Match Prediction: Team Liquid - Team Secret | Dota 2
PGL Wallachia Season 1 - Group StageWelcome to EGamersWorld.
The group stage of PGL Wallachia Season 1 is coming to a close. We are left to find out the last participant of the play-offs.
It will be the winner of Team Liquid - Team Secret. A good old European derby that carries weight.
We're trying to figure out who will be stronger and go to the play-offs.
Let's go.
Team Liquid uniform
We open the match with an analysis of Team Liquid's form. In this match, they play the number one with odds to win at around 1.2.
At DPC 2023: WEU Division 1 Tour 1 Liquid didn't lose a single match and then took the top 2 at The Lima Major 2023 while playing with substitutes. More than decent.
The second round of the DPC was as similar to the previous round as possible. Liquid again took the Top 1, but now with only one loss in the table. On the international stage, Liquid shone again, but were still overshadowed by Gaimin Gladiators, who took their second Major a Champions Cup of the season.
In their third season, Liquid were no longer able to cement their supremacy. "Liquid" fell to the fourth place, but it was good enough to pass at Bali Major 2023, which in the case of the past at The International 2023 Team Liquid does not play any role.
- Liquid lineup: miCKe, Nisha, 33, Boxi, Insania.
After the disappointing result at DreamLeague Season 20, where Team Liquid fell out of the first group stage, there was a feeling that Bali Major 2023 would be held for Liquid at the Internationals. However, Liquid decided to switch on and play to the fullest.
And they almost succeeded: they took the top 2, losing in the grand final to Gaimin Glaidators! Again. Third time at a Major tournament in a year.
Riyadh Masters 2023 Team Liquid started at the Play-In stage, as they surprisingly didn't collect enough ESL ranking points. They finished the Play-In with a 3-1-1 score and second place in Basket A, and then played the group stage with a 3-3-1 statistic, advancing to the top set of play-offs.
At the end of the biggest tournament of the year, Team Liquid finished in the top 2, which can't be called a bad result. Unlike the top-10 at DreamLeague Season 21, which was after the Riyadh Masters 2023 and before Longsong The International 2023.
Team Liquid made it to the next round of the group stage pretty confidently from Group B. "Liquid" took the top 1 by taking a 3-1-0 lead in the series.
In the play-offs seeding match, Liquid faced Evil Geniuses. The Peruvians are not happy at this The International 2023, from which they expectedly lost 0-2 against Liquid.
In the first round of play-offs LIquid met Talon Esports. They won on class, taking two maps. What is true, further went not according to plan: a loss from Spirit and then Gaimin Gladiators, already at the bottom of the table. At the end of the main event of the year Team Liquid took the top 6.
The new season began with a performance at Kuala Lumpur 2023, where they reached TOP-2. In 2024 they played everywhere they could. They also went to BB Dacha and made it to the TOP-2 (lost in the final to Falcons), played on DL Season 22. DreamLeague Season 22 was definitely not a priority, as Liquid were so out of shape that they didn't make it out of the group stage.
There was the 1win series tournament, where Ledge or Spirit went 1-2 in the grand finals and Elite League, where they finished top 4.
At ESL One Birmingham 2024, Team Liquid finished in the top 6, with Ledge beating future champions Falcons. PGL Wallachia Season 1 the team started with a win over G2.IG, then lost 2 series to Xtreme and Shopify Rebellion before beating MOUZ.
Team Liquid's most popular heroes
Team Liquid has Crystal Maiden in the top picks with 7 games and 6 wins.
In addition to Crystal Maiden, Doom (4 matches, 100% wins), Sven (4 matches, 75% wins), Skywrath Mage (4 matches, 75% wins) are the picks.
Rubick (4 matches, 25% wins), Void Spirit (3 matches, 100% wins) appear in spades, Underlord, Pangolier, Storm Spirit have 3 matches each and all have 2 wins.
Team Secret uniforms
We continue the match analysis with the analysis of Team Secret's form. In this match they will play as an outsider with odds to win at 4.3.
After reaching the final of The International 2022, Secret changed their squad, but it had a critical impact on their performance. So critical that Secret completely failed in the first DPC season, falling to the second division.
