Match Prediction: Team Secret - Entity | Dota 2
ESL One Birmingham 2024: Western Europe Closed QualifierMoving on to the clash between Team Secret and Entity, which is scheduled to take place in the semifinals of the upper grid of the ESL One Birmingham 2024: Western Europe Closed Qualifier, a qualifying tournament for a major LAN tournament to be held in Birmingham, England, with a prize pool of $1,000,000. The winner will be one step closer to the coveted ticket. The format of the match is bo3. Will Entity be able to win a rematch for his defeat in the previous qualification? Let's find out.
In this betting thread you will find out how the participants of this match performed during the previous year, how they spent their previous professional tournament, as well as how this match will end.
Team Secret uniforms
Last year, Team Secret showed a phenomenal decline in playing form. The team managed to drop down to the second division in the DPC season, return to the first division and fall back to the bottom of the league. Needless to say, Secret missed out on all three Major Championships in the season? Things were not much better at tournaments from third-party organisers, although there is something to note here. At DreamLeague Season 20 Team Secret took 11-12th places and earned $20,000 in prize money. A financial success was participation in Riyadh Masters 2023, where 9th-12th place in the standings provided $300,000. Bronze at BetBoom Dacha 2023 brought an additional $25,000 in prize money. At the end of the year, the team qualified for ESL One Kuala Lumpur 2023, where they finished in 7th-8th place and earned $47,500. Already in 2024, Puppey re-started his team. Kordan and Ekki joined the team, replacing MidOne and yamich. At the BetBoom Dacha Dubai 2024: WEU Closed Qualifier, the team reached the final of the losers' bracket, but failed to qualify for the tournament.
Before the qualifiers for the tournament in Birmingham, Team Secret took part in DreamLeague Season 22: Western Europe Closed Qualifier. At the very beginning, the team lost again to Tundra Esports with the result 0:2 and lost the right to make a mistake. A win in a full bo3 confrontation with Team wkwkwkwk allowed Puppey and his teammates to get one step closer to the coveted slot. After that Team Secret outplayed Team Tickles on two maps in a row and went into the decisive match. There the European club defeated Entity in a full bo3 series and earned a place in a major online tournament.
The road to ESL One Birmingham 2024: Western Europe Closed Qualifier started for Team Secret with a confident victory over B8 on two maps in a row.
Statistics of Team Secret's latest results:
- Victory over B8 with a score of 2:0
- Victory over Entity 2:1
- Victory over Team Tickles 2:0
- 2:1 win over Team wkwkwkwk
- 0:2 defeat to Tundra Esports
Entity's form
Entity failed to please their fans last year with performances both in the ranking season and at outside tournaments. The DPC season saw a fourth place finish at the DPC WEU 2023 Tour 1: Division I, which earned the players $26,000 in prize money, as well as a 5th-6th place finish at the Lima Major 2023 and $25,000 in prize money. For the rest of the season Entity were teetering on the brink of relegation to Western Europe's second division and missed the remaining two Major tournaments. The standout performance of the ESL Pro Tour Dota 2 2023 was at DreamLeague Season 21, where the team finished 5th-6th in the standings and earned $57,500. Entity also travelled to The International 2023, winning the Western European qualification. At the World Championship itself, the team finished in the top 12 and earned $67,569. The organisation's management was clearly unhappy with the results of the playing year and made several changes to the roster. The roster of the team was replenished with None- and DM. Entity's attempt to qualify for ESL One Kuala Lumpur 2023 Western Europe Closed Qualifier failed. The team also failed to qualify for the BetBoom Dacha Dubai 2024: WEU Closed Qualifier.
Earlier the European club took part in DreamLeague Season 22: Western Europe Closed Qualifier. Entity's performance started with a victory over Team wkwkwkwk on two maps in a row. In a full bo3 confrontation with Tundra Esports for the coveted slot at the tournament, Entity lost and fell to the bottom of the grid. A 2-0 victory over KZ Team allowed them to advance to the third round of the tournament, where Entity Ledge and Team Secret were defeated 1:2. As a result, DreamLeague Season 22 team also misses out.
Entity began their appearance at ESL One Birmingham 2024: Western Europe Closed Qualifier with a match against NAVI Junior. After outplaying their opponent on two maps in a row, the European squad travelled to the semifinals of the top grid.
Statistics of the latest Entity results:
- A 2-0 victory over NAVI Junior
- 1:2 defeat to Team Secret
- A 2-0 win over KZ Team
- 1:2 defeat to Tundra Esports
- 2:0 victory over Team wkwkwkwk.
Match history of Team Secret - Entity
Recently the participants of this confrontation have played against each other twice. Both matches ended with a victory for Team Secret.
Predicted result of the match Team Secret - Entity
Less than a fortnight ago, Team Secret were able to find the keys to victory over Entity, and at the beginning of the current qualification both teams defeated not the strongest opponents. Let's bet on the victory of Team Secret.
Entity is the 13th team in the world ranking. But they confidently went through the regional qualifications for TI, sharing a slot with Quest Esports. At The International they failed to reach a high position, taking only a modest 9th-12th place. After such a long period of stagnation, the team is forced to make changes and Gabbi leaves the team, followed by StormStormer and DM and Noone.
Team Secret is the 8th team of the world ranking. Unfortunately they didn't manage to get through the European qualifications for The International 2023, taking only the 4th place. Of course after such a performance Puppey couldn't leave everything as it was and the team left Armel and Fbz. They were replaced by old MidOne and their former player BOOM, despite his very controversial performance in the previous period in the organisation. This lineup didn't last long and the previously mentioned MidOne is going inactive, along with Yamich and they are being replaced by Kordan and Ekki.
I think it is extremely difficult to decide on a favourite in this match. It feels like a coin toss in the air. But I liked ETG's performance in the last match and they are given a slightly higher odds. I think in this case it's better to take Entity's win for mathematical reasons.
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Prediction: Entity wins!
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Bookmakers & Statistics
At the moment, the majority of bookmakers unanimously see the team Entity as the favorite of the game with average odds on a victory in the sum of 1.663. Team Secret chances to prevail are evaluated with average odds 3.061 by bookmakers.
How the teams played in the last matches
Last Matches | Team Secret | Entity |
5 matches (wins) | 3 | 0 |
10 matches (wins) | 5 | 1 |
We will also remind you of the statistics of matches that the teams played with each other. The teams played 12 matches with each other before. In these matches Team Secret won 4 times, Entity active consisits of 7 wins.