Match Prediction: RNG - Elephant.4AM | Dota 2
i-League 2021 Season 2In the second match of the first round of the lower bracket of the playoffs of i-League 2021 Season 2, RNG and Elephant will play. Obviously, this is the central match on September 3rd.
In the battle for life, perhaps, the heavyweights of the Chinese region will come together. At least at i-League 2021 Season 2, they seem like that.
Let's figure out who will be stronger in this derby and continue the march through the tournament, and who will be in 6th place.
Elephant shape
The favorites in this match will be the Elephant, who have picked up by the end of 2021. Before the TI-form?
In the group stage, Elephant finished their performance on the 3rd line, literally 1 card short of reaching the upper bracket. Now they have to fight for life.
And the questions are already appearing. In the first match of the playoffs, the Elephant lost to IG, who played much worse than the same elephants throughout the tournament.
Elephant Latest Results
- Lost to Team Aster with a score of 0-2
- Defeat MagMa 2-1
- Defeat Aster.Aries with a score of 0-2
- Defeat Vici Gaming 2-1
- Lost to IG 0-2
It seems that strange peaks and so on were not noticed behind the “elephants”, but confidence in their games is still a random thing.
Elephant Heroes
The most selected heroes of the patch for the Elephant: Night Stalker (5 matches, 40% win), Hoodwink (4 matches, 50% win), Lifestealer (4 matches, 50% win).
The most successful heroes of the patch for Elephant: Nyx Assassin (3 matches, 100% wins), Shadow Demon (2 matches, 100% wins).
RNG form
Royal Never Give Up will act as catch-ups in the match. With this, perhaps, you can argue.
The fact is that specifically at i-League 2021 Season 2 RNG showed a game better than elephants. This is evidenced by the final place of the RNG in the group.
And where can the “kings” give their best, if not at i-League 2021 Season 2. They did not get to TI10, which means they need to play to their fullest wherever possible.
RNG Recent Results
- Lost to Invictus Gaming with a score of 0-2
- Defeat Team Aster 2-0
- Lose at Vici Gaming 0-2
- Defeat Aster.Aries 2-1
- Lose from Vici Gaming with a score of 1-2
Of course, RNGs do not reach the Chinese giants, and even more so at their peak. But now, when the team is playing in a local tournament against an unmotivated elite, there are chances.
RNG heroes
Most played heroes for RNG in this patch: Void Spirit (6 matches, 50% win), Invoker (5 matches, 60% win), Nyx Assassin (4 matches, 100% win).
The most successful RNG heroes in this patch: Nyx Assassin (4 matches, 100% win), Dark Seer (2 matches, 100% win).
Personal meeting history
After the end of the DPC season, teams played twice. For the first time, Elephant celebrated a 2-1 victory, and for the second time, RNG won with a 2-0 score.
Match outcome
China is not predictable, but we have already talked about this. As is often the case in this region, there is faith in the victory of Elephant, but I also look forward to fighting from the RNG.
Result: handicap +1.5 on RNG.
Royal Never Give Up and Elephant will meet in the lower bracket of i-League 2021 Season 2. The forecast for this match, RNG and Elephant shared the 2nd-3rd place in the group, and now they will play to be eliminated from the tournament.
For Royal Never Give Up: GodKing, Dstones, Flyby, FelixCiaoBa, RedPanda
Elephant is played by: Eurus, Somnus, Yang, fy, Super
Royal Never Give Up results at i-League 2021 Season 2 (4 wins/2 losses)
- Victory over Team Aster with a score of 2: 0
- Victory over Elephant with a score of 2: 0 (!!!)
- Victory over Team MagMa with a score of 2: 1
- Victory over Aster.Aries with a score of 2: 1
- Defeat from Vici Gaming with a score of 0: 2
- Defeat from iG with a score of 0: 2
Play-off
- Defeat from Vici Gaming with a score of 1: 2
Elephant results at i-League 2021 Season 2 (4 wins/2 losses)
- Victory over Vici Gaming with a score of 2: 1
- Victory over Team MagMa with a score of 2: 1
- Victory over iG with a score of 2: 0
- Victory over Aster.Aries with a score of 2: 0
- Defeat from Team Aster with a score of 0: 2
- Defeat from Royal Never Give Up with a score of 0: 2 (!!!)
Play-off
- Defeat from iG with a score of 0: 2
A very interesting match awaits us, Royal Never Give Up has already established itself as a good team that can surprise an opponent and knock out star players from the i-League. Suffice it to recall only the first season of this league, when they dealt with iG and PSG.LGD in the lower bracket.
Royal Never Give Up always plays well with Elephant, in 2021 they played 5 matches with each other, and in 3 of them, it was RNGs that became the winners.
In my understanding, the match between absolutely equal teams, they played the group stage in about the same way, except that RNG were able to beat Elephant 2: 0. "Elephants" will have to draw some conclusions, especially in front of the fans. Let me remind you that the playoff stage for i-League 2021 Season 2 takes place on the LAN.
Bookmakers give very unreasonable quotes for this match, on Royal Never Give Up - the coefficient is 2.742; and on Elephant - 1.496. This is clearly due to the tag and the names of the players "Elephants", RNGs here clearly do not deserve 2.7, so I tend to win them. Initially, I was ready for myself to bet on Royal Never Give Up, even if there were equal odds, and then there was such a "gift".
I think that RNG will win, but there will definitely not be an easy match with Elephant, most likely there will be 3 maps, the teams will break through TB 2.5 in 1.985, but it will be Royal Never Give Up that will win.
Prediction: Royal Never Give Up will win against Elephant at i-League 2021 Season 2 - odds 2.704
Bookmakers & Statistics
Elephant.4AM are listed as the favorites of the match in the majority of bookmakers and odds on them are equal to 1.474. RNG, in turn, are the outsiders of the match. Odds on their victory are about 2.752.
If your opinion is similar to the one, which is provided by experts in bookmaker companies and you want to bet on Elephant.4AM, the best odds on their victory can be found at — 1.59. If you think that RNG are going to win, the best thing will be to bet at . This bookmaker provides the best odds on their victory in the sum of 4.5.