To understand which of the squads has an advantage, you need to:
To study the statistics of head-to-head meetings of Team Secret and the statistics of their games with the same opponents;
Check the news about replacements and other negative factors;
Find out how prestigious the squad’s place was in the last competition!
If the squad played better than usual in the previous event, this is not a reason to consider it a favorite. Big achievements take too much energy even from the top, not to mention the average.
It is wrong to expect a second triumph from the latter, as well as to charge a significant part of the bank for their victory. Remember: an average squad is an average result.