Dota 2 Major kicks off today with Evil Geniuses and Tundra Esports going head to head to open the series. We've covered pre-match stats and presented predictions.

EG had 5 wins in the last 6 encounters. They looked strong against the majority of NA Dota 2 teams, and eventually managed to win the championship, even though at first they trailed behind TSM. The team will compete with the following 5 in the lineup: 

  • JerAx;
  • Cr1t-;
  • Arteezy;
  • Abed;
  • Nightfall.

Tundra Esports had exactly the same results, but the key thing here is the fact that they got to play a charity tournament lately, and it is hard to predict how the event with no competitive value will affect them here. They've lost to Team Liquid last time this month, but the scores were close. Tundra also lost to Gaimin Gladiators in April, but the Games against NGX and Brame ended in their favor. Tundra's roster is:

  • Saksa;
  • Sneyking;
  • 33;
  • skiter;
  • Nine.
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Evil Geniuses vs Tundra prediction

Analysts believe that Tundra is the better team today. Even though teams haven't met before, there is an obvious difference in team forms and experience. The odds, accordingly are:

  • Tundra win — 2.11;
  • EG win — 3.75;
  • Map Total > 2.5 — 1.9;
  • Map Total < 2.5 — 1․84․