Match Prediction: T1 - EDward Gaming | VALORANT

Next up in Group B on AfreecaTV VALORANT LEAGUE is the clash between T1 and EDward Gaming, Korea vs China. The Chinese have already established themselves in the off-season in the regional arena, while T1 can not boast such activity. The format of the match is bo3. Which of the participants will be stronger at the end of this confrontation? Let's find out.

In this betting thread you will find out how the participants of this match perform in the course of the current year, how they spent their previous professional tournament, as well as how this match will end.

T1 Form

The current playing season of Long Sogpeg for T1 began in January with participation in the Ludwig x Tarik Invitational. The four-team LAN tournament went sadly for xeta and his teammates. T1 lost two matches in a row and left the championship empty-handed. The team's first prize money came at VCT 2023: LOCK//IN São Paulo, where T1 took 17th-32nd place and earned a $5,000 consolation prize. The Korean team's first success came at VCT 2023: Pacific League. The team managed to finish in the top 3 in the regional league, which earned the team $40,000 and a slot at the World Championships. VALORANT Champions Tour 2023: Masters Tokyo ended with T1 in 9th-10th place in the standings and $25,000 in prize money. Participation in the Valorant World Championship was not as successful for the Koreans as they would have liked. The team failed to get out of the group and took 9-12th place, earning $30,000.

The previous tournament on the professional stage for the T1 team was the TEN Valorant Global Invitational. In the group stage of the tournament, the Koreans first defeated Ledge and EDward Gaming with a score of 9-13 on the Haven map, and then defeated Cloud9 with a score of 13-10 on the Sunset map. The final match of the group T1 played against DRX, who lost to them with the score 7-13 on the map Lotus. The 1-2 statistic put the Korean team into the quarterfinals of the tournament. T1 once again defeated DRX and finished in fourth place, earning a consolation prize of $2,966.16.

Statistics of T1's latest results:

• 9-13 loss to DRX
• 7-13 loss to DRX.
• 13-10 win over Cloud9
• 9-13 defeat of EDward Gaming
• 13-10 win over Karmine Corp

EDward Gaming form

The 2023 gaming year started for EDward Gaming with participation in VCT 2023: LOCK//IN São Paulo. There, the Chinese team failed to show any clear results and finished the tournament in 17th-32nd place, earning $5,000 in prize money. Haodong and his teammates then took part in two FGC Valorant Invitational 2023 tournaments, where they finished in second and first place respectively. This allowed them to participate in the VCT 2023: Masters Tokyo and VALORANT Champions Tour 2023: China Qualifier. At the VALORANT Champions Tour 2023: Masters Tokyo, the draw put EDward Gaming in Group A. With the result 2:1 the Chinese managed to get into the play-offs of the tournament. EDward Gaming finished their participation at the tournament in Tokyo in the quarter-finals of the losers' bracket, losing to Paper Rex with the score 1:2. The 5th-6th place finish earned the team $50,000 in prize money. Winning the VALORANT Champions Tour 2023: China Qualifier secured the team a trip to the Valorant World Championships. VALORANT Champions 2023 was average for EDward Gaming. The team finished in the top 6 and earned $85,000. After a month and a half of rest, the Chinese went to conquer the regional scene. First, EDward Gaming won the VALORANT China Evolution Series Act 1: Variation and took bronze at the TEN Valorant Global Invitational. A convincing win at the VALORANT China Evolution Series Act 2: Selection also secured the players $13,664.96.

Prior to participating in the AfreecaTV VALORANT LEAGUE EDward Gaming played at the VALORANT China Evolution Series Act 3: Heritability. The Chinese squad started off with the quarterfinals of the top set, where they outlasted Top Esports on two maps in a row (Sunset - 13-10, Haven - 13-2). The semi-final against Attacking Soul ended with a 2-1 victory for EDG (Lotus - 13-9, Split - 11-13, Haven - 15-13). In the final winner ov Chinese Ledge and Rare Atom on two maps and fell to the bottom of the net. There EDward Gaming defeated FunPlus Phoenix with the result 3:1 (Haven - 7-13, Lotus - 13-5, Breeze - 13-7, Sunset - 13-11). The final match against Rare Atom was a rout. EDward Gaming won three maps in a row (Bind - 13-11, Lotus - 13-9, Split - 13-9) and became the tournament champion, earning $14,100.59 in prize money.

EDward Gaming's recent results stats:

• A 3-0 victory over Rare Atom
• 3:1 win over FunPlus Phoenix
• 0:2 defeat to Rare Atom
• 2:1 win over Attacking Soul
• 2:0 win over Top Esports

Match History of T1 - EDward Gaming

Since the beginning of this year the participants of this match have played against each other three times. EDward Gaming players won two victories, while T1 outplayed their opponent only once. At VCT 2023: Masters Tokyo T1 defeated EDward Gaming 2-1 (Fracture - 13-10, Haven - 7-13, Pearl - 14-12). Also at the same tournament, the Chinese won a rematch against the Koreans with a score of 2-0 (Fracture - 13-4, Haven - 13-6). The last match between the two teams was at the TEN Valorant Global Invitational, where EDward Gaming defeated T1 by a 13-9 score on the Haven map.

Predicted result of the match T1 - EDward Gaming

The Chinese have had much more practice recently and are outplaying T1 in the history of head-to-head confrontations. Let's bet on the victory of EDward Gaming team.