Question Mark and HOTU will meet in the first semi-final of LEON x TEAMPLAY Season 1. In general, there are doubts about the Belarusian team, but let's leave all these questions aside.
In turn, HOTU on the case shows a good game, as in recent months the team played several matches against top teams. And now the Russian team can also surprise quite a bit, but here we have to dance on the opponent.
In general, the odds are roughly equal, and there are some interesting moments in the statistics, such as a couple of confident cards from the teams. Therefore I would rely on three cards here.
Question Mark form.
The 72nd ranked team in the world failed completely at ESL Challenger League Season 45 Europe, where they even managed to lose to K23 - you know how serious the level is.
However, recently, the Belarusian team took the third place in the European Pro League Season 8, where they even managed to beat some pretty good opponents.
As for the LEON x TEAMPLAY Season 1 group stage, Question Mark managed three wins over ex-777, The Prodigies and ex-DomiNation without conceding a single game.
Question Mark's latest results:
- A 2-1 win over IKLA.
- Defeat to Anonymo 0-2.
- Defeat ex-777 by a score of 16-11.
- Beat The Prodigies 2-0.
- Beat ex-DomiNation 2-0.
Top scores for Question Mark:
- Mirage - 80% wins.
- Overpass - 67% wins.
- Inferno - 61% wins.
It is worth remembering that the Belorussian team has been steadily giving up Vertigo maps.
HOTU uniforms
The 62nd ranked team in the world has recently been to the IEM Dallas 2023 and ESL Challenger Katowice 2023 qualifiers, where they gained experience playing against Ninjas in Pyjamas.
As for the group stage appearance in LEON x TEAMPLAY Season 1, here HOTU managed to post wins over ENCE Academy and Nemiga, but still lost to Zero Tenacity.
Nevertheless, the Russian side confidently stormed into the championship play-offs, where they defeated The Prodigies the day before, despite all the rumours surrounding their future squad.
HOTU latest results:
- A 0-2 defeat to Ninjas in Pyjamas.
- A 16-14 win over ENCE Academy.
- A 2-1 win over Nemiga.
- 1-2 defeat of Zero Tenacity.
- 2-0 win over The Prodigies.
HOTU top scorers:
- Mirage - 86% wins.
- Ancient - 67% wins.
- Anubis - 50% wins.
Interestingly, the Russian team also doesn't appear on the Vertigo map.
Question Mark - HOTU encounter statistics
The teams have not met before.
Question Mark - HOTU preview
It is clear that on Mirage the odds are even, because here everyone is tightly matched on FACEIT. HOTU, on the other hand, are playing a much more promising team overall, so the stats are not the truest indicator.
Question Mark, on the other hand, has good numbers, but the team falls apart in places. Yes, you can make something up about how the team is positioning itself in terms of competition, but it's a long way from that.
Therefore, in this case, I would recommend betting on Total at 2.5 over.
