Thiuth Gaming vs nouns Prediction: A third defeat for layme?

On January 14, Thiuth Gaming and nouns will play their next match in Dota Pro Circuit 2023 for North America. We'll soon find out which team is stronger.

The team with two Russian players has already managed to play in two matches against top teams. Neither against Team SoloMid (0:2), nor against Shopify Rebellion (0:2) could Triuth Gaming win the maps. In two series, the team committed 39 frags - by the way, usually against layme and company, opponents rack up the same number of kills in a single match.

The individual level of the performers does not match the level of North America's major league leaders. From the laning stage, Triuth Gaming is steadily losing 2,000-4,000 gold each, although there is no outright loss in draft picks. The concept behind the picks is the pressure at the midgame stage with the initial items. The trouble is that when the characters get what they need, the opponents with the key items already do global tasks on the map. Against Triuth Gaming, opponents pick up the first Roshan between the 15th and 20th minute, while the layme team has yet to possess the Aegis.

Another series for the Russian-Mexican squad came against a major contender in Lima. It is unlikely that the team could do full work on their mistakes, as the issue here is a weak individual level of play. Triuth Gaming will try to collect their points in the next meetings, but they will have to endure another awful series on January 14.

The Last Chance participant at The International 11 started off with a solid 2-0 victory over ALPHA. Both maps saw total dominance with a solo performance from Gunnar. The American centre line player averaged 13.5 frags and 14.5 assists to 2.5 frags (KDA 11.2). The nouns have only lost five towers in two maps.

There is a potential drafting problem here. The nouns players prefer to take fat heroes, sacrificing high push potential. Yamsun is usually responsible for demolishing structures (30,000 damage on towers in the series against ALPHA). But that was a match against an outsider, Team SoloMid and Shopify Rebellion level teams can put pressure on the nouns carry and break the momentum. nouns have taken the Aegis four times in clear timing.

The Moo team is considered one of the contenders for the majors. In matches against potential outsiders, nouns very rarely allow losses (in their last 10 such matches, the record is 8-2). There's no chance of a sensation.

The favorite is clear: it is unlikely that layme and company will be able to impose serious competition on one of the DPC league favorites in North America. A 2-0 win from nouns looks such an obvious option that the odds from bookmakers do not look juicy on it. According to the statistics of the last two teams' matches, Triuth Gaming have lost first blood in five out of seven maps, while nouns have made their first kill in four out of five maps. It can be assumed that the Moo team will make first blood on the first map. The odds on this outcome are 1.65.

However, Triuth Gaming's test will be a little easier than the first two game days, and here we can believe in one map for the Russian-Mexican team. The odds are 3.00 on Handicap 1 (+1.5).