ex-DomiNation and Iron Branch will meet in the Group A final at LEON x TEAMPLAY Season 1. Both teams have already reached the play-offs, which means that the winner of this encounter will go on to the semi-finals, while the loser will start their journey from the ¼ final.
I think it makes no sense to talk about how heresy Hungarians are about The International in terms of competition. However, Iron Branch does not inspire confidence either, given what names are on the roster.
And yet the Hungarian squad is ahead even in terms of playing parameters, let alone other The International yerest moments. So here I'd lean on ex-DomiNation to win, if you can find a spread at the bookmakers.
Form ex-DomiNation
The 56th ranked team in the world managed to play in ESL Challenger Katowice 2023 qualifying, where they even managed to beat Ninjas in Pyjamas, but then switched off their pricks.
The Hungarian side went on to win the TippmixPro Masters 2023 and reach the final of the Y-Games Pro Series 2023, knocking out a slot in the next ESL Challenger League season along the way.
As for the LEON x TEAMPLAY Season 1 performance, ex-DomiNation has seen victories over Insilio and JANO, which is generally expected and logical.
Latest ex-DomiNation results:
- A 0-2 defeat to Astralis Talent.
- A 2-0 win over L&G.
- A 2-1 win over Into the Win.
- 16-11 win over Insilio.
- Beat JANO 2-1.
Best ex-DomiNation scores:
- Mirage - 83% wins.
- Nuke - 80% wins.
- Ancient - 75% wins.
- Inferno - 62% wins.
The Hungarian team usually gives up Anubis and Vertigo cards.
Iron Branch form
The 80th ranked team in the world managed to fail in ESL Challenger League Season 45 Europe and also failed to show anything in the play-offs of CCT South Europe Series 4.
However, the Belarusian team even distinguished themselves by finishing third in the recent European Pro League Season 8, and also qualified for the next ESL Challenger League season.
Speaking of Long Corner in the LEON x TEAMPLAY Season 1 group stage, here Iron Branch managed to beat ex-777 and The Prodigies, which, you know, is quite an achievement.
Iron Branch's latest results:
- A 2-1 win over AGO.
- 2-1 victory over IKLA.
- Defeat to Anonymo 0-2.
- 16-11 victory over ex-777.
- Beat The Prodigies 2-0.
Iron Branch's best scores:
- Mirage - 83% wins.
- Overpass - 63% wins.
- Inferno - 56% wins.
In turn, the Belarusian team hardly ever shows up on the Vertigo map.
Meeting statistics ex-DomiNation - Iron Branch
In the current season, the teams met once and ex-DomiNation took the win at ESEA Advanced Season 44 Europe (2:0).
Ex-DomiNation - Iron Branch match prediction
I won't say anything about the strange things the Hungarian team does, as there are also doubts about Iron Branch. In general, if we must do HvH, we should do it in mutual format.
However, in "stability" ex-DomiNation is much less, and the Belarusian group represents a very modest subdivision. Therefore, in this case, I would recommend betting on the ex-DomiNation team to win.
