9 Pandas vs Evil Geniuses Prediction: Essential Match for Both Teams

Prediction for The International 2023 match which will take place on October 14th. Who will turn out to be stronger? Check the team conditions! Several betting options are available.

The Pandas started the International 2023 quite evenly. After three series, the balance of wins and losses is 3-3. However, there are many questions about the team's play.

Such balance was achieved due to the victory over Team SMG, where the Dota 2 veterans did not have time to build a strong team. That series against Team Spirit was a real beating. The Pandas had nothing to show after the laning phase, while the opponent created an insurmountable gold advantage for two fights in each map. The second map against Entity Gaming also became shock therapy. As soon as Kiyotaka chose a non-roaming character, the crazy initiation problems started. The drafts also became less balanced after the coach change. DM has a lot of experience playing offlane and should have known to use MieRo, but now he's forcing him to pick atypical characters. 

Therefore, when evaluating the 9 Pandas' play, we shouldn't look at the balance but at the game against Team Spirit because in the playoffs, the level of play will still rise, and every team will play like the Dragons. The Pandas will certainly improve, but so far, they're disappointing.

EG failed on the first day, winning only one map out of four. They are in bad shape, as the slump after the Bali Major continued.

Their style used to be built around Pakazs and Wisper. The latter has started to show poor offlane performance. Pakazs is good at farming, but he doesn't have time to help the team in regular matches because his peak power requires him to take down tier 3 towers and opponents with a significant gold advantage. If Evil Geniuses' supports can move around the map better, it'll help Wisper or Chris Luck win a lane.

EG stumbles on their mistakes, but 9 Pandas also allows for missteps. This may be the only way for Evil Geniuses to stay in the playoffs tonight and fight for extra points.

Do not expect a quality Dota 2. 9 Pandas and Evil Geniuses do not meet all expectations. But judging by the entire year of play, both teams like to play aggressively.