagen.

We don't see prime Nisha, the focus has shifted in favour of m1CKe. Team Liquid began to play in a less dominant manner, slightly changed the structure of drafts, adjusted to 33. The TI11 champion taught his new teammates to play in a viscous style and to adjust to the situation, and Insania helped 33 to realise the advantage from the line more often. Winning Elite League Season 2 is very important for Team Liquid, because the main problem of the team was not in performance, drafts, but in psychology. It doesn't have impassable opponents.

Why do we rank Team Liquid among the main favourites for The International 2024? The Liquid are playing well in general, and they open up better at LAN events. The core is experienced, the players know how to push buttons. This generation of Liquid is worthy to touch Aegis.

Being in Entity, Fishman has already been at The International. With different line-ups Dmitry could not overcome the barrier of 9-12th place. But with Cloud9, the Belarusian captain has already reached the top 6 and has chances to excel in Copenhagen. In the company of DM, Kataomi, No[o]ne and watson he will put in the effort and fight for the trophy of his dreams.

No[o]ne has managed to regain his prime form. On the centre corridor, he has no equal at The International 2024. In all games, the former Virtus.pro midfielder made a big difference - he killed CHIRA_JUNIOR in the decider against 1win, won all matchups against lorenof in the playoffs with Aurora. With every match No[o]ne is still gaining and showing his strength, affecting the morale of his teammates. Fishman and Kataomi are all over the map, DM shows incredible performances on Enigma and earns a respec ban on this character. Special mention should be made of watson - the Kazakh top-1 of Europe is now not only the ‘king of matchmaking’, but also a very confident competitive player. A lot of competent decisions, always has networth, a large pool of characters - Alimzhan has become like a top kerry, to which you can not pick on. Cloud9 has a good feel for meta, understands how to implement auras and fast tempo. The sapports play around midrange and snowball No[o]ne, watson and DM connect with early item appearances. The main peak of Cloud9's draft power comes in the 20-25 minutes.

The team was predicted to perform well, believing in the top 8. But Fishman and company made it to the top-6, and there's still margin for error ahead. The upper playoff grid is similar to the Western European qualification, and Cloud9 has successfully passed it many times when they were Entity. Therefore, do not write off the team, even though on paper it seems to be the weakest in the upper playoff grid.

Team Liquid is tied with Cloud9 in the history of head-to-head meetings in 2024. Fishman and company will definitely be clinging to every chance on the cards. They can outshine, force Nisha into mistakes, and create pressure. However, Liquid can also pull off all the action and dominate. Everything will be decided on the lines, it's unlikely there will be any gambles here. We have more faith in Team Liquid for one reason - if they are in the top grid, they can reach the top 3 without any problems, especially on LAN.