Team Secret vs Thunder Awaken Prediction: Will Team Secret keep all strategies under wraps?

On October 15, the group stage of the highly-anticipated The International 11 DotA II tournament begins. After a long time of selection and qualifications, we have learned the names of twenty teams that will participate in the upcoming event. The total prize pool of the tournament is much smaller than last year but still more than $14 million.

On October 15, there will be a meeting between Thunder Awaken and Team Secret. The match promises to be interesting, but who will emerge victorious?

Team Secret: Can the team surprise everyone?

Team Secret has blood and sweats their way to The International 11. In European qualifying, they looked pretty good but twice lost to Team Entity without a chance (0-2 and 0-3). Thanks to that, the Team Secret ended up in the Last Chance Qualifier, though not so many people believed that the team would qualify for TI 11.

But Europeans did not care about that at all. Clement Puppey Ivanov was motivated to become the only player in history to participate in all the tournaments of The International series, so his personal motivation was understandable. Team Secret played the final two matches at an incredible level, beating T1 and Virtus.pro 2-0 each. It is worth highlighting the team's weak performance in the group stage. The European squad drew with NaVi, Nouns, Polaris, and Vici Gaming.

One would like to think that due to the recent matches Team Secret will be played out and will be able to get a confident victory, but these are utopian thoughts. The team won't be straining and expending all their energy from the first match, so their victory will be quite a surprise.

Thunder Awaken: It's unclear what to expect from the team

Thunder Awaken is a pretty bright team that surprises many in many tournaments. But the Peruvian team has not taken part in official matches in about a month and a half, which will, of course, make it a little difficult to write a prediction on them.

Thunder Awaken last played at ESL One Malaysia 2022, and not particularly successfully. The Peruvians barely made it out of the group, falling straight into the lower bracket. In the first round of the lower bracket, Thunder Awaken confidently defeated Nigma Galaxy, but in the second round, they were already knocked out by OG with a score of 1-2. In that tournament, it became clear that the Peruvian team only beats opponents who weren't ready for them.

Thunder Awaken is a team that can beat any opponent, even if they are the underdog. But that's what Peruvian Dota is all about.

Expert Betting Tips

The series will likely end with a draw. Although Team Secret is the clear favorite, there is not much chance of winning the first game. The odds for a draw are 2.20.

There is a chance that on the first map, Thunder Awaken will show a preparation for which their opponent will not be ready. You can bet on Thunder Awaken winning on the first map for odds of 3.04.

There is also no denying the likelihood of Thunder Awaken winning 2-0, in which case there will be no draw. And Thunder Awaken often win when they are the underdog. It's worth betting on a handicap +1.5 from this team for odds of 1.80.