Match Prediction: NAVI - Giants Gaming | VALORANT
VCT 2023: EMEA League - Regular SeasonNatus Vincere and Giants Gaming will meet in the second round of the VALORANT Champions Tour 2023 regular season: EMEA League. Both teams lost at the start of the championship. But while you'd expect Giants Gaming to do the same considering their meeting with Fnatic, Born to Win clearly "succeeded" in losing to KOI.
It's clear that this is only the beginning of the tournament, but the first leaders will soon begin to emerge. In this regard, it remains a clear understanding that Natus Vincere has not yet said the last word, while Giants Gaming is frankly weak in terms of play.
Therefore, here I would look out for a logical win for Natus Vincere, who are not allowed to start the championship with two defeats.
Natus Vincere form
The second team of the European ranking won the G-Loot VALORANT Clash - Grand Finals back in the off-season, although in some places the guys let their guard down and almost dropped the final.
Recently, the team took part in the VCT 2023: LOCK//IN São Paulo, where they confidently reached the semifinals, but lost to Fnatic.
As for the start of the group stage of the VALORANT Champions Tour 2023: EMEA League, here Natus Vincere managed to lose to KOI, which is clearly out of logic.
Natus Vincere's latest results:
- A 2-0 win over KRÜ Esports.
- Victory over Team Secret with a score of 2-0.
- Victory over Leviatán Esports by a score of 2-0.
- 0-3 defeat of Fnatic.
- 0-2 defeat by KOI.
Best Natus Vincere cards:
- Pearl - 100% wins.
- Fracture - 75% of wins.
- Ascent - 75% wins.
- Icebox - 50% wins.
It is worth remembering that Born to Win does not show up on the Haven card.
Giants Gaming uniforms
The 47th ranked team in Europe went to the G-Loot VALORANT Clash - Grand Finals semi-finals late last year, where they lost to Parla Esports.
More recently, Giants Gaming also reached the 1/8 finals of VCT 2023: LOCK//IN São Paulo, where they lost almost equally to NRG.
At the start of the VALORANT Champions Tour 2023: EMEA League regular season, the European side expectedly lost to Fnatic without a single game.
Giants Gaming latest results:
- A 2-0 win over BBL Esports.
- A 1-2 loss to Parla Esports.
- A 2-0 win over DetonatioN FocusMe.
- 1-2 defeat to NRG.
- 0-2 defeat by Fnatic.
Top cards for Giants Gaming:
- Lotus - 100% wins.
- Haven - 75% wins.
- Icebox - 50% wins.
- Ascent - 50% wins.
In turn, the Giants Gaming team gives up the Fracture card.
Natus Vincere - Giants Gaming encounter statistics
The teams have not met before.
Natus Vincere vs Giants Gaming match prediction
I do not think that Natus Vincere will drop even lower, because the start was bad, but the game did not look so awful. Giants Gaming, on the other hand, is having a hard time opening up, which has been dragging on for months now. And it seems to me that the Europeans don't stand much of a chance here. So in this case, I would recommend betting on Natus Vincere to win.
Bookmakers & Statistics
Now, the majority of bookmaker companies believe in NAVI victory. Odds on them are equal to 1.18. According to bookmakers data, Giants Gaming are the outsider and odds on their victory amounts 4.936.
Team statistics in recent matches
Last Matches | Natus Vincere | Giants Gaming |
5 matches (wins) | 4 | 3 |
10 matches (wins) | 7 | 6 |
Gamblers will definitely be interested in the statistics of personal meetings between the teams. The competitors have held 1 matches. In these matches Natus Vincere won 0 times, Giants Gaming active consisits of 1 wins.