The Prodigies and HOTU will meet in the first quarterfinal of LEON x TEAMPLAY Season 1. The two teams are probably about equal in strength, but still the Russian team looks a little more interesting.
At least HOTU has enough experience in recent months against strong opponents, while The Prodigies fully justify their purpose - to farm young players.
In fact, though, the Latvian squad can't even boast any names, so for me it's obvious. So I'd lean on the HOTU team to win here.
The Prodigies' uniforms
The 84th team of the world ranking had time to be in the play-offs of ESEA Advanced Season 45 Europe, but there was not much to remember and dropped out at a fairly early stage after their defeat by Aurora.
After that, the Latvian squad had a decent showing at the ESL Challenger League Season 45 Europe Relegation, where they even managed to beat BIG Academy and Endpoint by a miraculous cut to make their way into the main event next season.
As for the LEON x TEAMPLAY Season 1 group stage performance, here The Prodigies lost to Iron Branch, but otherwise managed to pass their opponents and make the play-offs.
The Prodigies' latest results:
- A 1-2 loss to SD Invicta.
- 16-4 victory over AVANGAR.
- 0-2 defeat at the hands of Iron Branch.
- Beat Insilio 2-0.
- Beat ex-777 2-0.
The Prodigies' best wins:
- Vertigo - 80% wins.
- Inferno - 70% wins.
- Anubis - 50% wins.
It is worth noting that the Latvian team has been steadily giving up Ancient maps.
HOTU uniforms
The 62nd team of the world ranking had time to play in all sorts of qualifications, including participation in the qualifiers for IEM Dallas 2023 and ESL Challenger Katowice 2023, where they played with Ninjas in Pyjamas.
Moreover, the Russian team managed to become the winner of SCL Season 9, though in fact this result has no practical value at the game.
As for the performance in the group stage of LEON x TEAMPLAY Season 1, here HOTU managed to outplay ENCE Academy and Nemiga, but on the eve of Ledge Zero Tenacity and made it to the quarterfinals only.
HOTU latest results:
- A 1-2 defeat to ECSTATIC.
- A 0-2 defeat to Ninjas in Pyjamas.
- 16-14 win over ENCE Academy.
- 2-1 victory over Nemiga.
- 1-2 defeat at the hands of Zero Tenacity.
HOTU top scorers:
- Mirage - 83% wins.
- Ancient - 67% wins.
- Anubis - 50% wins.
In turn, the Russian team does not appear on the Vertigo map.
The Prodigies - HOTU encounter statistics
The teams have not met before.
Forecast for the match The Prodigies - HOTU
There it is known that gokushima tested in fnatic, because for such a short period of time has shown good potential. We are left to think that this news will not hit the team too hard.
On the other hand, I have nothing to say about The Prodigies, because here we are dealing with an average team, which clearly does not intend to jump over their heads, judging by the results.
So in this case I'd recommend betting on a HOTU win.
