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We continue our review of the final season of DPC 2023 in Eastern Europe with a betting tee on 9Pandas - UALEIKUMNIHAO. The pair of teams will open the 4th game day of the final DPC round.
To tell you the truth, the opening of the day is so-so, for the match promises to be quite a passing spectacle. The level of the teams is totally different, and even a card from UALEIKUMNIHAO will count as a success.
Let's see how the DPC 2023: EEU Tour 3 newcomers UALEIKUMNIHAO will fare against the clear favorite of the race, 9Pandas. Let's begin.
9Pandas' form.
In the third season of DPC Eastern Europe, the matches with 9Pandas will be played by 9Pandas as the runner-up and the favourite. This match is no exception.
In the match against UALEIKUMNIHAO, 9Pandas are playing as favourites. The odds put the team's chances of winning at around 1.05. That's a pretty high number, but it speaks volumes.
And it's foolish, to say the least, to argue with the bookmakers' opinion. 9Pandas are by all accounts stronger than the Kazakh mix.
The team has shown a good game two seasons before with an excellent second-round finish. Naturally, they will be favoured in such a fight.
In the first round, DPC 9Pandas, while still HellRaisers, managed to break into the top 3 of the domestic league, and afterwards reached the play-offs of The Lima Major 2023, playing with substitutes. Not bad, and the next round's performance only increased.
In the second round, DPC 9Pandas finished in first place in the regional league. They went to the ESL One Berlin Major 2023 where they played with substitutes and it turned out that 9Pandas not only got to the play-offs, but reached TOP-3 of the tournament as well.
- The 9Pandas line-up: Ramzes, kiyotaka, MieRo, Antares, Solo .
For the new DPC season, the Pandas came to the tournament fully armed and with a full squad. They managed to play one game, however, not everything was smooth there.
In their first game, 9P played Nemiga, another newcomer to the season. What should have ended on two maps turned into a full-fledged bo3 with the final 2-1 in favour of 9Pandas.
Most popular 9Pandas characters
The most popular 9Pandas character is Skywrath Mage. He has appeared in Pandas games 6 times and has 3 wins.
He is followed by Bounty Hunter (4 matches, 50% wins), Tiny (3 matches, 66% wins), and Bloodseeker (3 matches, 33% wins). Also glimpsed in the pool are Chen and Doom (2 matches each, 100% wins), as well as Enchantress (2 matches, 50% wins).
Apparently 9Pandas are more flexible in terms of drafts and the above characters are just the tip of the iceberg. So 9Pandas will outplay UALEIKUMNIHAO by something. Or will they?
UALEIKUMNIHAO's uniform
We continue with the analysis of the match by analyzing UALEIKUMNIHAO's playing shape. In this match, the Kazakh mix is being treated as an outsider.
The chances of the team winning are slim. Bookmakers are giving odds of around 8.8 to win the Kazakhs.
The figure speaks for itself. UALEIKUMNIHAO is already lucky to be here and to have an opportunity to play with teams of the 9Pandas level, because before that they were local and VT.
From the gaming experience, UALEIKUMNIHAO has played in three DPC qualifiers: two open qualifiers on Tour 2 and a victory in a closed one. There was also Pinnacle Cup: Malta Vibes #1 where the team reached the top 24. Incidentally, 9Pandas won that event.
Their best result was in TOP-2 at the DPC EEU 2023 Tour 3: Division II. Thus they reached the first division.
- UALEIKUMNIHAO: Palantimos, CHIRA_JUNIOR, Shergarat (Vladimir), b1kA, Mary_y .
Palantimos alone can be called an "experienced" player. The rest of the team representatives are high mmr pabers and somewhere, once shone in small teams, no more than that.
So it turns out that on DPC 2023: EEU Tour 3 Division 1, UALEIKUMNIHAO is the first contender for relegation from the division. The team now has two defeats in two matches without a single draw.
They lost to One Move and Nemiga Gaming. Both teams are not of the first magnitude, which means that it's going to get worse from here.
Most popular UALEIKUMNIHAO heroes
The most frequent picks for UALEIKUMNIHAO were Treant Protector (21 matches, 76% wins), Enigma (15 matches, 73% wins), Death Prophet (15 matches, 83% wins), Natures Prophet (12 matches, 83% wins).
There was also Undying (11 matches, 63% wins), Disruptor (10 matches, 70% wins), Rubick (10 matches, 60% wins).
They play a lot, but not always quantity equals quality. UALEIKUMNIHAO seems to have exactly the same situation.
History of head-to-head encounters
The teams have not previously played each other in official matches. This match is the debut between the two sides.
The outcome of the match
There is nothing to talk about in this match, everything is said above. 9Pandas should take this match 2-0 and nothing else.
Yes, 9Pandas have given the card to Nemiga, but the latter at least look like a team that can impose a fight, unlike UALEIKUMNIHAO judging from their first matches.
The result: a 2-0 win for 9Pandas.
