Match Prediction: Team Secret - Team Liquid | Dota 2
ESL One - Kuala Lumpur 2023After a short break we are back to ESL One Kuala Lumpur 2023. Two European clubs, Team Secret and Team Liquid, will face off in the lower bracket. The winner will advance to the quarter-finals, while the loser will take 7th-8th place in the standings and earn $47,500 in prize money. The format of the match is bo3. Which of the Stunet participants is one step closer to the coveted championship? 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 spent their previous professional tournament, as well as how this match will end.
Team Secret uniforms
Team Secret have dropped significantly in both their season and overall level of play this year. Although just a year ago Puppey and his teammates won silver at The International 2022. The DPC 2023 ranking season for Team Secret started with a disappointing eighth place finish at DPC WEU 2023 Tour 1: Division I, where the players played with a 1-6 statistic, received $22,000 as a consolation prize and dropped to the second division. A convincing win over lesser opponents on DPC WEU 2023 Tour 2: Division II put them back in the top 8 of the region and earned them $17,000. The third round of the DPC Team Secret failed again, playing to the same score as the first round. Puppey and his team were thus relegated to the second division and had to play qualification for The International 2023. The 11th-12th place at DreamLeague Season 20 brought Team Secret $20,000. Only TS's participation in Riyadh Masters 2023 smoothed out the season financially. The tournament in Saudi Arabia brought the team $300,000 for 9th-12th place in the standings. The International 2023 - Western Europe Qualifier ended for Secret in the semi-finals of the losers' bracket. A bronze medal at BetBoom Dacha secured $25,000 in prize money for the players. Before the new season, MidOne and BOOM returned to Team Secret.
Team Secret failed to qualify for ESL One Kuala Lumpur 2023: Western Europe Closed Qualifier on their first attempt. After making it to the top-16 of the second open qualifier, Team Secret was defeated by Flawless and The Rune. In the deciding game, Puppey and his teammates outscored MarsBet Team 2-0. ESL One Kuala Lumpur 2023: Western Europe Closed Qualifier Long It started for Team Secret with a loss to OG on two maps in a row. In the lower bracket, Puppey and team first outplayed Alliance 2:1 before they defeated Team Tickles 2:0. Team Secret thus advanced to the semi-finals of the losers' bracket. In a full bo3 confrontation Puppey and team outplayed OG. And in the match for the second slot from Western Europe Team Secret defeated Entity on two maps in a row.
Puppey and team had a bad first day in Group A at ESL One Kuala Lumpur 2023. Team Secret Ledge beat Chinese Azure Ray and drew a clash with Gaimin Gladiators. Then the European team improved their position a bit, playing a draw with BetBoom Team and defeating Blacklist International. On the final day of the group stage, Puppey and crew outlasted Wawitas Sagazes. Their 2-2-1 stats put them up against Gaimin Gladiators in a tiebreaker for the 2-3rd place. According to tournament rules, the tiebreaker is a 1 on 1 on the centre line. MidOne Ledgeil Quinn, which forced Secret to head to the bottom of the grid.
Team Secret's recent results stats:
- A 2-0 win over Wawitas Sagazes
- A 2-0 win over Blacklist International.
- A 1-1 draw with BetBoom Team
- A 1-1 draw with Gaimin Gladiators.
- 0:2 defeat to Azure Ray
Team Liquid uniform
Western European esports club Team Liquid are having a great season, except for the fact that on the international stage Insania and their teammates are systematically stumbling away from victory. Their main and only opponent this year is Team Gaimin Gladiators. Liquid started the year with a first place finish at DPC WEU 2023 Tour 1: Division I and $30,000. This earned the players a trip to Lima Major 2023, where they reached the finals and won silver, which brought $100,000 in prize money. In the next round of the DPC 2023 ranking season, Team Liquid once again won the Western Europe Division 1 and earned another $30,000. Before travelling to Berlin to participate in ESL One Berlin Major 2023, Insania and his teammates played in the first tournament of the ESL Pro Tour Dota 2 2023 series, namely DreamLeague Season 19. The team successfully took second place, Ledgeiv Gaimin Gladiators in an intense final with a score of 2:3. The players were rewarded with $175,000 in prize money. At the Major tournament in Berlin, Team Liquid once again won the silver medal and received valuable DPC points and $100,000. At the DPC WEU 2023 Tour 3: Division I, the team lost some ground and finished in fourth place in the standings. However, that was good enough for a trip to Bali Major 2023. The only failure this year for Insania and the team was a 15th-16th place finish at DreamLeague Season 20, which earned them a $10,000 consolation prize. Silver at Bali Major 2023 with another grand final against Gaimin Gladiators earned $100,000. The European club also competed at the Riyadh Masters 2023 where they finished in second place and earned $2,500,000 in prize money. DreamLeague Season 21 finished in 9th-10th place and brought in $30,000. At The International 2023, Team Liquid failed to live up to fan expectations and finished in 5th-6th place in the standings, earning $106,393 in prize money.
After the season ended, zai announced a hiatus from his professional career and was replaced by 33 at Team Liquid. At ESL One Kuala Lumpur 2023: Western Europe Closed Qualifier, the team received a direct invitation from the organisers. In the first match, Liquid had no trouble beating D2 Hustlers on two consecutive maps. This allowed them to reach the semi-finals of the grid. There Insania and team defeated Team Tickles with a score of 2:0. In the deciding match Liquid defeated Entity on two maps in a row and won a slot in the main part of the tournament.
Upon arrival at ESL One Kuala Lumpur 2023, Team Liquid got into Group B. There, the team demonstrated not the most confident game, finishing with the statistics 2-1-2. This result allowed the players to go to the bottom of the play-offs grid.
Statistics of Team Liquid's recent results:
- A 1-1 draw with LGD Gaming
- A 2-0 win over Tundra Esports
- 0:2 defeat to G2.IG
- 0:2 defeat by Team Falcons
- Victory over 9Pandas with the score 2:0
Team Secret vs Team Liquid match history
Since the beginning of this year, the participants of this match have played against each other four times. Three times Team Liquid won, and one match ended in a draw.
Predicted result of the match Team Secret - Team Liquid
Team Liquid have not shown their maximum in the group stage, but Team Secret will have to cope with Team Secret. Let's bet on the victory of Team Liquid.
Team Secret is the 9th team of the world ranking. Unfortunately, they failed to get through the European qualifications for The International 2023, taking only 4th place. Of course, after such a performance Puppey could not leave everything as it was and the team left Armel and Fbz. They were replaced by old MidOne and their former player BOOM, despite his very controversial performance in the previous period in the organisation.
Team Liquid is the 4th team in the world rankings. Although expectations were high for the guys at The International 2023, they only managed to get to 5th-6th place. After that Zai takes a temporary break from the competitive scene and in his place comes 33. Excellent European qualifications at ESL, coping with all opponents 2 0.
In the group both teams are placed in the middle with approximately the same results. Liquid are playing with substitutes and sometimes it affects the overall performance of the team. Perhaps in this state I see a potential card from the outsider.
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Bookmakers & Statistics
Now, the majority of bookmaker companies believe in Team Liquid victory. Odds on them are equal to 1.274. According to bookmakers data, Team Secret are the outsider and odds on their victory amounts 4.379.
How the teams played in the last matches
Last Matches | Team Secret | Team Liquid |
5 matches (wins) | 4 | 4 |
10 matches (wins) | 8 | 9 |
It will also be necessary to mention the history of face-to-face meetings between the opponents. The teams played 51 matches with each other before. In these matches Team Secret won 31 times, Team Liquid active consisits of 17 wins.