[DOTA2] NoPangolier vs Team Empire

Details:

NoPangolier vs Team Empire
ESL One DPC 2021, Closed Qualifier, Upper Bracket, Round 2
Best of 3

NoPangolier Lineup:
1 - Nikita "Palantimos" Grinkevich
2 - Yaroslav "Pikachu" Vasilenko
3 - Andrey "Ghostik" Kadyk
4 - Danil "Bignum" Shehovtsov
5 - Semion "CemaTheSlayer" Krivulya

Team Empire Lineup:
1 - Alexey "Smiling Knight" Sviridov
2 - Alexander "gwynbleidd" Abakumov
3 - Vladislav "Kazl" Kozlovsky
4 - Oleg "sayuw" Kalenbet
5 - Sergey "Ecnart" Slobodyanyk

Analysis:
NoPango was just reformed this year and manage to start a great first match against HellRaisers considering some great players are on HR right now like Resolu1on and Lil. NoPango is not a group to be underestimated, we could expect a very great performance from them today considering their lineup is a group of serious professional players that are trying to prove that they are capable of participating in big events sponsored by Valve.

Team Empire on the other hand is quite alright, a tier 3 CIS team, they had their wins but we haven't seen them show above-average performance or even beating a tier higher than where they are right now. We could expect both teams to try hard but I am leaning on NoPangolier to take this match.

Prediction:
NoPangolier to win (Medium Bet)