Match Prediction: OG - KZ TEAM | Dota 2

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Slowly but surely the competitive Dota 2 season is returning to our screens. No, it's back with all sorts of BB dachas mixed with local tournaments, but it's the ranked games that are just gaining momentum. Mostly thanks to the qualifications for DreamLeague Season 22.

Let's talk about the Western European region, which can still be called one of the strongest, if not the strongest. And about the first match of these qualifiers, where OG and KZ Team will play against each other.

Both teams claim two slots in the main event. And it won't be easy for the two clubs to get there, because there is enough competition at the closed qualifiers.

We're trying to figure out which team will be stronger and make it to the next stage of DreamLeague Season 22 WEU Qualifiers, and who will fall to the bottom of the tournament right after the start of qualifiers.

Let's go.

OG Form.

Initiate the match breakdown by delving into OG's recent performance. In this upcoming encounter, the team faces the top-ranked opponents, positioned as the number one team, and holds favorable odds of approximately 1.1 for securing a victory, as outlined by the Dota 2 betting site.

At DPC 2023: WEU Division 1 Tour 1 OG failed to guarantee themselves a top-4 finish and as a consequence missed out on The Lima Major 2023. Things seemed to pick up during the second round of DPC 2023: WEU Division 1. Then OG made a strong-willed comeback and made it to the Top 4 after tiebreaks.

At the Berlin Major, the team played with two stand-ins and made it to the top 6, but it seems that those stand-ins were the secret to their success. After returning to regular season matches with a full roster, OG looked critically bad, but at the last moment they improved.

At DPC 2023: WEU Tour 3, OG Long Team went down to the wire, but managed to keep their place in the top division by finishing in the top 5 in the third round of the professional season. By the way, at the last DreamLeague S19 OG also took the 5th place and this is an indicator, but it is unlikely to be repeated in the new season.

After a year-long extravaganza, Ceb became the new OG player. OG resorted to their ultimatum weapon during DreamLeague Season 20, but it didn't help them and OG finished in the top 20.

After DreamLeague Season 20, OG attended another championship of a larger calibre, the Riyadh Masters 2023. Unfortunately for them, they ended it on a Minor note - in TOP-14.

"Closed" the season with a performance at the closed Western European qualifiers for The International 2023. The once two-time world champions failed to pass the most competitive qualifying round and as a result OG flew past The International.

Considering the forced substitution in the third position, OG performed quite well at DreamLeague Season 21. They managed to get out of Group B in 4th place, avoiding a potential replay and already outplaying 9Pandas in the lower playoffs. As a result, OG made it to the Top 4, which was one of the main results of last season.

• OG lineup: Yuragi, bzm, Wisper, Ari, Ceb.

Very mediocre performance during the year led OG to logical changes in the roster. The team was replacing a third position player after ditching DM. The same goes for Ari, who joined the roster last November.

With such an updated roster OG tried to qualify for the first major tournament of the new year - ESL One Kuala Lumpur 2023, but fell to Secret in the top 4.

Most popular OG characters

Among the favourite OG characters: Keeper of the Light (6 matches, 83% wins), Phantom Lancer (5 matches, 60% wins).

Among the most successful: Crystal Maiden (4 matches, 100% wins), Underlord (4 matches, 100% wins), Alchemist (3 matches, 100% wins), Storm Spirit (3 matches, 100% wins), Void Spirit (3 matches, 100% wins).

Team KZ uniforms

We continue our match review with the analysis of Team KZ form. In this match they will play as an outsider, with odds to win at around 6.4. The lag in this match is very easy to explain, as Team KZ is a team that is unlikely to last longer than a few rounds of closed qualifiers for DreamLeague Season 22 from the Western European region.

KZ Team were assembled just before the Long Segment of open qualifiers for DreamLeague Season 22. They played them in Western Europe, which is not surprising in general, and won, but with nuances.

KZ Team played two qualifiers: first it was DreamLeague Season 22 WEU Open Qualifier #1, where KZ was unlucky. They made it to the Top 8 stage, but then lost to NaVi Junior in Bo1.

Next was WEU Open Qualifier #2, where luck favoured Team KZ. The team passed the bo1 stage very confidently and defeated Ninja Penguins in the grand finals. I think that's it.

• The composition of Team KZ: Otaker, Supream, SkyLark, Astral, SsaSpartan.

The KZ Team hangout is the former Monaspa. Legendary SkyLark and SsaSpartan can not calm down and continue to play frantically wherever they can, occasionally making their way to the big leagues. But all of this doesn't matter much, because there are no prospects in sight. Perhaps DreamLeague Season 22 will be the starting point, and we'll see a story like Ad Finem again? I highly doubt it, but still.

The most popular KZ Team characters

The top most chosen KZ Team characters is headed by Crystal Maiden. The character has appeared in the peak 6 times and has an 83% win rate.

Apart from Crystal Maiden, Disruptor and Underlord are also appreciated, having been peaked 5 times each with 80% winrate. There was also Skywrath Mage (4 matches, 100% wins), Doom (4 matches, 75% wins), PL, Viper, Slark, Riki appeared 3 times each and has 100% wins.

History of personal meetings KZ Team - OG

Previously the teams have not played each other in official matches. This match is the debut match between the teams.

Predicted result of the match OG - KZ Team

Despite the serious gap between the level of the teams, in this match I allow for an equal fight. KZ Team, no matter how sad they look, still the team is quite played, and therefore can show dota. OG in turn do not look like a team ready to demolish everyone and everything in its path.

I expect OG to win, but I will believe in one card from KZ.

Bottom line: KZ Team +1.5.