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Team Spirit vs Team Yandex 2:1: result and AI prediction

Team Spirit and Team Yandex played on 3 October — BLAST Slam Season 8 2026: the series ended 2:1. The AI models' bet: Team Yandex to win at 1.52 — 9 of 16 models chose it; the bet lost.

published 02.10 at 15:18 · updated 03.10 at 22:00 UTC

AI models' pick: Team Yandex to win

1.52

AI models' pick · 9 of 16 on this bet · 2 more in the same direction

lost−1.00 units

Why this bet All odds

What the odds were

line when the AI models voted, 02.10 at 14:10 UTC

Series winner12.8621.52

Map handicap +1.5H11.52H22.56

Total maps 2.5O2.00U1.82

Since the first snapshot Team Spirit have drifted: 2.44 → 3.23, Team Yandex — 1.59 → 1.43. The money is going on Team Yandex.

abbreviations

1, 2 — Team Spirit or Team Yandex wins the series
H1, H2 — map handicap: −1.5 means winning the series without dropping a map, +1.5 means taking at least one map
O, U — total maps over or under: over 2.5 means the series goes to a third map

How the series went

map 1Team Yandex37 min
map 2Team Spirit27 min
map 3Team Spirit46 min

AI prediction and analysis

The largest group of AI models bet on a Team Yandex win — the bet lost. 2 more chose close bets in the same direction: Team Yandex −1.5 on maps. 5 more bet on Team Spirit +1.5 on maps — the bet won.

9 of 162our betodds 1.52ChatGPTDeepSeekGeminiGrokKimiGLMMiniMaxSonarXiaomi MiMolost
5 of 16H1 (+1.5)odds 1.52ClaudeQwenDeepSeek FlashDots3-NoteNemotron Ultrawon
2 of 16H2 (−1.5)same directionodds 2.56MistralNemotron Superlost

Odds — the price at the moment the AI model answered.

Team Yandex only put this five together on 19 September, with AMMAR_THE_F the new face, and the short run since then has gone almost perfectly: 2-0 against BETBOOM TEAM, 2-0 against MOUZ and 3-0 against Natus Vincere, with 9 of their last 10 series won. Their map record over the past 60 days reads 33-15, and their maps average 40 minutes against 45 for Team Spirit, so Yandex close out their wins quicker and need a third map less often. The head-to-heads of the past two years favour them as well, 8 of 11 series, and over 21 hours the price has shifted from 1.59 to 1.52. We're backing Team Yandex to win at 1.52.

Where we could be wrong

Team Spirit have been playing together since 13 May and have nine wins from their last 10 series too, while the August meeting between the pair went their way 2-0 at The International 2026. What unsettles the picture is something else: Maladych and AMMAR_THE_F are not listed in the tournament roster.

Form, rosters and heroes

patch 7.41

Team Spirit

roster

Yatoro, Larl, rue, not_me, Batyuk — together since 13 May

Left the starting five: Collapse

In the tournament roster but has not played for the team: MiLAN

recent series · 9 wins, 1 loss

W2-01winBLAST SLAM VIII30.09
W2-1Team NemesisBLAST SLAM VIII29.09
W3-2TEAM VISIONThe International 202623.08
W2-0Team YandexThe International 202623.08
W1-0BETBOOM TEAMThe International 202622.08
W2-0Team LiquidThe International 202622.08
L1-2TEAM VISIONThe International 202621.08
W1-0Iron WingThe International 202620.08
W1-0Iron WingThe International 202620.08
W2-1Team ResilienceThe International 202616.08

maps in the last 60 days

23–11, average length 45 min; Radiant 10–4, Dire 13–7

3 days since the last series, 5 maps this week

most-played heroes, 60 days · games / wins

Winter Wyvern9 / 5
Hoodwink9 / 5
Clockwerk8 / 5
Dark Willow7 / 6
Pangolier6 / 6
Nature's Prophet6 / 5
Underlord6 / 5
Undying6 / 4

Team Yandex

roster

CHIRA_JUNIOR, Saksa, 医者watson`, Maladych, AMMAR_THE_F — together since 19 September

New in the five: AMMAR_THE_F

Left the starting five: DM

In the tournament roster but has not played for the team: prblms

recent series · 9 wins, 1 loss

W2-0BETBOOM TEAMBLAST SLAM VIII01.10
W2-0MOUZBLAST SLAM VIII30.09
W3-0Natus VincerePGL Wallachia 2026 Season 927.09
W2-0LGD GamingPGL Wallachia 2026 Season 926.09
W2-1Aurora GamingPGL Wallachia 2026 Season 925.09
W2-01winPGL Wallachia 2026 Season 924.09
W2-0Natus VincerePGL Wallachia 2026 Season 921.09
W2-0Team NemesisPGL Wallachia 2026 Season 920.09
W2-1MOUZPGL Wallachia 2026 Season 919.09
L0-2Team SpiritThe International 202623.08

maps in the last 60 days

33–15, average length 40 min; Radiant 13–6, Dire 20–9

2 days since the last series, 7 maps this week