Match Prediction: Team Aster - Team Liquid | Dota 2
Riyadh Masters 2023 - Group StageNext we move on to the confrontation between China and Western Europe, namely Team Aster and Team Liquid. The match will take place in Group B at the Riyadh Masters 2023 tournament. The format of the match is bo2. Who will be stronger in this match? Let's find out.
After reading this betting tip, you will learn how the participants of the match performed in the previous tournament, how the teams got to the group stage of the Riyadh Masters 2023, as well as how this match will end.
Team Aster's form
The last tournament for Team Aster before the Riyadh Masters 2023 was Bali Major 2023, the third and final Major tournament of this season. There, the team was drawn into Group A, where they finished fourth with a 4-2-2 statistic, Ledgeing only beastcoast and Team Liquid. This result allowed SumaiL and its Chinese teammates to get into the top set of play-offs. However, the team's path there was not a long one. In the quarter-finals of the grid winners Team Aster first Ledge and Quest Esports with the score 1:2, and in the elimination match they lost to 9Pandas with the same result. Thus Team Aster took 9-12th place in the tournament and went home empty-handed.
Team Aster made it to the Riyadh Masters 2023 thanks to their second place in the EPT Ranking. There the team managed to score 4430 points, which provided the Chinese with a slot in the Play-In stage. There, Aster got into Group A, where they confidently took first place with a 4-1-0 statistic. The only match the team played was a draw with TSM. Thus SumaiL and his teammates got into Group B, bypassing the Decider matches.
Statistics of Team Aster's latest results:
- Victory over Team Liquid with a score of 2-0
- Victory over Entity 2:0
- A 2-0 win over Execration.
- A 1:1 draw with TSM
- 2:0 win over Virtus.pro
Team Liquid's form
The last tournament for Team Liquid was the recently concluded Bali Major 2023, where the team got there thanks to a top-4 finish at the DPC WEU 2023 Tour 3: Division I. The draw for the tournament was made by the team. As a result of the group stage draw, Nisha and the team were placed in Group B. Liquid won it convincingly, not losing a single bo2 series and finishing with a 4-4-0 record. Thus, the silver medallists of the previous two Major events got into the winner's bracket of the play-offs. Their first opponent in the quarter-finals was PSG.LGD. The famous Chinese club put up a worthy resistance, but Team Liquid defeated them by advancing to the semi-finals, where Tundra Esports were already waiting for them. The reigning champions of The International defeated their European counterparts 2-0 and sent Liquid to the bottom of the grid. There, Insania and team outplayed 9Pandas and Quest Esports in tight matches, and won a rematch against Tundra in the lower grid finals. The grand final of the tournament was once again a clash between Gaimin Gladiators and Team Liquid. Liquid at the end of bo5 series could only win one card out of five. Second place at Bali Major 2023 earned the team $100,000 and 550 DPC points.
Team Liquid earned 13182 points in the EPT Ranking WEU system and thus earned a slot in the Play-In stage of the Riyadh Masters 2023. The seeding placed Insania and his teammates in Group B, which they finished in second place with a 3-1-1 record. The club earned its only loss against Team Aster, and drew with Entity. A place in the top-2 of the group allowed Team Liquid to qualify for the group stage of the championship.
Statistics of Team Liquid's recent results:
- A 0-2 defeat against Team Aster
- Victory over TSM with the score 2:0
- 2:0 win over Virtus.pro
- 2:0 win over Execration
- A 1:1 draw with Entity
Match history of Team Aster vs Team Liquid
Since the beginning of this year, Team Aster have played against Team Liquid five times. Liquid won three times, Team Aster won once, and one match ended in a draw.
Predicted result of the match Team Aster - Team Liquid
Team Liquid are now rightfully considered the second strongest team in the world, but recently Team Aster managed to beat them. Let's bet on a draw in the match.
Team Aster is the 9th team of the world ranking. The first DPC tour in the Chinese region ends in 2nd place, losing 1st place to PSG.LGD. At the Lima Major they show an unconfident game and as a consequence take 7th-8th place. Dreamleague Season 19 is not going well for the team. They show a frankly weak game, finishing the tournament in 11th-12th place. In the second DPC round the team managed to take only the 4th place and hardly qualified for this Berlin Major. We played with the replacement of Ori with Sumail. As on the previous major, the team placed on the 7th-8th place. After it was decided to rent Sumail to the team of uNigma. This composition in the 3rd round of DPC turns out to take 3rd place. With the same lineup take 8th place in DreamLeague S20. At the Bali Major they played only the top 12.
Team Liquid is the 2nd team of the world ranking. At DPC the guys have no problems. The first 2 rounds end in 1st place. The 3rd round they finished only on the 4th position. But at the bigger events they can't get past Gaimin Gladiators. Both at Lima Major and DreamLeague S19 are located in the final table right after them in 2nd place. Berlin Major ends the same way. Nothing new. But at Dreamleague S20 the team definitely surprised us. They took the last place in the tournament. At Bali Major again showed very good results and took the 2nd place, again losing to GG.
I liked Aster's performance in the first group stage. Yes and Liquid they managed to beat 2 0. Of course the game was not serious, but who said that if TL tried harder the result would have been different? I think the Chinese are capable of squeezing one card in this form.
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Prediction: +1.5 Aster.
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Bookmakers & Statistics
At the moment, the majority of bookmakers unanimously see the team Team Liquid as the favorite of the game with average odds on a victory in the sum of 3.115. Team Aster chances to prevail are evaluated with average odds 4.56 by bookmakers.
How the teams played in the last matches
Last Matches | Team Aster | Team Liquid |
5 matches (wins) | 4 | 3 |
10 matches (wins) | 7 | 6 |
The statistics of personal battles between teams is also important for successful bets. The teams played 9 matches with each other before. And Team Aster won 2 times while Team Liquid correspondingly became the winner 5 times.