Match Prediction: Nigma Galaxy - PSG Quest | Dota 2

The confrontation continues in Western Europe on the final day of week two. Ooredoo Thunders and Nigma Galaxy will play each other.

Show this match signings a month ago and you could have laughed. One of the worst teams from the "top" teams of the past years, Nigma Galaxy, against the newcomer of the season, Ooredoo Thunders.

At best, we could have expected a tedious dota with plenty of mistakes. In fact, we will see a very important encounter, and the Ooredoo Thunders may even contend for the Berlin Majors.

The Ooredoo Thunders come into the match with a 2-2 statistic and in 3rd place in the standings. The team shares 3rd place with Entity and Liquid.

Nigma Galaxy are in the relegation zone before the match. Team KuroKy is 1-3 in the series and everything points to a possible drop to the lower division.

Let's see which team will be stronger in this head-to-head encounter and who will manage to significantly improve their position in the standings.

Ooredoo Thunders form

Let's start with our analysis of the Ooredoo Thunders' form. They'll be playing this game as favourites.

As strange as it may sound, the Ooredoo Thunders are really ahead. Bookmakers have been encouraged by the performance of the top division newcomer and are now singling them out as the potential winner of the match.

Odds on Ooredoo Thunders' success are at 1.7. The figure is entirely justified.

Ooredoo Thunders' line-up

Apparently, the experience of playing in local championships and second divisions has allowed the players of Ooredoo Thunders to reach a new quality level. There's no other way to explain their success.

Ooredoo Thunders players

• TA2000
• No! ob
• Wuiter
• OmaR
• Kaori

Almost all the names of the Ooredoo Thunders are pretty high-profile, but they have yet to play at this level. Now the squad has a unique chance to transform themselves into a top club, find sponsors and so on. They have everything for that: the ability to play dota and high-profile results.

The performance of Ooredoo Thunders

Ooredoo Thunders finished in first place in the Western Europe Second Division. The team finished 6-1 on the series and 13-3 on the cards.

They managed to outscore Ancient Tribe, Alliance, Water Rune Enjoyers, IVY, Alliance and Bald Reborn 2-0. One card in Ooredoo's winning games was picked up by D2 Hustlers, while they lost to Monaspa

Apart from DPC matches, Ooredoo Thunders have been active in third-party events. The team won the local European Pro League Season 6, and finished in the top 6 at BB Universe: Episode 1 - Comics Zone.

In the first game of the new series, the Ooredoo Thunders faced a repeat of last week's Division 2 encounter. The Greeks from Monaspa beat their international counterparts 2-0.

OT went on to play with a substitute against Gaimin Gladiators. It seemed to be easy for the Lima Major 2023 champions to outplay their less titled opponent, but the reality turned out to be much more interesting: GG lost 1-2.

Next, Ooredoo Thunders had every chance to beat OG, but managed to fill the first card with a multi thousand-point lead. OG won with a score of 2-0.

The next match and again a surprise. Tundra Esports went 6-0, shutting down their opponents one by one without a chance, idly watching OT beat them on two maps.

Ooredoo Thunders heroes.

Ooredoo Thunders play the classic Dota of patch 7.32. The most pickable character is Rubick (29 matches, 86% wins).

Clockwerk (19 matches, 73% wins), Tiny (17 matches, 82% wins), Death Prophet (17 matches, 76% wins), Treant (17 games, 70% wins) and Phoenix (17 matches, 58% wins) are popular.

Nigma Galaxy uniforms

Let's move on to a breakdown of Nigma Galaxy's playing form. In this encounter, they were judged to play second.

Nothing surprising about Nigma Galaxy's backlog for about 2 years now. But falling behind the top division debutants is already a bell at the door of a star-studded team.

The odds of Nigma Galaxy winning are estimated to be around 2. In principle, it's a workable situation, for if it's not here to score points, it's where.

Nigma Galaxy roster

Although the roster of Nigma remains unchanged from the last round, and the only change was in the coaching staff, KuroKy's game changes from series to series. And that's not a compliment.

Nigma Galaxy players

• SumaiL
• ATF
• MinD_ContRoL
• GH
• KuroKy

Nigma Galaxy has an adaptive roster, that's the only way to say it. They have ATF on the kerry, then MC, and now it's hard to tell who's going where and why.

In the last series (and the only one won), SumaiL played at first position. It brought results, but whether it will help in the future is unclear.

Nigma Galaxy's performance

Nigma Galaxy failed in the first round of the DPC, but they survived the collapse. They finished the season 2-5, which was enough to secure their place in the top division.

In the course of DPC 2023: WEU Upper Division - Tour 1, Nigma Galaxy lost to just about anyone, but managed to take two matches towards the end of the season. First, they beat their main rival for the top division, Team Secret, and then they kept OG out of the majors.

Even before the start of DPC 2023: WEU Upper Division - Tour 1 Nigma Galaxy played at BB Xmas Show, where they finished in the top 8, with a direct inevitability to the playoffs.

In the first match of DPC 2023: WEU Upper Division - Tour 2 Nigma Galaxy faced Entity. In the opening match, the Kuro team managed to squeeze a card, but not much else.

In the next game, Nigma faced the champions of the last The International, Tundra Esports. The latter won with a score of 0-2.

The losing streak continued with a match against Team Liquid. Surprisingly Nigma were able to pick up a card, but then things went according to plan: Liquid won the next two cards and the series.

The first win came in a match against Monaspa. SumaiL on the cairrie and ATF on the centre played, but to be fair, the opponent was not of the level to draw the final conclusions.

Nigma Galaxy heroes.

Io (6 matches, 66% wins), Death Prophet (5 matches, 60% wins), Chen (5 matches, 60% wins), Dawnbreaker (4 matches, 75% wins), Earth Spirit (4 matches, 75% wins) appeared most often in spades.

Take Timbersaw (3 matches, 33% wins), Disruptor (3 matches, 33% wins), Ember Spirit (2 matches, 50% wins).

History of head-to-head encounters

Previously, the teams have not crossed paths in official matches. This game will be the debut face-to-face encounter between the two teams.

Result of the match

Everything is very mixed in this match. It seems like Ooredoo Thunders should win, but from experience with OG, we have seen what nerves do to the team.

Nigma on the other hand. How can we analyze them when they've changed positions three times in four series? Maybe they finally came to the final line-up on the map, for they won.

In this match there is a desire to believe in Nigma Galaxy. I think Ooredoo Thunders will outplay themselves again and because of nerves and excitement, as it was in the match with OG.

Bottom line: victory for Nigma Galaxy.