Match Prediction: OG - Team Secret | Dota 2
ESL One Kuala Lumpur 2023 Western Europe Closed QualifierOpening the final day of ESL One Kuala Lumpur 2023: Western Europe Closed Qualifier clash between two-time world champions OG and Team Secret. The winner will get a chance to fight for the second slot from Western Europe in the final of the lower grid. The format of the match is bo3. Will Puppey and his team be able to pull off the upset? We will find out very soon.
In this betting thread you will find out how the participants of this match are performing in the current year, how they did in their previous professional tournament, and how this match will end.
OG Form
For the two-time champions of The International, the current season has started with a fifth-place finish at DPC WEU 2023 Tour 1: Division I and a fourth-place finish at DPC WEU 2023 Tour 2: Division I, where the OGs have earned a combined $51,000 in prize money. 5th-8th place at Pinnacle Cup: Malta Vibes #1 earned OG $1,000. But OG was able to double that amount thanks to a fifth place finish at DreamLeague Season 19. The only Major tournament of the DPC season, in which Yuragi and his team participated, was quite average. The 5th-6th place at ESL One Berlin Major 2023 helped them earn an additional $25,000. The third round of the DPC season did not make the fans of the famous club happy again, as at the DPC WEU 2023 Tour 3: Division I OG again took the fifth place. A 13th-14th place finish at DreamLeague Season 20 is also hard to call a good result. Riyadh Masters 2023 ended with OG in 13th-14th place, which earned them $200,000 in prize money. Yuragi and his teammates also failed to qualify for The International 2023.
Prior to qualifying for ESL One Kuala Lumpur 2023, OG played at DreamLeague Season 21. Based on the results of the draw, Yuragi and teammate were placed in Group B. The team was able to defeat Evil Geniuses, draw with teams like BetBoom Team, PSG.Quest and Gaimin Gladitors. Two-time world champions Ledge only beat Team Spirit. A 1-3-1 statistic was enough to make it to the bottom set of the play-offs. Their first opponents were 9Pandas. A 2-0 win allowed them to advance to the second round of losers. OG then knocked out Tundra Esports with a 2-1 score. In the semifinals of the gridiron they faced BetBoom Team, to whom they lost on two maps in a row. Fourth place earned the European club $85,000. Wisper and Ari were also added to the roster, replacing DM and Kitrak.
The organisers of ESL One Kuala Lumpur 2023 invited OG directly into the closed regional qualification. In the first match, Yuragi and his teammates defeated Team Secret 2-0. The confrontation with Entity ended in a 1-2 defeat. So OG fell to the bottom of the grid, where they easily outplayed D2 Hustlers.
OG's recent results stats:
- A 2-0 win over the D2 Hustlers
- 1:2 loss to Entity
- A 2-0 win over Team Secret
- 0:2 defeat to BetBoom Team
- 2:1 win over Tundra Esports
Team Secret form
Team Secret have dropped significantly in both their season and overall level of play this year. Although a year ago Puppey and his teammates won silver at The International 2022. The DPC 2023 ranking season started for Team Secret with a disappointing eighth place at DPC WEU 2023 Tour 1: Division I, where the players played with a 1-6 statistic, received $22,000 as a consolation prize and dropped to the second division. A convincing win over lesser opponents on DPC WEU 2023 Tour 2: Division II put them back into the top 8 of the region and earned them $17,000. The third round of the DPC Team Secret failed again, playing to the same score as the first round. Puppey and his team were thus relegated to the second division and had to play qualification for The International 2023. The 11th-12th place at DreamLeague Season 20 brought Team Secret $20,000. Only TS's participation in Riyadh Masters 2023 smoothed out the season financially. The tournament in Saudi Arabia brought the team $300,000 for 9th-12th place in the standings. The International 2023 - Western Europe Qualifier ended for Secret in the semi-finals of the losers' bracket. A bronze medal at BetBoom Dacha secured $25,000 in prize money for the players. Before the new season, MidOne and BOOM returned to Team Secret.
Team Secret failed to qualify for ESL One Kuala Lumpur 2023: Western Europe Closed Qualifier on their first attempt. After making it to the top-16 of the second open qualifier, Team Secret was defeated by Flawless and The Rune. In the deciding game, Puppey and his teammates outscored MarsBet Team 2-0.
ESL One Kuala Lumpur 2023: Western Europe Closed Qualifier Long It started for Team Secret with a defeat to OG on two maps in a row. In the lower bracket, Puppey and team first outplayed Alliance 2:1 before they defeated Team Tickles 2:0. Thus Team Secret made it to the semi-finals of the losers' bracket.
Statistics of Team Secret's latest results:
- Victory over Team Tickles with a score of 2:0
- Victory over Alliance with the score 2:1
- 0:2 defeat to OG
- 2-0 win over MarsBet Team
- 1:0 win over The Rune
OG vs Team Secret Match History
Since the beginning of this year the participants of this match have played against each other five times. OG team won four times, while Team Secret outplayed their opponent only once.
Predicted result of the match OG - Team Secret
At this tournament Secret has already defeated OG. Then the difference in the level of play was noticeable. It is unlikely that something radically changed in one day. Let's bet on the victory of OG team.
Bookmakers & Statistics
Team Secret are listed as the favorites of the match in the majority of bookmakers and odds on them are equal to 2.896. OG, in turn, are the outsiders of the match. Odds on their victory are about 3.183.
How the teams played in the last matches
Last Matches | OG | Team Secret |
5 matches (wins) | 3 | 2 |
10 matches (wins) | 4 | 4 |
Also it makes sense to remember the statistics of the matches between the teams. The competitors have held 38 matches. In these battles OG got 15 victories while Team Secret managed to take 22 matches.