Match Prediction: B8 Esports - Level UP | Dota 2
Pinnacle - 25 Year Anniversary ShowThe group stage of the Pinnacle: 25 Year Anniversary Show is gradually reaching the finish line. Ukrainian team B8 will play their final match against Level UP. A win will secure Dendi and his teammates a place in the play-offs. The format of the match is bo3. Which of the participants will be stronger at the end of this confrontation? We will find out very soon.
In this betting thread you will find out how the participants of this match perform during the current year, how they did in 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 faced in a full bo3 series. The confrontation with KZ Team ended with a 2:1 victory for B8. Next, B8 confidently outplayed NAVI Junior on two maps in a row.
Statistics of recent B8 results:
- Victory over MarsBet Team with a score of 2:0
- Victory over NAVI Junior 2:0
- Victory over Team Hryvnia 2:1
- Victory over MarsBet Team 2:1
- 2:0 win over Nightshade Esports
Level UP uniforms
The European club started the current year with a bronze medal at the EPL Winter Holidays 2022-2023, earning a token $750 in prize money. The players then went on to conquer the qualifiers for the third round of the 2023 DPC. First Level UP won the Open Qualifier, then went on to win the DPC WEU 2023 Tour 3: Closed Qualifier, beating IVY in the Grand Final. A 17th-24th place finish at Pinnacle Cup: Malta Vibes #2 did not earn the team the desired earnings. The team had an extremely successful debut in the DPC season, winning the DPC WEU 2023 Tour 3: Division II with a 5-2 statistic. This result earned the European team $17,000 and a slot in the first division, which Level UP will not be able to use because Valve cancelled the DPC system. At the BetBoom Dacha - Online Stage the players reached the final, losing to Nigma Galaxy with a score of 0:3, but thus they missed the main stage of the LAN Championship in Yerevan. The bronze medal at the European Pro League Season 11 provided Level UP with $1,500 in prize money. The team also took part in the Western European qualification for The International 2023, but finished in 5th-6th place. At Pinnacle Cup: Malta Vibes #3, Level UP finished 5th-8th in the standings for $2,000. The following Pinnacle Cup: Malta Vibes #4 was a little less successful for the European club - 9th-12th place left the players empty-handed.
The previous professional tournament in which Level UP participated was the European Pro League Season 13. The European club received a direct invitation from the organisers to the semi-final play-offs stage of the tournament. Thus, the team passed the group stage of the competition. Their first opponent was KZ Team, who were beaten by Level UP on two maps in a row. A full bo3 series against D2 Hustlers in the final of the upper grid ended in defeat for Level UP. Level UP Ledge and Team Klee were defeated 0:2 in the final of the top set and finished their participation in the tournament. The bronze medal provided the players with $1,500 in prize money.
According to the results of the draw Level UP got into Group A. In their first match the team Ledgeil NAVI Junior with the result 0:2. A full bo3 series against Team Tickles also ended with a defeat for Level UP.
Statistics of the latest results of Level UP:
- Technical defeat by SIBE Team
- Technical defeat by Matreshka
- 1:2 defeat by Nightshade Esports
- Defeat by Mad Pigeons with the score 2:0
- 1:2 defeat by Team Tickles
Match History B8 - Level UP
The participants of this match have not played against each other in the professional arena before.
Predicted result of the match B8 - Level UP
Level UP have been playing terribly for the last month and clearly don't look like a participant who will qualify for the play-offs. Let's bet on the victory of B8 team.
B8 Esports- 265th world ranked team. 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.
Level Up is the 50th team in the world rankings. I don't quite understand what's going on with the roster, but Focus, Stojkov, Ekki, Desire, Kidaro are announced for the tournament. I haven't seen this squad in the game yet and I don't think there's anything to judge, but on paper it looks good.
LevelUp lost at the Pinnacle show twice without winning once. They were defeated by Tickles and Navi Junior. B8 also lost to Tickles, but they beat the juniors without any problems, and also defeated KZ Team. Based on that, a B8 win is more likely in my eyes.
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Bookmakers & Statistics
All bookmakers have agreed that Level UP is the favorite. This can be noticed because odds on them are 2.428. This number in the favor of B8 Esports amounts 3.953. Respectively, the last ones are the underdogs of the upcoming match.
What the team performance statistics say
Last Matches | B8 Esports | Level UP |
5 matches (wins) | 0 | 2 |
10 matches (wins) | 4 | 4 |
It will also be necessary to mention the history of face-to-face meetings between the opponents. The competitors have held 0 matches. And B8 Esports won 0 times while Level UP correspondingly became the winner 0 times.