Match Prediction: LGD Gaming - Team Falcons | Dota 2
ESL One - Kuala Lumpur 2023Welcome to EGamersWorld.
We're continuing to watch the action at ESL One Kuala Lumpur 2023. Twelve teams from all corners of competitive Dota 2 will be battling it out for $1,000,000.
Among them are LGD Gaming and Team Falcons. And while the former are well known to fans of competitive Dota 2, the Falcons are a different matter.
We are trying to understand how the debut match for Falcons and LGD Gaming will end, who will earn debut points on the eve of the battle for play-offs of the first ranking tournament.
Let's go.
Team Falcons uniforms
We open the match analysis with an analysis of the Team Falcons uniforms - a new name in the world of Dota 2. However, this only applies to the tag, because Falcons has a more than fighting line-up. In this match, he will play as the number one, with odds to win at around 3.8.
If anyone is not aware, Falcons is a Saudi club that is preparing to conquer esports as a whole. The process is still underway, but even this Dota roster already hints at plans to stay here for a long time.
In general, the tag is not new, but they were not able to achieve special fame. All they did was to play at the local Saudi eLeague. They played there in 2020, with TOP-6 and in 2021, with TOP-3 and TOP-1 respectively.
After a pause of a year, decided to return to the professional scene after Valve cancelled the DPC system. Breaking in with a leg.
- Falcons roster: skiter, Malr1ne, ATF, Cr1t, Sneyking .
The roster was assembled according to the "golden roster" principle. We managed to get two players from Tundra Esports, and at the same time champions of The International 2023 Skiter and Sneyking, Cr1t, who previously played for Shopify Rebellion and previously for EG, ATF, who showed a good performance last season in PSG Quest and before that in Nigma with OG, and closed everything with a promising mid laner Marl1ne.
In the MENA region, where Falcons are based, this squad has no competition even at the skilla level. As it happens, the Falcons have already clinched their ticket to Kuala Lumpur 2023.
First, they passed the open qualification without any difficulty, and then, again without much trouble, slammed the closed part of the qualifiers. In the final, by the way, they beat PSG Quest by a score of 3-1. What one and two are doing in the MENA region is not entirely clear, but come on.
At Pinnacle: 25 Year Anniversary Show Falcons look very confident so far, which is to be expected. They have already earned their place in the play-offs by coming out of Group B in first place without losing a single game in three matches.
The Falcons started their appearance in the Pinnacle play-offs: 25 Year Anniversary Show with a first round match against Level Up. An easy win took the Falcons to The dudley boys and there the Falcons got the first and only loss of the tournament. They were beaten by The dudley boys, who were given a rematch by the Falcons in the grand final.
In the end, the Pinnacle: 25 Year Anniversary Show Falcons took first place and earned $50,000. The triumph at the local championship was the Falcons' first win in the discipline.
Most popular Falcons characters
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.
LGD Gaming uniforms
We continue the review of the match Falcons - LGD Gaming with the analysis of the game form of the latter. Here they will play the role of catching up, with a minimal gap. The odds for their victory are at 3.9.
LGD lack stability and high-profile results in the 2023 season, but the work on the squad problems does not stop. It can be seen that the team is progressing and the results at recent international championships are proof of that.
Prior to the tournament in Riyadh, LGD's portfolio in 2023 consists of Top 3 regional league appearances: twice Top 1 (DPC 2023: Tour 1 and DPC 2023: Tour 3) and Top 2 at DPC 2023: Tour 2.
On the international stage, LGD fell to The Lima Major 2023, where they crashed out in the first round of play-offs. The second Major season was no better than the first, LGD once again flew away with a first round play-offs ranking in the top-12 at the tournament. In addition, the team missed DreamLeague S19.
- LGD roster: shiro, Emo, niu, Pyw, y`.
LGD's heyday was at DL S20, where the team made it to the play-offs of DreamLeague Season 20, which was the team's loudest result of the year. As a result, the Chinese finished in the top 3 at the prestigious championship.
Later, it was The Bali Major 2023, where LGD again performed well. At the last Major event of the season, the team finished in the top 6, losing in the match for the top 4 to Quest Esports.
On the eve of TI 12 LGD played at the most "money" tournament of the year - Riyadh Masters 2023. There the Chinese club showed a very mediocre game, leaving the tournament early at the TOP-12 stage.
The International 2023 itself is going easy for LGD so far. The top Chinese club has lost only 1 map so far and that in the group stage.
In the play-offs LGD confidently crush opponents one after another. First, they ran over 9Pandas, and then beat their compatriots from Azure Ray. In a wild pace they reached the match for the exit to the grand final, where they played against Spirit. There LGD lost with a score of 0-2 and went to the final of the lower grid, where Ledge and Gladiators.
LGD's most popular heroes
The most frequent guest of LGD peaks at DreamLeague S20 is Techies (5 matches, 60% wins). Next are Void Spirit and Magnus with 4 matches and 75% wins.
Opponents should beware of Phantom Lancer (3 matches, 100% wins). Skywrath Mage (3 matches, 66% wins) and Ember Spirit (3 matches, 66% wins) are also picks.
Head-to-head history
Previously, the teams have not played each other in official matches.
Predicted result of LGD vs Team Falcons at ESL Kuala Lumpur 2023
In this duel we can expect a roughly equal game, but I still lean towards a Falcons victory. The new LGD Gaming squad is not favourable and is clearly Ledgeaa to the one that was in the top 3 at the last The International. Falcons have already had time to play at the local tournament, and the individual level of players allows them to face the best teams in the world.
Bottom line: Falcons win.
Team Falcons is a new MENA region team with an extremely promising roster. The Arab organisation has taken Skiter, ATF, Malrine, Cr1t and Sneyknig under its wing. Expectations are very high. So far, they have had no difficulties in qualifying for ESL One Kuala Lumpur, passing both open and closed qualifications without defeat. Only Quest Esports managed to compete with them in the decisive match for a slot, but they still could not stop them. They also won at the Pinnacle: 25 Year Anniversary Show, defeating The dudley boys(D2 Hustlers) in the final 3 0.
LGD Gaming is the 5th ranked team in the world. They managed to reach 3rd place at The International 2023, but for some reason this did not satisfy the organisation and the players had to undergo changes. NTS(2) and Planet(4) left the team and were replaced by Emo and Pyw respectively. It's hard to speculate how much of an impact this will have on the team's performance, but it looks like an easing. Luckily for the team, they got into the tournament by direct invite due to their merit in the previous tournament.
It's hard to predict anything yet, but the feeling is that the teams should be somewhere on par. Perhaps a draw looks the most logical.
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Prediction: Draw!
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Bookmakers & Statistics
According to leading bookmakers predictions, the team Team Falcons are the favorite with average odds 2.568 at the moment. Respectively, bookmakers consider LGD Gaming to be the outsider of the match with odds on a victory in the sum of about 4.661.
What the team performance statistics say
Last Matches | LGD Gaming | Team Falcons |
5 matches (wins) | 3 | 5 |
10 matches (wins) | 4 | 6 |
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 LGD Gaming got 0 victories while Team Falcons managed to take 0 matches.