Match Prediction: The Guard - Cloud9 | VALORANT

The Guard and Cloud9 will compete for the right to qualify for the VCT 2022: North America Stage 1 Challengers Grand Finals, and at the same time qualify for the Masters 1 in Iceland. However, Cloud9 has a lot of experience and passion, so the team should be considered a favorite against The Guard.

The Guard Uniform

The fifth team in the North American ranking performed well in the group stage of VCT 2022: North America Stage 1 Challengers, where only Cloud9 lost. Moreover, the team performed very well in the playoffs, until they met with OpTic Gaming in the final of the upper bracket. But since The Guard was defeated without a chance there, the team can simply droop and flood the second match.

Latest The Guard results:

• Victory over Evil Geniuses with a score of 2:0.
• Defeated by Cloud9 with a score of 1:2.
• Victory over the Sentinels with a score of 2:0.
• Victory over Luminosity Gaming with a score of 2:0.
• Lost to OpTic Gaming with a score of 0:2.

Best The Guard maps:

• Fracture - 100% win rate.
• Icebox - 87% of wins.
• Haven - 81% win rate
• Ascent - 69% of wins.
• Bind - 64% of wins.

At the same time, the team does not play on the Breeze map.

Form Cloud9

The first North American team went into the VCT 2022: North America Stage 1 Challengers undefeated. However, in the semi-finals, the team fell under the rink of OpTic Gaming, after which they fell into the lower bracket. But here Cloud9 managed to wake up, showing a quality game. And do not forget that the team looks much more interesting against the backdrop of the opponent.

Latest Cloud9 results:

• Victory over The Guard with a score of 2:1.
• Victory over the Knights with a score of 2:1.
• Lost to OpTic Gaming with a score of 1:2.
• Victory over Version1 with a score of 2:1.
• Victory over XSET with a score of 2:1.

Best Cloud9 Maps:

• Breeze - 79% of wins.
• Haven - 72% win rate
• Ascent - 72% of wins.
• Icebox - 71% of wins.
• Fracture - 67% of wins.
• Split - 63% of wins.
• Bind - 50% win rate.

At the same time, not everything is so clear for the team on the Fracture map.

Statistics of meetings The Guard — Cloud9

As part of the current season, the teams held one meeting - at the group stage of VCT 2022: North America Stage 1 Challengers, Cloud9 won (2:1).

Prediction for the match The Guard — Cloud9

The Guard has two significant drawbacks: 1) dampness; 2) a huge hole in the cards. Considering that we will watch a full-fledged BO5, The Guard has very few prospects. Therefore, given the experience of the group stage, I would recommend betting on the victory of the Cloud9 team with Handicap (-1.5).