Match Prediction: B8 Esports - KZ TEAM | Dota 2
Pinnacle - 25 Year Anniversary ShowUkrainian team B8 will play against KZ Team in Group A at Pinnacle: 25 Year Anniversary Show. Dendi and team will try to rehabilitate for the unfortunate Long Corner of the tournament. The format of the match is bo3. Will KZ Team give a decent fight to another Ukrainian club? Let's find out.
In this betting thread you will find out how the participants of this match perform in the course of the current year, how they spent their previous professional tournament, as well as how this match will end.
B8's form
The B8s have not shone with activity outside of the DPC season. Changing their home base from Eastern Europe to North America, the Ukrainian squad made their debut in the new region at DPC NA 2023 Tour 1: Division I, where they finished sixth in the standings and earned $24,000 in prize money. At the DPC NA 2023 Tour 2: Division I, the Ukrainian team finished in fifth place with a 3-4 statistic. Dendi and his teammates outplayed such teams as Wildcard Gaming, Team DogChamp and felt. With this result B8 got into the tiebreaker for 4th-6th place in the standings. The prize money for the performance was $25,000 and the retention of a slot in the North American First Division. Between the second and third rounds of the ranking season, B8 tried their hand at the Pinnacle Cup: Malta Vibes #2, where they finished in 25th-40th place. At DPC NA 2023 Tour 3: Division I, the Ukrainian squad finished sixth in the standings, earning a $24,000 consolation prize. At The International 2023 - North America Qualifier, B8 managed to reach the grand finals, but failed to make it through three maps and missed out on the Dota 2 World Championship. B8 also competed at Pinnacle Cup: Malta Vibes #4, where the Ukrainian club managed to make it to the top 4. The 3-4th place in the standings provided B8 with $5,000 in prize money.
B8 also tried to qualify for a major ESL tournament earlier. Dendi and team first tried their hand at the first open qualification for ESL One Kuala Lumpur 2023. Unlike the entire previous DPC season, B8 performed in Western Europe instead of North America. At ESL One Kuala Lumpur 2023: Western Europe Open Qualifier #1, the Ukrainian club managed to take 9th-16th place, Ledgeiv MarsBet Team. As a result, B8 did not qualify at the first attempt. ESL One Kuala Lumpur 2023: Western Europe Open Qualifier #2 was more successful for B8 than the first qualifier. On their way to the deciding match, Dendi and team have already defeated teams like Timebomb and Fiery Bubble. Losing to D2 Hustlers with a score of 0:2, the Ukrainian team lost the chance to participate in the tournament.
The draw for the Pinnacle: 25 Year Anniversary Show placed B8 in Group A. Their first opponent was Team Tickles, whom Dendi and Team Ledge defeated in a full bo3 series.
Statistics of B8's recent results:
- A 1:2 defeat to Team Team Tickles
- 1:2 loss to Team Tickles.
- 0:2 loss to D2 Hustlers
- A 1:0 win over Fiery Bubble.
- 1:0 win over Timebomb
KZ Team uniform
The current KZ Team squad has had time to play in the Monaspa organisation this year, as well as independently as ex-Monaspa. Among the achievements, the players had a successful finish in the DPC WEU 2023 Tour 1: Division II, finishing in second place and earning $16,000. But then a seventh place finish at the DPC WEU 2023 Tour 2: Division I sent them back to Division II. The first tournament in which SsaSpartan and his teammates played as KZ Team was European Pro League Season 11, where the team finished in fourth place and earned a $500 consolation prize. BetBoom Dacha - Online Stage, qualifying for the $250,000 Main Event, KZ Team finished in 5th-6th place. At The International 2023 - Western Europe Qualifier KZ Team failed to perform well, and as a result, the team will miss this year's World Championship. KZ Team took 5th-8th place in Pinnacle Cup: Malta Vibes #3 and received $2,000 in prize money. At the European Pro League Season 12, the team also did not distinguish themselves, the 5-6th line of the standings left the players empty-handed. At the Pinnacle Cup: Malta Vibes #4 KZ Team also did not please their fans, finishing in 13-14th place. The team also finished 5th-6th in the standings in European Pro League Season 13, which left the players without prize money.
Before the Pinnacle: 25 Year Anniversary Show KZ Team attempted to qualify for the open qualifiers at ESL One Kuala Lumpur 2023. In the first qualifier, SsaSpartan and his teammates made it to the top-16, but Ledgeili mixed Klim Sani4. The second attempt was more successful. In the second open qualification KZ Team also reached the top-16. There they first defeated escapebackrooms and after that outplayed fffren. This performance took them to the decisive qualification match, where the Ukrainian Team Team Team was already waiting for them. Full bo3 series ended with the defeat of KZ Team. So the team could not fly to Kuala Lumpur.
KZ Team started their journey to Pinnacle: 25 Year Anniversary Show in Group A with a 2-1 win over NAVI Junior.
KZ Team's recent stats:
- A 0-2 defeat to NAVI Junior
- Victory over NAVI Junior with the score 2:1
- Defeat by Team Team with score 1:2
- 1:0 win over fffren
- 1:0 win over escapebackrooms
History of matches B8 - KZ Team
Since the beginning of this year the participants of this match have not played against each other in professional matches.
Predicted result of the match B8 - KZ Team
Dendi and the team are still in search of their game and so far, although they take one card from opponents of their level, but still lose. KZ Team also do not shine stability. Let's bet on the total of cards more than 2.5.
KZ Team - 72nd team of the world ranking. Good old Monaspa, but with changes in the squad. At the EPL they are announced with 7jesu on the kerry and Astral on 4. At the first open qualifications for ESL One Kuala Lumpur 2023 they performed very badly, losing in the first match to Klim Sani4. They used the second chance much better, but still failed to reach the qualifying place. In the decisive battle they suffered a 1-2 defeat by TeamTeam.
B8 is the 271st team in the world ranking. Good old Dendi line-up with two new players. Instead of Kidaro and V-Tune, 7jesu and Mary_y joined the team. The team is unlikely to have much success and the qualifications for ESL One Kuala Lumpur confirm it to us. In the first open quals they were immediately defeated by MarsBet Team and fell out of the grid. In the second, they managed to win a few matches, but as soon as they came across a more or less bearable opponent, namely D2 Hustlers, they immediately lost, not even getting into the next stage.
It's not at all clear what's going on with the squads there, and B8 play like a very strong t2 roster, or like a stack from the local computer club. There is no reliability, so I consider the option with a higher total to be objective.
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Prediction: Win TB 2.5!
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Bookmakers & Statistics
According to leading bookmakers predictions, the team B8 Esports are the favorite with average odds 1.778 at the moment. Respectively, bookmakers consider KZ TEAM to be the outsider of the match with odds on a victory in the sum of about 4.413.
Team statistics in recent matches
Last Matches | B8 Esports | KZ TEAM |
5 matches (wins) | 0 | 3 |
10 matches (wins) | 4 | 5 |
It will also be necessary to mention the history of face-to-face meetings between the opponents. The competitors have held 0 matches. In these battles B8 Esports got 0 victories while KZ TEAM managed to take 0 matches.