Match Prediction: Alliance - Team Unique | Dota 2

2:0 (Alliance)

ESL One Summer 2021 kicks off today, Alliance meets Team Unique. We saw the Alliance form at Weplay Animajor 2021, and Unic at the Pinnacle Cup 2021.

Alliance is supported by: Nikobaby, Limmp, s4, Handsken, fng
Team Unique is supported by: Palantimos, fn, Ghostik, Bignum, Slayer

Alliance in the playoffs Weplay Animajor 2021 lost to PSG.LGD with a score of 0: 2 (future champions) and unexpectedly lost to Team Spirit.

Team Unique finished 11th in the Pinnacle Cup 2021, the team could only beat the Hellbear Smashers and Brame, and lost all the other matches.

Match prediction: Alliance vs. Team Unique at ESL One Summer 2021

When making predictions for this tournament, it should be borne in mind that it is conditional for Team Unique to get in shape, develop strategies and come up with something new, generally try, while Alliance may regard this tournament as preparation for The International 10, since they have direct invite. Unique, literally in a week, will play the CIS qualifiers against PuckChamp in the first round.

Alliance plays great online, but when it comes to big championships or strong opponents, they often fall out.

Bookmakers do not believe in Team Unique at all, the odds for them are 4.5 and 1.19 on Alliance. Perhaps we will see all three maps, but I would like to believe in an easy victory for Alliance with a score of 2: 0 at 1.688; it makes no sense for Unicoms to spread 100% before the CIS qualifiers, but on the other hand, you need to understand what works and what doesn't. Team Unique needs this match more than Alliance.

Prediction: Alliance will easily beat Team Unique 2-0 at ESL One Summer 2021 - 1.688 odds

2:0 (Alliance)

This tournament will be played only for the sake of money and for the sake of preparing for The International qualifiers, the teams are really strong here and I think we will see a good level Dota. Team Unique, unfortunately, is much weaker than their today's opponent, the guys have passed qualifications, but they have absolutely nothing to do in this match. The Alliance will be stronger in team and individual terms, they made it to the Major, but they really couldn't show the Dota of the proper level there. You can try to bet live on this meeting as well, but I doubt that there will be good odds here.

In this match, I expect a light 2-0 from The Alliance.

Alliance Will win

Alliance and Unique will play in another opening match. Yes, some games will run in parallel at ESL One Summer.

Another duel in which Europe will face the CIS. We haven't seen any cross-region games since 2020, so ESL One Summer 2021 should be a breath of fresh air.

First of all, it can be a "breath" for the teams. I think all of them are tired of monotonous fights with each other for a long time, and the opportunity to play against a team from another region is already a variety.

It should be as effective as possible for clubs from the CIS. Still, the experience of playing against the best team in Europe last season should be very valuable for the same Unique, given that they will soon be playing in the closed qualifiers.

We are trying to assess the teams' chances of winning this fight. Although, it seems the outcome is predetermined here.

Alliance Form

Let's start with the clear favorite and potential winner of the match. Alliance is the best team in Europe last season.

The best, but on two majors she showed absolutely no game. On the other hand, we have earned a direct invitation to The International Alliance, and this is the most important thing.

In general, the European team looked weak in the Major. This shows the performance of Alliance in recent matches.

Alliance Recent Results

Lost to Brame with a score of 1-2
Beat Tundra 2-1
Beat the Hellbear Smashers 2-0
Lost to PSG.LGD with a score of 0-2
Defeat from Team Spirit with a score of 1-2

Although WePlay AniMajor turned out to be a failure for Alliance, I think they made certain conclusions. And I would like to see these conclusions already at ESL One Summer 2021.

Team Unique

Moving on to the austider of the fight. They see Team Unique in this fight.

In principle, this is not surprising or unusual: according to the results of the two majors, the CIS is the weakest region, and Unique is the fourth team in the region at the end of the season. The baseline does not clearly support Unique.

Team Unique Recent Results

Beat the Hellbear Smashers 2-0
Lose from Level Up with a score of 1-2
Lost at ViKin.gg with a score of 0-2
Beat PuckChamp 2-0
Defeat from ViKin.gg with a score of 1-2

As we can see, Unique is still a TIR-2 level team that competes in local championships with variable success. Alliance, even in its current form, is still a long way off.

Personal meeting history

The last official game between Alliance and Unique took place in April 2020. Then Alliance celebrated the victory.

The outcome of the fight

ESL One Summer 2021 is a great place to practice before the start of the closed qualifiers. Unique should take full advantage of it, while Alliance can take liberties.

But even so, the Europeans look much stronger and are unlikely to want to "skip" a tournament with a prize money of $ 400,000. Therefore, in this match for Alliance.

Outcome: victory for Alliance.