Match Prediction: OG - Tundra Esports | Dota 2
ESL One Birmingham 2024: Western Europe Closed QualifierESL One Birmingham 2024: Western Europe Closed Qualifier is coming to an end with the two strongest teams remaining. OG will play against Tundra Esports in the grand finals of the Closed Qualifiers. The winner will earn an invitation to ESL One Birmingham 2024. The format of the match is bo5. Will Tundra players be able to win the rematch? We will find out very soon.
In this betting thread you will find out how the participants of this match performed in the previous 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 past year has been an extremely disappointing one on the back of past honours. OG played mediocre at the regional level and missed out on all Major tournaments in 2023. The team played at the ESL Pro Tour Dota 2 2023, but failed to achieve much results there as well. The financial outlet was the 13th-14th place at the Riyadh Masters 2023, which provided the players with $200,000 in prize money. For the first time since 2015, OG did not play at the Dota 2 World Championship. The team missed The International 2023 due to finishing in 5th-6th place in Western European qualification. The year ended for the European squad with a disappointing performance at the ESL One Kuala Lumpur 2023 Western Europe Closed Qualifier. The 2024 Long Long Qualifier ended with a win at BetBoom Dacha Dubai 2024: WEU Closed Qualifier, which will allow the OGs to head to the LAN Championship in the United Arab Emirates.
OG previously competed in the DreamLeague Season 22: Western Europe Closed Qualifier, where they also received a direct invitation. According to the seeding results, their opponent in the first round of the top grid was KZ Team. A win in the full bo3 series propelled OG into the second round. With a 2-0 win over Team Tickles, OG guaranteed themselves a slot in DreamLeague Season 22.
The qualification season didn't end there for the two-time world champions. At ESL One Birmingham 2024: Western Europe Closed Qualifier, OG Long Sogpeg started with a win over Ninja Penguins on two consecutive maps. The match against Tundra Esports ended with a similar result. In the top grid final, OG defeated Entity in a full bo3 series and advanced to the grand final of qualification.
OG's final results stats:
- 2-1 win over Entity
- 2:0 win over Tundra Esports
- A 2-0 win over Ninja Penguins.
- 2:0 win over Team Tickles
- 2-1 win over KZ Team
Tundra Esports uniforms
After a disappointing end to the season for Tundra Esports in the form of a 13th-16th place finish at The International 2023. The organisation made the decision to drop its European Dota 2 roster. For a long time it was unknown whether Tundra would remain in Valve's esports discipline or not. But on the 10th of December, one day before the Long Conner ESL One Kuala Lumpur 2023, the management of the organisation announced the signing of a new team. It was Team Undying, the North American squad that was fired by TSM on the 5th of December. Thus, Tundra Esports has secured its participation in a major tournament from ESL. In the ESL One Kuala Lumpur 2023: North America Closed Qualifier, the team confidently defeated Fart Studios and Bammysoy 2-0, and in the top grid final Whitemon and his teammates defeated nouns in a full bo3 series. The grand final clash against the same nouns ended with a 3-2 victory for future Tundra players. Thus the team qualified for ESL One Kuala Lumpur 2023, where they took 7th-8th place and received $47,500 as a reward. The team also made it to DreamLeague Season 22: Western Europe Open Qualifier #1, defeating such teams as Nightshade Esports, 5STARS Esports and Flawless. An attempt to qualify for the BetBoom Dacha Dubai 2024: WEU Closed Qualifier ended in a three-map defeat to OG in the deciding game.
The previous professional event for Tundra Esports was DreamLeague Season 22: Western Europe Closed Qualifier. In the first match Tundra Esports defeated Team Secret 2-0 and advanced to the deciding match of the top grid. The victory in the full bo3 series against Entity earned Tundra an invitation to DreamLeague Season 22.
The first opponent for Tundra Esports at ESL One Birmingham 2024: Western Europe Closed Qualifier was Team Tickles. The 2-0 victory took Tundra to the semi-finals of the top qualification grid. There the team met with OG and again Ledgeil them with the result 0:2. NAVI Junior did not create any big problems for Tundra players in the lower set. The victory on two maps in a row took Tundra Esports to the semi-finals of the final round, where Whitemon and his teammates outplayed Team Secret with the result 2:0. With a similar score Tundra Esports defeated Entity and travelled to the decisive match of the qualifiers.
Last match statistics for Tundra Esports:
- A 2-0 win over Entity
- Victory over Team Secret with a score of 2:0
- 2:0 win over NAVI Junior
- 0:2 loss to OG
- 2:0 win over Team Tickles
Match History of OG - Tundra Esports
In the current squads the participants of this confrontation have played against each other Three times. Two matches took place in the BetBoom Dacha Dubai 2024: WEU Closed Qualifier and ended with OG winning 1-0 and 3-0 respectively. In the current qualifier, OG outscored Tundra Esports 2-0 in the top set semi-finals.
OG vs Tundra Esports Predicted Result
Tundra Esports have yet to beat the two-time Dota 2 World Champions. Taking into account their performance in this qualification, it is unlikely to work out this time. Let's bet on the victory of the OG team.
Bookmakers & Statistics
At the moment, the majority of bookmakers unanimously see the team OG as the favorite of the game with average odds on a victory in the sum of 1.555. Tundra Esports chances to prevail are evaluated with average odds 3.082 by bookmakers.
What the team performance statistics say
Last Matches | OG | Tundra Esports |
5 matches (wins) | 3 | 4 |
10 matches (wins) | 7 | 8 |
The statistics of personal battles between teams is also important for successful bets. The teams played 29 matches with each other before. In these matches OG won 10 times, Tundra Esports active consisits of 17 wins.