Reigning Pinnacle Cup: Malta Vibes champions Luna Galaxy will start their journey in the current event of the tournament series in the play-offs with a match against Level UP, who played well in the group stage. The winner will advance to the top 8 and guarantee themselves a $2,000 consolation prize. The format of the match is bo3. Will MiLAN and the team be able to take on a serious opponent? Let's find out.
In this betting thread you will find out how the participants of this match perform in the current year, how they did in their previous professional tournament, as well as how this match will end.
Luna Galaxy uniform
The history of the Luna Galaxy team in Dota 2 dates back to the signing of the D1 Hustlers roster. Their first tournament was Pinnacle Cup: Malta Vibes #2, where Xakoda and his teammates were invited to the third round of the grid. There Luna Galaxy defeated Trouble Makers Reborn 2-0 and advanced to the next round of the gridiron. Luna Galaxy's participation in the tournament ended with a 1:2 defeat to One Move. As a result, 5-8th places and $1,000 prize money. European Pro League Season 10 ended with fourth place in the standings and a consolation prize of $500. Luna Galaxy also failed to make it through the BetBoom Dacha - Online Stage, where the European club could only manage one victory over Alliance with a score of 2:1. The team also participated in the Western European regional qualification for Dota 2 The International 2023. The European mix made it to the final of the loster, where Ledgeil Quest Esports ended its participation in the qualification without a slot at TI 2023.
Prior to that, the European club had participated in the previous tournament of this tournament series. At the Pinnacle Cup: Malta Vibes #3, the Luna Galaxy team got in thanks to a direct invitation from the organisers. European mix went straight to the play-offs stage. Thus Luna Galaxy did not perform in the group stage. There Thiolicor and his teammates defeated MoneyMakers with a score of 2:0. Then the European team defeated KZ Team in a full bo3 series and made it to the semi-finals of the tournament. Their opponent was the Ukrainian-Kazakh team Natus Vincere, which Luna Galaxy were able to defeat with a score of 2:1. In the grand finals of the championship Thiolicor and team met Team Tickles. As a result, Luna Galaxy won with a score of 3:1 and earned the grand prize of $22,000.
Statistics of Luna Galaxy's recent results:
- A 3-1 victory over Team Tickles
- Defeated Natus Vincere 2:1
- Victory over KZ Team 2:1
- 2:0 win over MoneyMakers
- Defeat by Quest Esports 0:2
Level UP uniform
Serbian esports organisation Level UP started the current year with a bronze medal at EPL Winter Holidays 2022-2023, earning $750. The Level UP team made it to the third division of the current DPC season by passing the open and closed qualifications. Before the second division of Western Europe, MiLAN and his teammates had a disappointing performance at Pinnacle Cup: Malta Vibes #2, where they finished in 17th-24th place. DPC WEU 2023 Tour 3: Division II was extremely successful for Level UP. The team won Division II with a 5-2 statistic, earned $17,000 in prize money, and a slot in the top 8 of their region. At the BetBoom Dacha - Online Stage, the Serbian club was one step away from making it to the LAN event in Yerevan. Level UP Ledge defeated Nigma Galaxy in the final qualification match with the score 0:3. At the European Pro League Season 11 MiLAN and his team won bronze and earned $1,500 in prize money. The Western European qualification for the Dota 2 World Championship ended in 5th-6th place for Level UP, so the Balkan team will miss The International 2023.
The previous professional championship for Level UP was the previous Pinnacle Cup series tournament. In Pinnacle Cup: Malta Vibes #3, Level UP played against NAVI Junior in the first match of the group stage. MiLAN and his teammates won with a score of 2:0. Ram Squad even though they managed to win one map, but the total was still Ledge or Level UP. The match against StoRm ended with a 2:1 victory for the Balkan team. The following matches against MarsBet Team and MoneyMakers also ended with a victory for Level UP. The 5-0 statistics allowed them to confidently take the first place in the group and reach the quarter-finals of the play-offs. The defeat of Natus Vincere on two maps in a row ended Level UP's participation in the tournament. The 5th-8th place in the standings provided MiLAN and his teammates with a $2,000 consolation prize.
Level UP's debut at Pinnacle Cup: Malta Vibes #4 came in a match against Team Tickles in Group B, where the European team was drawn. The team lost to Team Tickles with the score 1:2, after which Ledgeil Nemiga Gaming with a similar result. MiLAN and the team managed to rehabilitate themselves by outplaying NAVI Junior and Yellow Submarine with 2:0 and 2:1 results, respectively. The last match Level UP didn't get to play, StoRm refused to participate, so MiLAN and its teammates earned a technical win. Statistics 3-2 ensured the team place in the play-offs.
Statistics of the last Level UP result:
- Technical win over StoRm
- 2-1 win over Yellow Submarine
- Victory over NAVI Junior with the score 2:0
- Defeat by Nemiga Gaming with the score 0:2
- 0:2 defeat by Team Tickles
Match history of Luna Galaxy - Level UP
Since the beginning of this year, the participants of this duel have played against each other on the professional stage twice. In the final of the Play-In stage at the BetBoom Dacha - Online Stage, Level UP won 2-0. On the other hand, Luna Galaxy outlasted Level UP by two maps in a row in the quarter-finals of the Western European Regional Qualifier for The International 2023.
Predicted result of the Luna Galaxy vs Level UP matchup
Luna Galaxy have already defeated Level UP in a recent match, and have had a good few tournaments in general, including qualifying for The International 2023. Let's bet on the victory of the Luna Galaxy team.
