?After losing their bout with Thunder Predator (0-2) last week, EgoBoys’ chances of survival in the OGA DPC South America Regional League Upper Division will depend on whether they can defeat Infamous on Wednesday. That, however, might be easier said than done considering they hold an unenviable 0-4-11 head-to-head record with their regional rivals since May 2019.

Regardless of those numbers, we can’t agree with the short Dota 2 betting odds on Infamous to win. Their only notable result across the last three weeks was a 2-0 sweep of Latam Defenders, and even that is hardly worthy of praise.

This match is a complete coin-flip, so you cannot help but favour the underdogs. Infamous might not have lost to EgoBoys before, but they’re just not playing well of late.

?The esports betting odds imply Thunder Predator should win this match 93.5% of the time, which is an astronomically high percentage for an online match in a league that is no stranger to upsets. That does not mean we believe Latam Defenders are stronger, but Christian “Accel” Cruz and co. have slipped before and there are no guarantees they won’t do it again.

Since Latam Defenders are already eliminated from the top division, they enter this match without any pressure, whereas Thunder Predator desperately need a win if they wish to finish in the top two. In theory, urgency should inspire efficiency, but we’ve seen TP fall apart in high-pressure games before, which is why we are siding with the outsiders to win at least one map.

?Beastcoast enter this match as the only undefeated team of the tournament, having already bested the likes of EgoBoys (2-0), Team Unknown (2-0) and Latam Defenders (2-0). Their next opponents, Thunder Predator, are 2-1 after a 0-2 loss against Infamous and triumphs against Team Unknown (2-1) and SG e-sports (2-0).

Beastcoast are in better shape, but we have to consider Thunder Predator have won 13 out of 22 head-to-head meetings (13-2-6), including a 6-2-1 run since September. We will trust TP’s stronger head-to-head record over beastcoast’s insignificantly better form.

?This will mark EgoBoys’ second clash with Team Unknown of 2021 and their ninth since February 2020. These meetings have proved to be very one-sided, with Team Unknown securing all but two: a 0-2 loss last August and a 1-1 stalemate in November.

EgoBoys and Team Unknown last met just under a month ago during the OGA DPC qualifiers, where Unknown won 1-0 with over 20k net worth lead and 33-13 in kills. EgoBoys have since played five games and won three of them, albeit only against NoPing Esports, Latam Defenders and Infinity Esports, which are not particularly strong squads.

Team Unknown are in great shape (7-3), and while there is a chance they might slip up again, the Dota 2 betting odds on the map handicap are too generous for us to pass on.

THUNDER PREDATOR vs INFAMOUS DOTA 2 BETTING & MATCH DETAILS

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THUNDER PREDATOR vs INFAMOUS BTS PRO SERIES SEASON 3 BETTING PREVIEW

The opening day of BTS Pro Series Season 3 Americas will conclude with a clash between two of the strongest South American Dota2 squads in Infamous and Thunder Predator.

One of the eight teams in the field that received a direct invite for the tournament, Thunder Predator will look to improve upon their fifth-sixth placing in the second season of the BTS Pro Series. They were somewhat unfortunate on that occasion, as they ran into Evil Geniuses in the second round of the lower bracket.

Since then, the Peruvians have picked up a handful of impressive results in a few regional tournaments, including runner-up finishes at OGA Dota PIT S2 Americas and ESL One Thailand 2020 Americas, fourth place at The Great American Rivalry Season 1 Division 1, and a bronze medal from OMEGA League Americas Divine Division.

Looking back at the OMEGA League, which concluded last Thursday, Romel “Mjz” Quinteros and co. looked very solid through the group stage, which they ended with a 3-1 record and 7-2 map differential. In the playoffs, Thunder Predator lost their opening fixture against 4 Zoomers (0-2) and collected 2-1 wins against Omega Gaming and beastcoast, but they were again outclassed by 4 Zoomers (1-2) in the lower bracket finals.

Overall, Thunder Predator have shown a lot of promise this year. While they’ve had their occasional slip-ups, Mjz’s squad went 16-10 in August and enter the third iteration of the BTS Pro Series in good form.

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Infamous made some serious noise a year ago when they pocketed a historical seventh-eighth placing at The International 2019, but the players that got them there now represent beastcoast. This ushered in a roster rebuild that went nowhere, leading to a second squad revamp in April.

Since assembling a new roster featuring Mariano “Papita” Caneda, Christian “Pakazs” Savina, Eliseo “Kxy” Arancibia, Miquel “Michael-” Choque Christian “Accel” Cruz, Infamous have attended 10 tournaments with few highlights besides a runner-up finish at Ilusion Spring, third place at Realms Collide and a gold medal from Epulze Global Dota 2 League South America Division 1 – all Tier 3 competitions.

In Tier 2 competitions, Infamous have struggled to break into the top three. That said, it would be foolish to undervalue their fourth-place finish at Movistar Liga Pro Gaming Season 5 at the end of August.

