KZ Team vs Team Tickles Prediction: Who will turn out to be stronger?

Prediction for the match between KZ Team and Team Tickles which will take place on November 30. Who will turn out to be stronger? Check the team conditions! Several betting options are available.

KZ Team is a mix that emerged after TI12, with W1sh, Skylark, and SsaSpartan, familiar to us from playing Ad Finem in 2016 and Monaspa in 2023. This time on the carry, they got 7jesu, who has been cruising the tier-2 scene for the last two years, and Astral on the supporter. The latter played well for PuckChamp in 2022 but hasn't been on other teams' rosters for the last twelve months.

KZ Team finished the group stage of European Pro League Season 14 in first place with a series balance of 6-1 and 12-3 on cards. The only defeat the team suffered was the junior squad NAVI Junior. KZ Team's last six maps ended in less than 40 minutes. The team prefers to take strong matchups on the line and create pressure in the mid-game.

Specifically, at the European Pro League Season 14, the KZ Team is performing quite well. There are victories over Alliance (2:0) and Night Pulse (2:0). The core of this squad has been able to win trophies at the dash-2 level more than once, and in the summer, they even played in the top DPC league for Western Europe. But with the new players, can we seriously dream of new successes?

Team Tickles is a familiar name in the Dota 2 competitive scene. Dyrachyo, who later moved to Gaimin Gladiators and was one of the best teams of 2023, once started the mix under it. Dukalis was inspired by Anton's story and decided to repeat his path, gathering five new players under the leadership of ImmortalFaith. It is noteworthy, but it was under the Romanian coach that the current Gladiators started their first steps in the Tier-1 arena.

But we must admit that the lineup looked much stronger there. Here, besides Dukalis and lorenof, there are three lesser-known cybersportsmen. Fans of Asian competitions could recognize NARMAN and Force; the players played for Execration and Geek Slate there. Ulnit, in principle, has not shined anywhere until now.

Over the past month, Team Tickles has played 23 maps with a balance of 14 wins to 9 losses. Among the failures are matches with Team Liquid and Team Secret; both teams are classified as Tier-1. It turns out that Team Tickles has a 75% win rate on the Tier-2 stage, which is considered extremely high. At this point, it seems we can summarize that the team is the clear favorite in this meeting. But the defeat in the top set from NAVI Junior makes us cool our hope for a fight.

Four days ago, the face-to-face match between the teams demonstrated that the KZ Team does not know how to deal with situations where it falls behind on gold. Twice, Team Tickles seized the advantage after the lines and systematically increased it. The encounters necessarily ended with awesome team fights, where the KZ Team lost cleanly. But the match against NAVI Junior showed that Dukalis and company do not always play clean, so you can catch mistakes. Therefore, taking a risk and betting on a dry victory for Team Tickles would be illogical. But there is another pattern: the total of 50 kills was not broken on either map. Judging by the general statistics of the tournament, on the first map, the participants will look more closely and take action less often, but they will be more calculated.