OB Esports x Neon vs Execration: A Filipino classic in a blowout game

The playoffs for the ninth season of the BTS Pro Series Southeast Asia kick off on Wednesday, November 10. The first two Filipino teams, OB Esports x Neon and Execration will battle it out in the elimination game.

BTS Pro Series Season 9: Southeast Asia is an online Dota 2 tournament from October 29 to November 14, 2021. Nine Asian teams will be competing for $60,000. The tournament is important for the upcoming DPC league season of the new 2021/22 campaign.

OB Esports x Neon: The team is not ready to leave so early

OB Esports x Neon's line-up has undergone major changes this summer. All the main players have moved to BOOM, and in the opposite direction, the Asian organization only got Mikoto from the Indonesians. All in all, the new Neons are something of an experiment that should prove itself by the end of this year. But that's just my guess, and in the meantime, the guys are participating in all the tournaments in a row.

After TI10, this team was the first to play in several parallel Tier-3 tournaments, replacing their current coach. The current number one is Filipino Palos, who joined the team from Execration. In addition, OB.Neon will play in this BTS tournament with a stand-in in the person of midfielder Jamesy, who is known for his performance for Cignal Ultra over the last few years.

Yes, the guys' playing form is definitely up to par, and they maintain their tone every day. The Filipinos finished the group stage of the ninth BTS season a step away from the top net as they lost the fourth spot to Nigma due to a disappointing face-off that opened this group stage of the tournament for them. That loss was the only one for the squad, but the neons can't boast much in the way of wins either. They beat Army Geniuses and Omega Esports and drew five more times. Neon approached these playoffs in more fighting form than their opponents, which should help them move on to the losers' bracket.

Execration: The team needs to come to their senses and start playing

Team Execration is no longer the same team that surprised the entire public with their decent play at the Kyiv majors. The squad continues to be made up solely of Filipino players who have moved from team to team in the Asian region.

The team's old-timers are 4th and 5th position scorers BDz and RR, who have been with Execration for over a year. Bob and Raging Potato joined the team in the summer of 2021. The latter was replaced before that by BTS with Tino. Another recruit this autumn was Abat. Thus, both curries are just getting used to the new team, the new teammates.

In the group stage, the boys were close to being eliminated. They managed to win only once - the team of Omega Esports, who have already left the competition. There were three defeats and four times the team settled for a draw. If you look at the card stats, it's 6-10, and that's just one less card won than their current opponents. Therefore, the Execration team should not be written off.

Expert Betting Tips

The teams will again swap winning maps, with the third one deciding the winner, so Total Over 2.5 maps at odds of 2.20 seems like a great betting option.

The OB Esports x Neon team will win, and you can bet on the correct score of 2-1 for 3.15.

The first map will have Total Under 56.5 kills; the draft will decide much. Such a bet is available for 1.83.