In the second cycle of DPC Secret played in the second division. There Puppey's team won the league, which was expected, but still.
The return to the first league was supposed to be a triumph, but in reality it turned out to be a flop. Secret were awful and the outcome of their game was a relegation back to the second division.
After losing the first division of Western Europe, Team Secret played in two commercial tournaments. These were DreamLeague Season 20 and Riyadh Masters 2023.
Both championships Secret, to put it bluntly, failed. At DreamLeague Season 20, Puppey and company finished in the top 12, as they did at Riyadh Masters 2023.
The last event before BB Dacha was the Western European qualifiers for The International 2023. Secret looked good through the qualifiers, but still couldn't break through the most competitive region, ending up in the top 4.
At BB Dacha, SumaiL joined Puppey and that did the team good. Secret made it through the group stage and won the first round of the top set, shutting out beastcoast 2-0.
In the match to qualify for the BB Dacha Grand Final, Secret played against GG. The match ended with an expected win for GG on two maps. Having got to the bottom net Secret finished their performance at BB Dacha by defeating PSG Quest.
After the successful tournament came a series of qualifying events. Secret tried their best to qualify for a major international event, and they did. After two open qualifications and a closed stage of qualifiers, Puppey and company went to ESL One Kuala Lumpur 2023, where they played quite well. The final top-8 ranking hints at the ability of Secret's current roster to put on a pretty decent performance.
- Team Secret roster: Crystallis, Kordan, BOOM, Thiolicor, Puppey.
At first glance, the roster looks rather dubious, but in any case, we need time. The DreamLeague Season 22: WEU Closed Qualifiers, by the way, were invited by the organisers.
Secret played on DL Season 22, where they took TOP-12. Later there was Elite League with TOP 19, which is not a good result.
At PGL Wallachia Season 1 they debuted with a loss to GG. Later won against IG.G2, lost to BOOM and closed vp.
Team Secret's most popular heroes
Secret Mirana, Tusk and Primal Beast are among the most picked heroes. All have 6 matches and 83% wins.
In addition, Monkey King and Ember Spirit appeared in spades (5 games each and 100% wins). Death Prophet also played 5 matches, however she won 4 matches.
Also Jakiro (3 matches, 100% wins), Enchantress (3 matches, 100% wins). Abaddon (2 matches, 66% wins), Broodmother (2 matches, 100% wins).
History of head-to-head meetings between Team Secret and Liquid
The last time the teams crossed each other on DL Season 22. Then the winner could not be revealed, everything ended in a draw.
Predicted result of the match Liquid - Secret on PGL Wallachia Season 1
In this match I believe in the victory of Liquid. Although they are far from their peak performance of last season, against the background of Secret "Liquid" still look a lot better.
Bottom line: Liquid wins.
Team Liquid is the 4th team in the world ranking. At BB Dacha Dubai guys managed to get the 2nd place, showing very good form, but still gave the title to Falcons in the finals. It seems that after such a result they did not train much and already at DreamLeague Season 23 they have played only for the 14th place. For Elite League it is obvious that they were preparing, because the outcome was worthy. We climbed to 4th place. A little worse performance at ESL One Birmingham 2024, taking the 5th place.
Team Secret is the 19th team of the world ranking. So far the guys are not as bright as we would like. At the qualifications for ESL Birmingham they took only the 4th place. Fortunately, they didn't have to qualify for PGL Wallachia Season 1. For some merits invited direct invites. Qualifications for Dreamleague Season 23 turned out to be quite sad. Took only 6th place.
I think Liquid in the decisive for the exit will be more confident and stable. Secret is always lacking something. I'm inclined to believe that they will be lacking here too.
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Prediction: Liquid wins!
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Bookmakers & Statistics
Now, the majority of bookmaker companies believe in Team Liquid victory. Odds on them are equal to 1.161. According to bookmakers data, Team Secret are the outsider and odds on their victory amounts 5.466.
What are the successes of the teams in the last games
Last Matches | Team Liquid | Team Secret |
5 matches (wins) | 2 | 1 |
10 matches (wins) | 5 | 3 |
Also it makes sense to remember the statistics of the matches between the teams. The teams played 53 matches with each other before. And Team Liquid won 18 times while Team Secret correspondingly became the winner 32 times.