?Team Secret enter this match off a 2-1 victory against Hellbear Smashers, who Tundra Esports beat with the same score just over a week ago. While it isn’t fair to put the two teams on a par based on those results alone, there is no denying that Secret haven’t been too sharp recently.

As mentioned in our previous Dota 2 betting previews, Secret aren’t playing as well as they perhaps should be, which could see them lose against weaker sides. Still, we don’t feel comfortable betting on the outsiders at the offered price.

At higher odds, picking Tundra to win one map would make sense. But at -158.73, siding with Secret to win 2-0 is a smarter choice. This is still one of the most stacked Dota 2 rosters in Europe.

?Alliance have met with Team Nigma 10 times since 2019 and won only three series. Gustav “s4” Magnusson and co. last won this matchup way back in May 2020, but they have since lost seven in a row with an aggregate score of 6-15 maps.

To make matters worse for Alliance, Team Nigma seem to be in good form having beaten Team Secret 2-0 in the DreamLeague opener. That said, Alliance haven’t been playing too poorly either, with 2-1 victories against Team Liquid and OG thus far.

The Dota 2 betting odds on Alliance are a bit inflated, likely because they historically struggle against Team Nigma, but they’re playing much better of late. Alliance have suffered only one loss in their last seven, and that sole defeat came against the Chinese juggernauts PSG.LGD.

We don’t expect a one-sided affair, but we have to take Alliance to win. A 2-1 victory for the outsiders is something we can imagine happening, and that should be an appealing pick to those looking for spicier odds.

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?Tundra Esports won their tournament opener against Hellbear Smashers 2-1, but it wasn’t a clean victory. Hellbear took the series lead and came very close to securing the win, but a few silly mistakes, poor fights, and inferior team compositions allowed Tundra to come away victorious.

Brame lost their opening match of the tournament 0-2 against OG, but they held on surprisingly well and even led by 5.3k gold at 25 minutes on map one before an unfortunate team fight flipped the game upside down. Even in game two, Brame came back from a 4.2k gold deficit but were unable to match OG’s individual quality.

Tundra might have won in their last outing, but it seemed more like Hellbear Smashers losing rather than Tundra winning. While Brame are not a perfect team by any means, they looked good enough on Tuesday for us to believe they can steal at least one map.

?Betting against Team Secret throughout 2020 would have burned a massive hole in your wallet, but doing so during the recent ONE Esports Singapore Major would have proved to be very profitable. Regarded as the strongest European Dota 2 team, Secret failed to step up in the first Dota 2 Major of the year, losing two out of three bouts to finish fourth.

Due to how the seeding worked, Secret played only three games: a 1-2 loss against PSG.LGD, a 2-1 win over OB Esports x Neon, and a 0-2 loss against the eventual champions, Invictus Gaming. Team Nigma’s run at the Singapore Major was rather short-lived and largely disappointing as they managed only one draw against Vici Gaming (1-1) and four 0-2 losses against Team Liquid, PSG.LGD, AS Monaco Gambit, and T1.

Although Secret showed some cracks earlier this month, they’re still a class above Nigma, who are on a 2-1-7 run since the start of February. Clement “Puppey” Ivanov and co. have not lost against Nigma in any of their last six meetings and are 13-3 up in the head-to-head stakes since their first clash in December 2019. There is a reason why the esports bookmakers have priced Team Secret as such short favourites.

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?High Coast Esports have already been eliminated from the top division, and it would be hard to argue they don’t deserve it. Their only win in six outings this season came against Vikin.gg, who are also guaranteed to drop down next term.

Team Nigma are tied with OG and Team Liquid with three wins and three losses, which means they need to win here to guarantee a top-four finish. Otherwise their playoff chances will hinge on whether OG get swept by Team Secret on Wednesday.

We rarely bet on Nigma to win 2-0 since they can be very unpredictable, but they’re also known to step up when it matters. HCE are just not good enough to compete in this division, which is why we have to taken the favourites to cover the map line.

?A win here would secure Alliance direct promotion to the group stage of ONE Esports Singapore Major 2021, whereas a 0-2 loss would see Team Liquid take their place. This is the most important match of the tournament for both sides, and it’s also their final match of the event.

These teams last met way back in November 2020, when Team Liquid won 2-0. That marked their sixth head-to-head victory of the year and their fourth across the last five meetings dating back to May 2020. One thing worth mentioning is that these clashes are usually very one-sided; all of their last six ended in clean sweeps, going 4-2 in favour of Liquid.

Momentum plays a crucial factor when these squads meet, and we don’t believe that will change here. It’s also important to note that if Alliance win the first map, Liquid have nothing more to fight for, whereas Liquid have proven to be very efficient in closing out games where they grab an early lead.

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?Team Nigma suffered their second successive loss of the tournament on Saturday when they were outclassed by Vikin.gg (1-2), which is not a good look for Kuro “KuroKy” Salehi Takhasomi and his crew. That said, their results are not much worse than that of OG, who struggled against High Coast Esports (2-1) and Tundra Esports (2-1) and even lost against Alliance (0-2).

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On a more positive note, OG have had a lot of time to reflect on their performances since they haven’t played a single match in over a week. Another thing going for OG is that they historically do well against Nigma (8-3 in 2020), although Nigma have come out ahead in two out of their last three meetings dating back to November.

There is a world where Nigma win, but even if they manage to upset the shaky OG, we don’t expect a clean sweep. Over 2.5 maps is the safest bet for this match at a very good price.

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This will mark Team Nigma’s first meeting with Team Liquid since early in December 2020 when Aydin “iNSaNiA” Sarkohi and his team secured a 2-1 victory. It marked Liquid’s fifth win of the year and their second of the month, however, it’s worth noting that Liquid lost their remaining nine games (5-9) throughout 2020.

These are two of the best European Dota 2 teams and while we would rank Nigma higher, they’re also far more inconsistent, so it’s difficult to trust them with our money. Out of 12 best-of-three series between these two sides, eight ended in all three maps played, which includes all of the last three. Esports bookmakers offer $2.02 on that trend to continue which is a great bet we can’t pass on.

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