Match Prediction: Tundra Esports - Team Falcons | Dota 2
ESL One Birmingham 2024Tundra Esports and Team Falcons will determine the second grand finalist of a major LAN tournament at the ESL One Birmingham 2024 lower grid finals. The winner will face BetBoom Team for the title of champion. The format of the match is bo3. Which of the participants will win the bronze medal and earn $120,000 and 4,000 ranking points as a reward? Let's find out.
In this betting thread, you will find out how the participants in this match have performed recently, how they did in their previous professional tournament, and how this match will end.
Tundra Esports Form
After a disappointing end to the season for Tundra Esports in the form of a 13-16th place finish at The International 2023. The organisation made the decision to drop its European Dota 2 roster. For a long time it was unknown whether Tundra would remain in Valve's esports discipline or not. But on the 10th of December, the day before the Long Conner ESL One Kuala Lumpur 2023, the management of the organisation announced the signing of a new team. It was Team Undying, the North American squad that was fired by TSM on the 5th of December. Thus, Tundra Esports has secured its participation in a major tournament from ESL. In the ESL One Kuala Lumpur 2023: North America Closed Qualifier, the team confidently defeated Fart Studios and Bammysoy 2-0, and in the top grid final Whitemon and his teammates defeated nouns in a full bo3 series. The grand final clash against the same nouns ended with a 3-2 victory for future Tundra players. Thus the team qualified for ESL One Kuala Lumpur 2023, where they took 7th-8th place and received $47,500 as a reward. The team also made it to DreamLeague Season 22: Western Europe Open Qualifier #1, defeating such teams as Nightshade Esports, 5STARS Esports and Flawless. An attempt to qualify for the BetBoom Dacha Dubai 2024: WEU Closed Qualifier ended in a three-map loss to OG in the deciding game. Tundra Esports won the DreamLeague Season 22: Western Europe Closed Qualifier and earned a slot in the online tournament. The team then went on to win the ESL One Birmingham 2024: Western Europe Closed Qualifier. A 9th-10th place finish at DreamLeague Season 22 secured $25,000 in prize money for the players. The victory in DreamLeague Season 23: Western Europe Closed Qualifier guaranteed Tundra Esports participation in the main part of the tournament. The team also won the PGL Wallachia Season 1: Western Europe Closed Qualifier, giving them a chance to participate in the LAN Championship.
Before the current tournament, Tundra Esports played in the Elite League. The team's journey began with the first group stage, which was held according to the Swiss system. The team finished with a 3-1 result, Ledgeaving only Heroic in a full bo3 series. So Tundra Esports made it to Group B, where they played six matches to a draw and one win, allowing them to advance to the lower play-offs grid. But that's where the Tundra players' luck ended. A 0:2 loss to PSG Quest ended the team's participation in the tournament in 7th-8th place. As a reward the players received $30,000.
According to the results of the draw ESL One Birmingham 2024 started for Tundra Esports in Group B. There, the team first defeated Gaimin Gladiators and later drew with OG. The series of draws continued for Tundra on the second game day of the group stage. The team finished 1-1 against Heroic and Team Spirit. The third day of the group stage did not end well for Tundra. The defeat from Xtreme Gaming forced the team to play a series of bo1 tiebreakers, in which Topson and his teammates won three times. Thus, the team took the second place in the group and went to the top set of play-offs. In the semi-final winners Tundra Esports defeated Team Falcons in a full bo3 series. In the match for the top-2 of the tournament Tundra lost to BetBoom Team on two maps and lost the right to make a mistake.
Tundra Esports latest results stats:
- 0-2 defeat to BetBoom Team
- 2:1 win over Team Falcons
- A 1-0 win over Heroic
- 1:0 win over Team Spirit
- 1:0 win over Xtreme Gaming
Team Falcons uniform
Team Falcons entered the professional Dota 2 scene this past year, signing a roster that consists of big name players. The first tournament for the new squad was supposed to be ESL One Kuala Lumpur 2023 MENA Open Qualifier #1, but the squad qualified automatically. In the ESL One Kuala Lumpur 2023 MENA Closed Qualifier, Team Falcons Long Competed from the semifinals of the top set, where they confidently outplayed Winter Bear on two maps in a row. A full bo3 clash in the upper grid final with PSG.Quest ended in a loss for Falcons. ATF and team fell to the losers grid where they once again defeated Winter Bear 2-0. In the deciding game, Team Falcons outlasted PSG.Quest by a score of 3-1. The victory in the closed qualifiers secured the players a trip to ESL One Kuala Lumpur 2023. Team Falcons also won the Pinnacle: 25 Year Anniversary Show, earning $50,000 in prize money. At the end of the year, Falcons finished at ESL One Kuala Lumpur 2023 in 5th-6th place in the standings. The 2024th Long Sogpeg for Team Falcons started with a series of closed qualifications for the MENA region. Being the clear favourite, the team qualified for BetBoom Dacha Dubai 2024 and DreamLeague Season 22. The last event was ESL One Birmingham 2024: MENA Closed Qualifier, where the team also won and secured a trip to the LAN Championship in the UK. The championship at BetBoom Dacha Dubai 2024 provided the players with $400,000 in prize money. The team also won DreamLeague Season 22, earning another $300,000.
Previously, Team Falcons participated in the Elite League. The team received an invitation directly to the second group stage, where they started their journey in Group A. The Falcons took first place with a 4-2-1 statistic, which put them in the top half of the play-offs. In the semi-finals, Team Falcons defeated Xtreme Gaming 2-0 to advance to the winner's bracket finals. After defeating Azure Ray on two maps in a row, Team Falcons met another Chinese club, Xtreme Gaming, in the grand final of the competition. But already XG became too much of a challenge for the players. A 1-3 loss secured Team Falcons the tournament silver medal and $150,000 in prize money.
According to the ESL One Birmingham 2024 draw, Team Falcons were placed in Group A, where they won one match and drew four times. The Falcons defeated Team Liquid in the bo1 tiebreakers and retained the top spot in the group, which allowed them to advance to the top of the play-offs grid. In the first match of the final stage, Falcons lost to Tundra Esports in a full bo3 series and fell to the losers' bracket. There, Sneyking and his teammates once again outplayed Team Liquid with a 2-1 result. In the semi-finals of the lower grid Team Falcons met with two-time world champions OG, who they were able to defeat with a score of 2:1.
Statistics of Team Falcons latest results:
- 2-1 win over OG
- A 2-1 win over Team Liquid.
- 1:2 loss to Tundra Esports
- 1:0 win over Team Liquid
- 2:0 win over Talon Esports
Match History of Tundra Esports - Team Falcons
Since the beginning of this year, the participants of this confrontation have played against each other only once. In the current tournament Tundra Esports outplayed Team Falcons with a score of 2:1.
Predicted result of the match Tundra Esports - Team Falcons
Team Falcons have no problem chewing their way into the bottom net, while Tundra Esports have no chance against Ledge or BetBoom Team. Taking into account their previous meeting, let's bet on the total of cards more than 2.5.
Bookmakers & Statistics
All bookmakers have agreed that Team Falcons is the favorite. This can be noticed because odds on them are 1.334. This number in the favor of Tundra Esports amounts 3.39. Respectively, the last ones are the underdogs of the upcoming match.
How the teams played in the last matches
Last Matches | Tundra Esports | Team Falcons |
5 matches (wins) | 3 | 3 |
10 matches (wins) | 6 | 5 |
The statistics of personal battles between teams is also important for successful bets. The teams played 2 matches with each other before. And Tundra Esports won 2 times while Team Falcons correspondingly became the winner 0 times.