On June 15, the matches of the group stage of BEYOND EPIC in Dota 2 will begin. The editors of Cybersport.ru and the Rating of Bookmakers decided to compete in the forecasts for the tournament.
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On the first day in the European division will be three meetings: Alliance will play with Team Empire, Team Unique will fight with ViKin.gg, and Team Liquid will face Ninjas in Pajamas. The schedule and results of the confrontations are available on the report page.
Representatives of the parties in the first round:
- “Rating Bookmakers”: Alexander TRUSTNO1 Kozhevnikov – editor of RB-eSports.
- Cybersport.ru: Dmitry Craft Murr – the author.
Bookmaker Rating Bet
Alliance vs Team Empire – 15:00 Moscow time
I think that there should be no doubt about the winner in this confrontation – the “Empire”, which finally got rid of the Hope prefix in the name, confidently passed through the sieve of the tournament’s closed qualifications, but there was no reason to expect anything outstanding from the BEYOND EPIC team. Yes, the organization renaming the team to the good old Team empire expresses its claim to rise to tier-1 or tier-2 level, but with the current composition, the “imperials” still have to go and go. As for Alliance, then in Europe the team is currently steadily in the top five, losing, perhaps only Team secret, Og and a couple of compounds Virtus.proif we talk about the game online. Teams are at different levels, so Alliance should easily pick up this match with a score of 2: 0.
Rate: ₽1,000 to win the Alliance with a handicap on the cards (-1.5) with a coefficient of 1.46.
Team Unique vs ViKin.gg – 18:00 Moscow time
Having seen the list of invites to the BEYOND EPIC, the first thing I asked myself was: why aren’t the Vikings invited? ViKin.gg invited to closed qualifications. Already there, the team answered the question “why” – the game ViKin.gg in the closed qualifiers was productive, but rather unprofitable against the background of not the strongest opponents. “Vikings” managed to lose “Empire” and almost lost EXTREMUM, so I’d definitely not call them the favorites of my group. Team unique after successfully performing for herself at the ESL, One Birmingham 2023 completed the group stage of the Parimatch League even more successfully. In the last match with ViKin.gg, the team Ivan VANSKOR Skorokhod, you can say, I took not two, but three cards because of a bug with Anton DyrachYO Shkredova. I do not think that the “unique” will justify the opinion of the bookmakers and give the match to ViKin.gg. I’ll bet it on the victory of Unique.
Rate: ₽500 rubles to win Team Unique with a coefficient of 2.58.
Team Liquid vs Ninjas in Pajamas – 21:00 Moscow time
Ninjas in pajamas on the BLAST Bounty Hunt they looked completely gray – as if something had broken in the team after the story with ESL One Birmingham 2023 regulations and NiP’s absenteeism in the playoffs of the tournament. There is a feeling that the moral aspect in the team is not in order, and it is still difficult to say whether this problem has been resolved. Over the past two months, teams have met three times, and all three times Akbar SoNNeikO Butaev turned out to be stronger – which is called Chickenfightersthat after going under the banner of Ninjas in Pajamas. However, against the background of the extremely faded performance of NiP at the last tournament, the team is poorly trusted. I think Team liquid should easily pick up three points.
Rate: ₽500 to win Team Liquid with a handicap on the cards (-1.5) with a coefficient of 2.51.
Bet Cybersport.ru
Alliance vs Team Empire
It seems to me that it is hardly worth waiting for some intrigue from this match, since there are two teams of different levels. Recently, Alliance has played a lot in tournaments with Team Secret, OG, VP.Prodigy and other top teams – Europeans have gained a lot of good practice and experience. Empire also has a good winstrike, but the opponents of the Russian team were still simpler. Bookmakers are confident that Alliance will win, but I would even bet 2-0 on the exact score.
Rate: ₽500 to the exact score 2: 0 in favor of the Alliance with a coefficient of 1.46.
Team Unique vs ViKin.gg
It should be a close and interesting match. The teams have already met several times this year, and both celebrated victories over each other. Recently, Palantimos has returned to Team Unique, which, in theory, should strengthen the roster. On the other hand, ViKin.gg has already shown at ESL One Birmingham 2023 that this team should not be underestimated. I’m not sure about the exact score, but I think that Unique will win.
Rate: ₽500 to win Team Unique with a coefficient of 2.58.
Team Liquid vs Ninjas in Pajamas
Another match in which it is difficult to single out a clear favorite. In the last series between these teams, NiP won, but if we look at the cards, then everything is not so clear. All the games were very different – here are the 50-minute “swing”, and the defeat of one wicket in 20 minutes. I think that the fight will be interesting and we will see all three cards.
Rate: ₽500 for total cards over 2.5 with a coefficient of 2.01.
Preliminary Results
The opinions of the participants largely coincided – both agreed that Alliance and Team Unique will win in their series. The RB-Cybersport editor put large amounts, which could give him an advantage in case of a win, and the author of Cybersport.ru decided to save money for the rates of more experienced and successful colleagues in their forecasts. The most interesting point of view of the forecasts is the third series between Team Liquid and Ninjas in Pajamas, where the opinions of the participants did not coincide.
