Match Prediction: Entity - Team Secret | Dota 2

Moving on to the clash between Entity and Team Secret in the second semi-final of the top grid of The International 2023 - Western Europe Qualifier. The winner will be one step closer to qualifying for the Dota 2 World Championship, while the loser will go to the lower grid. The format of the match is bo3. Which of the famous European teams will go further down the grid? We will find out very soon.

In this betting tipNNEW you will find out how the participants of this match perform in the current year, how they spent their previous professional tournament, as well as how this match will end.

Entity's uniform

This year, the European team Entity has noticeably surrendered its position and perform far from the best. First the team finished in fourth place at DPC WEU 2023 Tour 1: Division I and went to Lima Major 2023, where they reached 5th-6th place, earning $25,000 and 200 DPC points. The team went on to finish in sixth place in Division I for two consecutive rounds, one step away from relegation to Division II. On the ESL Pro Tour Dota 2 2023 Entity's achievements did not shine as well. DreamLeague Season 19 ended for Fishman and the team on the 15th-16th place, the team did not even pass the first group stage, earning $10,000. The team showed a similar result at DreamLeague Season 20.

Entity's previous professional championship was the Riyadh Masters 2023, a LAN tournament in Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia, with a prize pool of $15,000,000. Entity got there thanks to EPT Ranking. Fishman and his teammates were placed in Group B of the Play-In draw. A 1-3-1 performance sent the players into the Decider matches. There Entity met OG. Defeat on two maps in a row ended the participation of the European team at the championship. The 17th-20th place allowed Entity to earn $50,000 in prize money.

Entity played their first match at The International 2023 - Western Europe Qualifier against Nigma Galaxy. Winning the full bo3 series secured Fishman and his teammates a place in the upper grid semi-finals.

Entity's latest results stats:

• A 2-1 victory over Nigma Galaxy
• 0:2 defeat to OG
• A 1-1 draw with Execration
• 0:2 defeat to Team Aster
• 1:1 draw with TSM

Team Secret form

Team Secret have been performing rather poorly this year, which is evident from their play in the DPC ranking season. First Puppey and his teammates took the last place at the DPC WEU 2023 Tour 1: Division I, earned $22,000 and went to the second division of Western Europe. There they played to a 6-1 statistic and won, which allowed them to return to the top 8 of the region. But at the DPC WEU 2023 Tour 3: Division I, history repeated itself. Once again eighth place, and once again Team Secret are relegated to the second division. In addition, the European club finished in 11th-12th place, earning $20,000 in prize money.

Team Secret made it to the Riyadh Masters 2023 thanks to EPT Ranking. The team had to go through the Play-In stage first, where Puppey and his teammates were placed in Group B. A 1-2-2 statistic placed the team in fourth place in the group. After that Team Secret went to play Decider match bo3 format. Their opponent was Execration. With a 2-1 victory, Secret advanced to the group stage of the tournament, where they were placed in group B. There Puppey and his team managed to show a good game and finish with a 2-2-3 result, defeating such participants as BetBoom Team and TSM. Fifth place in the group allowed Team Secret to qualify for the lower play-offs of the championship. Puppey and team lost their only match in the final stage of the tournament to 9Pandas with the score 0:2. 9th-12th place at Riyadh Masters 2023 earned Team Secret $300,000.

Team Secret Long Co-qualified for The International 2023 by beating two-time TI champions OG 2-0 in the top flight.

Team Secret's recent stats:

• A 2-0 win over OG
• A 0:2 loss to 9Pandas.
• A 1-1 draw with Tundra Esports.
• 0:2 loss to Team Liquid
• A 1-1 draw with Shopify Rebellion.

Entity vs Team Secret Match History

Since the beginning of this year, the participants of this match have played against each other twice. Both matches were won by Team Entity.

Predicted result of the match Entity - Team Secret

Team Secret looked decent against OG, besides Puppey has personal motivation to get to The International 2023. Let's bet on the victory of Team Secret.