Match Prediction: Invictus Gaming - Team MagMa | Dota 2
i-League 2021 Season 2On September 3, the playoffs of the second season of i-League 2021 will begin in China. Great news for fans of good and crazy Dota.
The main stage of the tournament will be opened by Invictus Gaming in a match with Team MagMa. The clubs will play for life in the tournament in the first round of the lower bracket.
We will try to figure out what to expect from this fight and how the Chinese teams are ready to please or disappoint us.
Invictus Gaming Form
Let's move on to discussing the teams with an overview of the clear favorite form. This is Invictus Gaming.
The very same Invictus Gaming who won the first major LAN in the post-covid era. Those same Invictus Gaming who made their way to the second major of the season and with the replacement failed to repeat the previous achievement.
And at the same time, the same IG who write "GG" at the 14th minute of the match. The very same IG who play as the best team in the world one day, and the next day, to put it mildly, not very well.
IG Recent Results
- Defeat Aster.Aries 2-0
- Lose at Vici Gaming 0-2
- Lost to MagMa 0-2
- Defeat Elephant 2-0
- Defeat from Team Aster with a score of 1-2
The latest IG results ranked 5th-6th at i-League 2021 Season 1 and 3rd place at OGA Dota PIT Season 5: China. The fact that Invictus Gaming is not playing at the limit of their capabilities is understandable.
IG Heroes
Most played heroes of the patch for IG: Void Spirit (6 matches, 83% win), Tidehunter (5 matches, 60% win), Lion (5 matches, 20% win).
The most successful heroes of the patch for IG: Keeper of the Light (3 matches, 100% win), IO (2 matches, 100% win), Night Stalker (2 matches, 100% win).
MagMa form
MagMa will play the role of catch-up in this match. The very ones, dear to me MagMa.
In general, the fact that the MagMa team is a class lower is a fact. But the fact that the club is progressing and growing - arouses respect and desire to support the team.
MagMa Latest Results
- Lose at Vici Gaming 0-2
- Lose at Elephant 1-2
- Lost to Team Aster with a score of 0-2
- Defeat Invictus Gaming 2-0
- Lost to Vici Gaming 0-2
And here's what is interesting: from the TOPs of MagMa, all the same IGs have recently won. And more than once.
Heroes of MagMa
The most played MagMa heroes in the 7:30 patch are Pangloier (6 matches, 50% win), Mars (6 matches, 33% win), Lion (6 matches, 33% win).
Personal meeting history
As I said above, despite the status of Invictus Gaming, they often lost to MagMa, as for a club of this level. Over the last 5 meetings IG won three times, but the last two meetings remained with MagMa.
Match outcome
To be honest, lately in China they often perform something extraordinary. Predicting the mood with which teams will approach a particular match is sometimes not an easy task.
Still, I think IG will win here. But I can't dissuade myself from betting on a handicap of +1.5 cards for MagMa.
Bottom line: +1.5 on MagMa.
The prediction for the match with the participation of iG and Team MagMa, the top Chinese Dota is finally returning to i-League 2021 Season 2.
Team MagMa, surprisingly, finished the group stage even better than iG. They have the same statistics: 2 wins and 4 losses, but MagMa won 1 more map, but also lost 1 more.
Team MagMa is played by: +1 TBA, Dust, Tzy, mianmian, Kazz
For iG are: flyfly, Emo, JT-, Kaka, Oli
IG results at i-League 2021 Season 2
- Defeat from Team Aster with a score of 1: 2
- Defeat from Vici Gaming with a score of 0: 2
- Defeat from Elephant with a score of 0: 2
- Defeat from Team MagMa with a score of 0: 2
- Victory over Royal Never Give Up with a score of 2: 0
- Victory over Aster.Aries with a score of 2: 0
In the playoffs:
- Defeat Elephant with a score of 2: 0
- Defeat from Team Aster with a score of 1: 2
Team MagMa results at i-League 2021 Season 2
- Victory over iG with a score of 2: 0 (!!!)
- Victory over Aster.Aries with a score of 2: 1
- Defeat from Team Aster with a score of 0: 2
- Defeat from Vici Gaming with a score of 0: 2
- Defeat from Elephant with a score of 1: 2
- Lose from Royal Never Give Up with a score of 1: 2
In the playoffs:
- Defeat from Vici Gaming with a score of 0: 2
Initially I thought that Team MagMa was a very, very convenient opponent for iG, but I looked at the statistics and there were huge doubts. Firstly, the last 2 matches between these teams ended in victory for Team MagMa, and secondly: iG had already lost to Team MagMa in the group stage of the same tournament - 0: 2.
I have never been impressed by the iG team, their unstable crust in the face of Emo and flyfly, but I want to believe in JT-. It seems to me that this will be an easy walk for iG despite the statistics, they should avenge the performance in the group stage and move further along the lower bracket. A logical bet looks like 1 card from Team MagMa or TB 2.5 for 2.11, but I believe more in 2: 0 from iG for a nice odds of 1.885.
Prediction: iG will easily beat Team MagMa at i-League Season 2 with a score of 2: 0 - coefficient 1.885
Bookmakers & Statistics
Invictus Gaming are listed as the favorites of the match in the majority of bookmakers and odds on them are equal to 1.237. Team MagMa, in turn, are the outsiders of the match. Odds on their victory are about 3.966.
In the case of solidarity with the bookmaker’s position about the possible winner of the match, a bet at will be more preferable where odds 1.284 are given on Invictus Gaming victory. If you are confident that analysts provide a totally wrong prediction, you should risk and make a bet on Team MagMa success at - the team’s victory is evaluated with the high odds 5.75.