DreamLeague Season 21, an online tournament with an impressive prize pool of $1,000,000, is starting. The first match of the group stage will be a clash in Group A between Team Liquid and 9Pandas. The format of the match is bo2. Do 9Pandas have a chance to draw the match? We will find out very soon.
In this betting tipNNEW you will find out how the participants of this match are performing in the current year, how they did in their previous professional tournament, as well as how this match will end.
Team Liquid uniforms
Western European esports club Team Liquid are having a great playing season, except for the fact that on the international stage Insania and its teammates are systematically stumbling away from victory. Their main and only opponent this year is Team Gaimin Gladiators. Liquid started the year with a first place finish at DPC WEU 2023 Tour 1: Division I and $30,000. This earned the players a trip to Lima Major 2023, where they reached the finals and won silver, which brought $100,000 in prize money. In the next round of the DPC 2023 ranking season, Team Liquid once again won the Western Europe Division 1 and earned another $30,000. Before travelling to Berlin to participate in ESL One Berlin Major 2023, Insania and his teammates played in the first tournament of the ESL Pro Tour Dota 2 2023 series, namely DreamLeague Season 19. The team successfully took second place, Ledgeiv Gaimin Gladiators in an intense final with a score of 2:3. The players were rewarded with $175,000 in prize money. At the Major tournament in Berlin, Team Liquid once again won the silver medal and received valuable DPC points and $100,000. At the DPC WEU 2023 Tour 3: Division I, the team lost some ground and finished in fourth place in the standings. However, that was good enough for a trip to Bali Major 2023. The only failure this year for Insania and the team was a 15th-16th place finish at DreamLeague Season 20, which earned them a $10,000 consolation prize. Silver at Bali Major 2023 with another grand final against Gaimin Gladiators earned $100,000. For the entire season, Team Liquid earned 2,150 DPC points and will head to The International 2023.
The previous professional tournament for Team Liquid was the Riyadh Masters 2023, a massive LAN event held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The team made it to the Play-In stage thanks to EPT Ranking WEU. In Group A, Insania and the team went 3-1-1, which was good enough for second place and a spot in the group stage of the tournament. Once in Group B, Team Liquid won three matches, drew three, and Ledge only beat BetBoom Team. In the play-offs, the European club defeated Quest Esports 2-1 in the quarter-finals. The upper grid semi-final against Talon Esports ended with Team Liquid winning with a similar result. In the top grid final, Insania and team lost to Team Spirit by a score of 1-2 and travelled to the losers' grid. Another win over Talon allowed Team Liquid to advance to the grand finals of the competition. A 1-3 loss to Team Spirit secured the European club's second place and $2,500,000 in prize money.
Statistics of Team Liquid's recent results:
- 1:3 loss to Team Spirit
- 2-0 win over Talon Esports
- 1:2 loss to Team Spirit
- 2:1 win over Talon Esports
- 2:1 win over Quest Esports
9Pandas uniforms
Team 9Pandas emerged in the second half of the season by signing HellRaisers. The first tournament for Solo and the team under the new tag was ESL One Berlin Major 2023, where the players finished third, earning $75,000. At the DPC EEU 2023 Tour 3: Division I 9Pandas also won bronze, received $27,000 and the opportunity to go to Bali Major 2023. But before that, the sixth place at DreamLeague Season 20 provided the Eastern Europeans with $47,500 in prize money. At the Bali Major 2023, the 9Pandas team finished on the 5th-6th lines of the standings, receiving $25,000 and DPC rating points. Riyadh Masters 2023 went the same way for Solo and his teammates. With the only exception being that 5th-6th place earned an impressive $800,000. In 2023, 9Pandas earned 1496 DPC points for the entire professional season, which was enough to place fourth in the international rankings and get a trip to Seattle for The International 2023.
Prior to participating in DreamLeague Season 21, 9Pandas took part in the BetBoom Dacha tournament held in Yerevan, Armenia. According to the results of the draw of the group stage of the championship 9Pandas fell into Group B. There Solo and Ledge and BetBoom Team outplayed Nigma Galaxy and played a draw with beastcoast. Such a game forced the representatives of Eastern Europe to participate in bo1 tiebreaker against Peruvians for a place in the top play-offs. After losing 0:1, 9Pandas travelled to the losers' bracket. 9Pandas lost their first match in the quarter-finals of the lower set to TSM on two consecutive maps. The 5th-6th place at BetBoom Dacha left the team without any honours.
Statistics of 9Pandas latest results:
- Defeat by TSM with the score 0:2
- Defeat by beastcoast 0:1
- A 1:1 draw with beastcoast.
- 2:0 win over Nigma Galaxy
- 0:2 defeat to Gaimin Gladiators
Match history of Team Liquid - 9Pandas
Since the beginning of this year, the participants of this duel have played against each other three times. Team Liquid won two victories, and one match ended in a draw.
Predicted result of the match Team Liquid - 9Pandas
Team Liquid is now rightfully called the second team in the world. They have also already outplayed 9Pandas twice this year. Let's bet on a win for Team Liquid.
