Match forudsigelse: Team Liquid - Talon Esports | Dota 2

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We continue to watch the play-offs of The International 2023. We are talking about the top grid of the main stage and the match between Team Liquid and Talon Esports.

The match between Liquid and Talon risks to become one of the central confrontations of the day at least, and at most - of the tour. It's all about the overall playing conditions of the teams.

Liquid, at the end of the group stage of TI 12, look like a team that woke up from hibernation. Approximately the same can be said about Talon Esports, who came out of the group stage after the failure of Long Sogpeg.

Let's see who will be stronger in the Talon vs. Liquid match and make it to the next round of the top set, where they will most likely play the winner of the Spirit vs. Vp match, and who will fall to the bottom of the play-offs.

Let's go.

Team Liquid uniforms

Let's start our review of the Liquid - Talon Esports match by analysing Liquid's match form. In this match, they are playing the number one side, with odds to win at around 1.4.

Liquid didn't lose a single match at DPC 2023: WEU Division 1 Tour 1 and then took the top 2 at The Lima Major 2023 while playing with substitutes. More than decent.

The second round of the DPC was as similar to the previous round as possible. Liquid again took the Top 1, but now with only one loss in the table. On the international stage, Liquid shone again, but were still overshadowed by Gaimin Gladiators, who took their second Major a Champions Cup of the season.

In their third season, Liquid were no longer able to cement their supremacy. "Liquid" fell to fourth place, but it was good enough to pass at Bali Major 2023, which in the case of the past at The International 2023 Team Liquid does not play any role.

• Liquid lineup: miCKe, Nisha, zai, Boxi, Insania .

After the disappointing result at DreamLeague Season 20, where Team Liquid fell out of the first group stage, there was a feeling that Bali Major 2023 would be held for Liquid on the "liquid" on Minor notes. However, Liquid decided to switch on and play to the full.

And they almost succeeded: they took the top 2, losing in the grand finals to Gaimin Glaidators! Again. Third time at a Major tournament in a year.

Riyadh Masters 2023 Team Liquid started at the Play-In stage, as they surprisingly didn't collect enough ESL ranking points. They finished the Play-In with a 3-1-1 score and second place in Basket A, and then played the group stage with a 3-3-1 statistic, advancing to the top set of play-offs.

At the end of the biggest tournament of the year, Team Liquid finished in the top 2, which can't be called a bad result. Unlike the top-10 at DreamLeague Season 21, which was after the Riyadh Masters 2023 and before Longsong The International 2023.

Team Liquid made it to the next round of the group stage pretty confidently from Group B. "Liquid" took the top 1 by taking a 3-1-0 lead in the series.

In the play-offs seeding match, Liquid faced Evil Geniuses. The Peruvians are not happy at this The International 2023, from which they expectedly lost against Liquid with a score of 0-2.

Team Liquid's most popular heroes

In the top picks for Team Liquid is Crystal Maiden with 7 games and 6 wins.

In addition to Crystal Maiden picks Doom (4 matches, 100% wins), Sven (4 matches, 75% wins), Skywrath Mage (4 matches, 75% wins).

Rubick (4 matches, 25% wins), Void Spirit (3 matches, 100% wins) appear in spades, Underlord, Pangolier, Storm Spirit have 3 matches each and all have 2 wins.

Talon Esports uniforms

We continue the match analysis with the analysis of Talon Esports form. In this match they are playing as the number two with the odds of success around 3.4.

The team has made it to the top 1 of the region and also reached the heights at Lima Major 2023: in the first round of SEA the team took the 3rd place, at The Lima Major 2023 the same top 3, and in the next round they won the home league.

However, what followed was chaos. The first signs of Talon's fickleness were at DreamLeague S19, when after a solid The Lima Major 2023, the team finished top-12 at a major international event.

At the next Major, The Bali Major 2023, Talon finished in the top 8 before a very mediocre performance at DPC SEA 2023 Tour 3: Division 1, finishing in 4th place in their home league.

The last tournament before the Riyadh Masters 2023 was DreamLeague Season 20. There the team finished in the top 4.

• Talon Esports roster: 23savage, Mikoto, Jabz, Q, Oli.

At the Riyadh Masters 2023 Talon Esports got straight into the group stage, and all thanks to the rating from ESL. They did well in the group stage: they finished in the top 4 and made it to the top play-offs.

In the first match Talon Esports played against Quest Esports. In a very difficult match, being an outsider on paper, Talon Esports managed to win with a score of 2-1.

In the second round of the top set, Talon played the same game against Liquid when Zai ate them ancient during a seemingly victorious trip to Liquid's base. However, Talon didn't get confused at all and in the lower grid first defeated 9 Pandas, and then defeated Gaimin Gladiators, the storm of international dota.

In the match for the exit to the grand final Talon again ran into Liquid and again lost. Thus - top 3 at the Riyadh Masters to add to Talon's prizes for the year.

Before the Long Convergence The International 2023 they visited DreamLeague Season 21, where for some reason they decided to play at half strength. Otherwise I can't explain the team from the top 3 of Riyadh Masters not getting out of the group.

However, apparently the result of DreamLeague S21 was not a coincidence. Talon played disgustingly on the first day, losing to both Tundra and TSM without much chance. Then they managed to comeback by winning the remaining two matches against Keyd Stars and PSG Quest.

In the play-offs seeding match, they faced none other than Gaimin Gladiators. After losing the first map, they cameback on the second and third, thus sending the main contender for Aegis of Champions to the bottom set.

Most Popular Talon Esports Characters

The most popular Talon Esports character is Tiny. The team swaps his positions, but he is most often sent to position 4. The character has 8 matches and 87% wins.

Next are Natures Phophet (7 games, 100% wins) and Io with Leshrac, who was also picked 7 times and won 6 matches.

Clockwerk (100% wins) and Morphing (60% wins) appeared 5 times each.

Head-to-head history

During the season Liquid and Talon played each other at least 5 times. The statistics are 3-1 in favour of Team Liquid.

Predicted result of Liquid vs Talon at The International 2023

As far as I'm concerned, both teams are worthy to continue their way to the top of the grid, but only one of them will be able to move on. It is logical to assume a win for Liquid, but I am sure that Talon will not give up and will take at least a card.

Bottom line: total +2.5.