User blog comment:B214/Shin DxD 1 discussion/@comment-31137559-20180728051748/@comment-31137559-20180728112337

Well they're just predictions so don't take them seriously.

And in my opinion, Issei's and Rias' team have an equal chance of winning. There really isn't that much a difference in the specs of their teams in their view. They both have numerous advantages against each other which will makes it very interesting to see how their game plays out. And then there's the type of Rating Game to consider.

All of the matches could go either way. Ishibumi could throw some curveballs our way and destroy our expectation.

But my main reason for saying Rias will win against Issei is the same reason I used for predicting that Vali would win against Rias. I just look at the team that's hyped up more and predict that they'll lose.