Next, let's take a look at the clash of such teams as Lava Esports and x5 Gaming, which will take place within the first round of the lower grid play-offs of the EPL World Series: America Season 8. The winner will advance to the quarter-finals of the losers, while the loser will finish the tournament in 7th-8th place and will be left without prize money. The format of the match is bo3. Who will be stronger at the end of this fight? We will find out very soon.
In this betting thread you will find out how the participants of this match are performing this year, how they did in their previous professional tournament, as well as how this match will end.
Lava Esports Form
Lava Esports are far from having their best season, although they have managed to gain a foothold in the South American second division. First, the team finished in 9th-12th place in the EPL World Series: America Season 3. Fifth place at the DPC SA 2023 Tour 1: Division II provided the players with $9,000 in prize money. The championship at the TodayPay Invitational Season 4 was Lava Esports' only win so far this year, with gold earning the team a $2,200 top prize. Silver at the EPL World Series: America Season 4 earned Lava an additional $2,500. The team then took part in 1XPLORE LATAM #1, where they finished in 7th-8th place in the standings and were left with no prize money. But Lava Esports managed to win bronze at DPC SA 2023 Tour 2: Division II and DPC SA 2023 Tour 3: Division II, earning a combined $30,000. A top-4 finish at 1XPLORE LATAM #4 secured the team $3,500. But since July, the team has been on the road to failure. The 7th-8th places at EPL World Series: America Season 5, EPL World Series: America Season 6 and The International 2023 - South America Qualifier did not bring the players any earnings and also did not allow them to go to the Dota 2 World Championship this year. But fourth place at EPL World Series: America Season 7 allowed Lava Esports to earn a consolation $500.
The previous event for Lava Esports was an attempt to qualify for ESL One Kuala Lumpur 2023. In the two open qualifiers, Lava Esports reached the quarterfinals and Ledge or estar_backs and iNvaders, respectively. The team thus lost the chance to travel to Kuala Lumpur for a major tournament from ESL.
In the group stage of the EPL World Series: America Season 8 Lava Esports took the fifth place with the statistics 3-4. The team was able to defeat only Universitario Esports and iNvaders. In the match against Infinity they got a technical win. This result sent the team to the bottom of the play-offs.
Lava Esports latest results stats:
- 0-1 loss to iNvaders
- 1-0 win over Cubil Gaming
- 0:1 loss to estar_backs
- 1:0 win over Shark Boys
- 2:1 win over iNvaders
x5 Gaming uniforms
The year started for x5 Gaming with a 5th-8th place finish at Fallen Cup Season 2, which did not bring any earnings for the players. The team got into the DPC season thanks to a win at DPC SA 2023 Tour 2: Open Qualifier #2 and a silver medal at DPC SA 2023 Tour 2: Closed Qualifier. Fourth place at the DPC SA 2023 Tour 2: Division II provided the players with $11,000 in prize money. x5 Gaming then travelled to play LATAM Rookie Challenge 6, where they also finished fourth and received a $100 consolation prize. Top 4 at the 1XPLORE LATAM #4 online event brought x5 Gaming an additional $3,500. Next, the team had a series of failures. Eighth place in the DPC SA 2023 Tour 3: Division II deprived the players of a slot in the ranking season and prize money. EPL World Series: America Season 6 ended for x5 Gaming with fourth place and $500 in earnings. 5th-6th place at LATAM Rookie Challenge 8 and 7th-8th place at EPL World Series: America Season 7 can hardly be called satisfactory results either. After that, the club management decided to change their Dota 2 roster.
The revamped roster includes Luis, MonHty, Hermit, Sooths and størm. In addition to the group stage of EPL World Series: America Season 8, which will be discussed below, the team participated in ESL One Kuala Lumpur 2023 South America Open Qualifier #2, where they failed to achieve the desired success.
The group stage of EPL World Series: America Season 8 was quite average for x5 Gaming. But the 4-3 statistics was enough to get into the top-4 and reach the upper play-offs. They faced Infinity in the quarter-finals. Defeat with the score 0:2 sent x5 Gaming to the losers' net.
Statistics of the latest results of x5 Gaming:
- 0:2 defeat by Infinity
- 0:1 defeat by iNvaders
- Victory over NoPing Esports with the score 2:1
- 0:2 defeat by iNvaders
- 2:0 win over Universitario Esports
Match History of Lava Esports - x5 Gaming
Since the beginning of this year, the participants of this duel have played against each other seven times. Lava Esports celebrated victory four times, while x5 Gaming outplayed their opponent three times.
Predicted result of the match Lava Esports - x5 Gaming
The teams have a rich history of matches together. But we will rely on the match, which took place in the group stage this year. Let's bet on the victory of the team x5 Gaming.
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