Welcome back to DreamLeague S19. We at EGamersWorld continue our review of the tournament with a betting tee on the Tundra Esports vs Team Liquid match in Group B of the $1,000,000 global commercial tournament.
We assessed the level of play of the two teams before the Long Sogneg match. We watched all of the teams' games in the DPC Western Europe Regional League, refreshed our memories of Lima Major 2023 and are now ready to assess the teams' chances of winning.
European derby at the $1,000,000 tournament. Fans of high-level Dota shouldn't miss this spectacle: it won't be a repeat of the boring DPC matches.
Team Liquid's uniform is the second (?) best team in Western Europe
Let's start the Team Liquid vs Tundra Esports matchup by taking a look at Team Liquid's uniforms. The team is the favorite for the match.
The state of affairs before the match is confirmed by the bookmakers. The specialists estimate the odds for Team Liquid to win at around 2.5.
Team Liquid have earned the status of favourite thanks to their level of performance in 2023, and even before that. The team has won the domestic league twice and finished 2nd at the 2023 Lima Major.
Team Liquid manages to reach serious heights thanks to a roster that is close to the benchmark. The core has been around for more than a year and the latest reinforcements have been beneficial to Liquid.
- Team Liquid roster: miCKe, Nisha, zai, Boxi, inSaNia.
The "newcomer" to Team Liquid is the Polish genius Nisha. The player's skillet is unquestionable: after Nisha left Team Secret, the former club dropped to the second division and that's an indicator.
Team Liquid are a very skilful team, capable of winning at the expense of the performers. They can also play a wide pool of heroes, which puts their opponents in an unenviable position.
The most popular Team Liquid characters
Death Prophet and Rubick appeared most often in spades. Both characters have been taken 4 times each and have a 100% win rate.
Disruptor, Beastmaster and Tusk appeared a similar number of times. They each won 3 matches out of 4 appearances.
In order to win, Liquid only needs to crush on the lanes and not give their opponent time to regroup. They're capable of doing that, because they wouldn't win twice in their region otherwise. If you believe in Liquid's abilities, your money is on Team Liquid winning at odds of 2.5.
Don't rush into a decision, because they are a serious contender. Let's move on to a review of Tundra Esports, who can seriously compete with Liquid.
Tundra Esports, the reigning champions of The International 2022
We continue our breakdown of the Tundra Esports - Team Liquid match with a betting tee on Tundra Esports' playing form. They will face Liquid in underdog status.
Bookmakers confirm the status of Tundra Esports. The chance of them winning is estimated at odds in the region of 4.
A similar figure on the reigning world champions is due to the team's recent performance. The International 2022 champions made a big change at the Long Cognega of the new season, first finishing in the Top 3 in their home league, then failing the Lima Major 2023 with a first-round exit in the play-offs.
Improvements came with Long Soppeg in the second round of the DPC. The team finished in the top 2 after replaying, where they defeated reigning Lima Major 2023 champions Gaimin Gladiators.
They can play hard as the status of the players allows.
- Tundra Esports lineup for DreamLeague S19: skiter, Nine, 33, Saksa, Sneyking
No revelations about the roster Tundra Esports we do not have, and they are not needed. The team is capable, but their main advantage is a wide pool and reactive play.
Tundra Esports' most popular characters
The most chosen character for Tundra Esports remains Mirana at position 5. She has appeared 7 times and has a 71% win rate, with Dragon Knight and Pangolier each picking 5 times without losing a match.
Rili and Nightstalker are considered unique picks by Tundra Esports. The team picks them at the core position, with Riki in the centre and NS in the first position. Both heroes have appeared 2 times each and have a 100% win rate.
Towards the end of the second round of DPC 2023 in Western Europe, Tundra Esports took on new colours. The team started to show the "turbo" of Dota 2, kicking characters unique to the patch into atypical roles.
Tundra can win by continuing to bend their line and kick specific characters, using them in frequent teamfights. If you believe in Tundra's level of performance, and think it's enough to outplay the Liquid, your bet is on Tundra Esports to win the match at odds of 4.
To help you sort out the outcome of the match, the history of head-to-head encounters can be helpful. It speaks in favour of Team Liquid.
History of head-to-head encounters between Team Liquid and Tundra Esports
The team has played each other twice. Both times, Team Liquid shut out their opponents 2-0.
Predicted outcome of Team Liquid - Tundra Esports
We consider win of Liquid for 2.5 to be the correct bet for this match. In favor of this, the face-to-face meetings of the teams, which were 2.
Liquid are able to counter the unique strategies of Tundra Esports, as they themselves have a wide pool of characters. By shutting down 33 on the hard line and outplaying Nine in the middle (which Nisha should be able to do), Liquid will close out the matchup.
The outcome of the match: victory for Team Liquid.
