Forutsigelse av kamp: Nemiga Gaming - Darkside | Dota 2

The second and final match on the second gaming day of DPC 2023: EEU Upper Division will be the confrontation between Nemiga Gaming and Darkside. Both clubs have already managed to mark themselves in the championship, but from different sides.

Nemiga, who played in the first match of the new season, played against old acquaintances from HR. Absolutely not obvious, the team lost its series.

Darkside made their debut at the event against NaVi. Former members of the Ukrainian club were able to beat their team.

Nemiga is at the bottom of the standings with a score of 0-1. Darkside is in the lead.

The match is quite interesting, as both teams have already shown themselves in the race. Now Darkside has a chance to improve their positions, but Nemiga needs to catch up and compare the score on the table.

Uniform Nemiga Gaming

We start the review with a favorite. In this match it is Nemiga Gaming.

The bookmaker gives the team a coefficient of around 1.75 to win. Looking ahead, such a figure cannot be indicative.

The advantage of Nemiga is extremely minimal. I think if the team had not lost the first series, then the gap between the teams would have been much more significant, but the unforeseen happened.

Nemiga Gaming roster

The most played team of the season was defeated in the first series. We lost against a team we know and have beaten several times during the season.

Nemiga Gaming players

• Kiritych
• Malr1ne
• Vazya
• hellscream
• so bad

The roster is well-played, but they have no experience of playing at major championships, like the DPC. Perhaps this was the key factor in the defeat against HellRaisers in the first series.

Performance of Nemiga Gaming

Since the roster has been holding since May of this year, the results of the team in the context of different events are quite indicative. And they are so-so.

In the 2022 season, Nemiga played as part of the second division of the DPC EEU. In the first round, the team stopped a step away from a critical point, taking 6th place and retaining a slot in the ecosystem, but already in the next round they left the second division.

It was possible to return back almost immediately, already in a new format with an updated roster. Nemiga went through open qualifiers and continued to play within the DPC EEU - Division II with a new fuse. This paid off and after the third round, taking 2nd place, Nemiga earned a place in the first league.

Before the start of the top division of Eastern Europe, Nemiga Gaming took TOP-3 at the BetBoom Xmas Show. The competitors in the tournament were Spirit, Gaimin Gladiators and the same HellRaisers.

HellRaisers became Nemiga Gaming's first opponent at DPC 2023. As a result of an exhausting and complete marriage on both sides, the latter won the victory.

Darkside form

Let's continue the analysis of the match with a review of the form of Darkside. The team will play as an outsider in this match.

The bookmaker is given to win Darkside with odds around 2. As mentioned above, the gap is minimal, but it exists.

Explaining the backlog of Darkside is pretty easy. The team has not played yet, and the performance in the DPC is the debut of the team, although the players themselves are very experienced.

Darkside line-up

Very experienced is a very literal expression. The Darkside roster gathered veterans of the Eastern European scene, joined by young performers.

Darkside Players

• Ramzes
• re1bl
• DkFogas
• RodjER
• SoNNeiKo

Although the team has been together quite recently, the individual parts of the team have experience of playing together. This is SoNNeiKo + RodjER last season and RodjER + Ramzes back in the days of the “golden” VP roster.

Darkside Performance

The only tournament where Darkside has been seen so far is DPC 2023: EEU Upper Division. The team played 1 game within the upper division.

Carried it out against NaVi. After a completely lost first map, Darkside, in particular RodjER on Tiny, turned the situation around and ended the series in their favor.

Heroes of Darkside

As part of the DPC Darkside, they play methodically without inventing the wheel. Picks Crystal Maiden (3 matches, 66% win), Dark Seer (2 games, 100% win), Tiny (2 matches, 100% win), Leshrac (2 matches, 50% win).

History of personal confrontations

Previously, the teams did not play each other in official matches. This fight will be the debut face-to-face meeting.

Match outcome

In this fight, I expect more mistakes from both sides. Both teams are playing dirty and I think this will continue until the end of the season.

In such an atmosphere, I see the +2.5 total as the most acceptable and safe outcome. I think none of the teams will close the series dry.

Result: total +2.5.