Infamous also finished fifth-sixth at OMEGA League Americas Divine Division at the start of September, where they were seeded in the same group as Thunder Predator and beastcoast. Papita and his crew managed the same 3-1 record as their two regional rivals but crashed out of the competition in the first round of the playoffs, where they lost 1-2 to beastcoast.

THUNDER PREDATOR vs INFAMOUS BTS PRO SERIES SEASON 3 BETTING PREDICTIONS

While Thunder Predator have won nine of 10 series against Infamous this year, the latter side came out ahead at ESL One Thailand 2020 AM (2-1) and forced another three-map series (1-2) less than a week later at the same event.

Thunder Predator enter this match with a 6-4 record in their last 10 matches, whereas Infamous are 4-6. While there is no denying Thunder Predator look to be in much better form, we have to take into consideration that they lost at least one map in all of their last four fixtures. What’s more, Thunder Predator managed only one clean sweep in their last eight, which includes a 2-1 win over Omega Gaming – a team Infamous had no issues defeating in late August.

Even though we don’t expect Infamous to win, they should be capable of stealing one map off Thunder Predator. Since there is still a possibility Mjz and co. fall apart and lose, we will go for a +1.5 handicap on Infamous rather than a draw for this one.

BUSINESS ASSOCIATES vs THUNDER PREDATOR DOTA 2 BETTING & MATCH DETAILS

BUSINESS ASSOCIATES vs THUNDER PREDATOR ESL ONE THAILAND 2020: AMERICAS BETTING PREVIEW

Business associates and Thunder Predator will lock horns for the seventh time in their history this Wednesday on the second matchday of ESL One Thailand 2020: Americas.

Business associates enter the clash following a devastating loss to Infamous, who defeated them 2-1 on Saturday. Even though BA failed to start their ESL One Thailand campaign with a win, they did not look too bad in their loss considering it was only their second official match in almost two weeks.

Infamous took the series lead with a commanding performance in game one which they won in just under 28 minutes with a 33-13 kill lead and +16.8k net worth differential. Things, however, took a sudden turn in game two, when business associates returned the favour and crushed Infamous in 25 minutes.

The second map of the series saw Clinton “Fear” Loomis and his crew accumulate a massive +32 kill differential (43-11) and a 30.2k net worth lead at the end of the game. Much of BA’s success came down to David “Moo” Hull who had an outstanding performance (15/0/17) on Void Spirit, while Braxton “Brax” Paulson did not fail to impress either with 7/1/27 on Dark Seer.

After a back-and-forth in the opening two games, business associates and Infamous produced a very close affair on the third and final map, and while the North American squad managed to keep up the pace with Infamous for the majority of the early-game, the Peruvian squad ran away with the lead at around 20th minute and won the game with a +8 kill differential (42-34) and +35.4k net worth lead.

Taking on business associates this Wednesday will be Thunder Predator, who unlike their Northern neighbours started the ESL One Thailand 2020: Americas with a win against CR4ZY (2-1).

Similarly to business associates, Thunder Predator’s opening match of the competition was relatively close. Romel “Mjz” Quinteros and co. secured the series lead with a commanding performance on map one which they won with 20-8 in kills and +18.3k net worth lead, but failed to carry over the momentum into the second map, and lost with 17-41 in kills and over 27k net worth deficit.

Nevertheless, Thunder Predator bounced back in style and took down CR4ZY in the third map thanks to another strong performance from Leonardo “Leostyle-” Sifuentes (12/1/20), Mjz (12/1/13) and Frank “Frank” Arias (13/5/22). Thunder Predator ended the final game of the series with 45-15 in kills and well over 28k net worth lead.

Thunder Predator are coming into this match following a fourth-place finish at The Great American Rivalry Season 1 Division 1 and a 6-2-2 record from their last 10 games. It’s also worth noting, that Thunder Predator are 3-1 across the last seven days.

Business associates, on the other side, finished The Great American Rivalry Season 1 Division 1 in ninth-10th place after failing to make it out of the group (2-1-6). Fear and his team are also holding onto a 2-1-7 record from their last 10 fixtures and have played only one game this month.

BUSINESS ASSOCIATES vs THUNDER PREDATOR ESL ONE THAILAND 2020: AMERICAS BETTING PREDICTIONS

Out of seven meetings with business associates, Thunder Predator drew once and split the remaining six games. While a 3-1-3 head-to-head record might suggest these two teams match up nicely, it’s worth mentioning that Thunder Predator won both of their last two fixtures against business associates (2-1 and 2-0).

The last time business associates defeated Thunder Predator was in June during the BTS Pro Series Season 2: Americas (2-0), and before that in May at the ESL One Birmingham 2020 – Online: North & South America (2-0).

The esports betting odds have Thunder Predator priced as the favourites and while there is no denying they have shown in recent weeks, we find the +1.5 map handicap bet on the underdogs far more inviting.

Business associates might have looked a bit shaky in their clash with Infamous, however, that was their first game in over a week, so they were likely a bit ring rusty and underperformed as a result of that. This time out we expect a better performance from them and if they can deliver, Fear and his crew should have no issues winning at least one map as they did four times already.