Match Prediction: Cloud9 - FURIA Esports | VALORANT
Superdome 2023 - ColombiaThe Superdome 2023 - Colombia lower grid final marks a clash between teams like Cloud9 and FURIA Esports. The American club and the Brazilian team will face off in a rematch to determine the second grand finalist of the tournament. The loser will finish third in the standings and earn $6,000. The format of the match is bo3. Will FURIA Esports be able to defeat their opponent? We will find out very soon.
In this betting thread you will find out how the participants of this match are performing this year, how they did in their previous professional tournament, and how this match will end.
Cloud9 Form.
The first tournament for Cloud9 this year was the VALORANT Champions Tour 2023: LOCK//IN São Paulo, where the American club managed to defeat Paper Rex on two maps (Lotus - 13-8, Pearl - 13-4) and lost to DRX with a score of 1-2. The 9th-16th place finish earned Cloud9 $10,000 in prize money. In the regular season of VALORANT Champions Tour 2023: Americas League Cloud9 made it to the top 2 with 8-1 stats, while Ledge only beat LOUD 1:2. This way the players were able to directly qualify for the play-offs semi-finals, where they first lost to Evil Geniuses with a 0:2 result and fell in the losers' bracket. A win over Leviatan in a complete bo3 series (Haven - 13-8, Lotus - 10-13, Ascent - 13-4) put Xeppaa and team into the lower grid semi-finals. Cloud9 lost 1-2 to NRG and finished in 4th place, earning $25,000. In the VALORANT Champions Tour 2023: Americas Last Chance Qualifier, the regional qualifiers for the only slot to the VALORANT World Championships, Cloud9 Long Sogpeg advanced to the top set semifinals with a 2-1 win over Sentinels (Pearl - 13-8, Fracture - 5-13, Split - 13-8). The final against KRU Esports ended in a 1-2 defeat for the American club, while in the lower grid Cloud9 Ledge and Leviatan were defeated 2-3 and missed the World Championship. In early October, the players received an invitation to the TEN Valorant Global Invitational, where they played the group stage with a 2-1 statistic. This was enough to start their journey to the play-offs right away with a grand final against DRX. A 2-1 win (Split - 12-14, Ascent - 13-2, Lotus - 13-9) secured Cloud9 the championship and the top prize of $11,123.10.
The last championship that Cloud9 competed in was Red Bull Home Ground #4. In the group stage, Xeppaa and his teammates played with a 1-1 statistic, Ledgeiv ZETA DIVISION with a score of 11-13 on the Haven map and confidently outplayed the Japanese from FENNEL with a score of 13-2 on Ascent. This performance allowed the American club to advance to the quarter-finals of the play-offs, where Cloud9 managed to defeat ZETA DIVISION 2-1 (Ascent - 8-13, Bind - 13-2, Lotus - 13-7) in a rematch. The upper grid semi-final was marked by a clash with FUT Esports, which C9 won in a full bo3 series (Sunset - 13-4, Lotus - 9-13, Haven - 13-10). In the grand finals of the tournament Cloud9 faced Fnatic. The teams played a full bo5 series, in which Xeppaa and Team Ledge went 2-3. As a result, Cloud9 won the silver medal at the tournament.
As a result of the draw, Cloud9 started their journey to Superdome 2023 - Colombia by defeating FURIA Esports in a full bo3 series (Breeze - 7-13, Sunset - 13-4, Ascent - 13-7). Leviatan were too much of a challenge for C9, who the American club Ledgeil on two maps and travelled to the losers' grid.
Statistics of Cloud9's latest results:
- A 0-2 defeat to Cloud9.
- 2:1 win over FURIA Esports
- 2:3 defeat to Fnatic
- 2:1 win over FUT Esports
- 2:1 win over ZETA DIVISION
FURIA Esports uniforms
The year 2023 started for the Brazilians with an appearance at the VALORANT Champions Tour 2023: LOCK//IN São Paulo. The first match against T1 ended with a 2-0 victory for FURIA (Pearl - 13-7, Icebox - 13-5). After that the Brazilian team lost two matches against Fnatic and left the competition. The 9th-16th places in the standings brought the players $10,000 in prize money. Next came FURIA Esports' participation in the VALORANT Champions Tour 2023: Americas League. Khalil and his teammates finished the regular season with a 4-5 record, which allowed them to qualify for the play-offs. FURIA Esports defeated Leviatan in the quarterfinals with a 2-1 win (Ascent - 13-5, Pearl - 18-20, Bind - 13-6). But LOUD failed to outplay them in the net semi-finals. After losing 0:2, FURIA Esports fell into the losers' bracket, where Ledgeili NRG with a similar result. Sixth place in the tournament guaranteed the Brazilians $5,000. At the VALORANT Champions Tour 2023: Americas Last Chance Qualifier FURIA Esports finished 5th-6th, losing their only match against KRU Esports with a 1:2 score.
The previous professional tournament that FURIA Esports participated in was Multiplatform Esports Game 2023, a LAN Championship in Brazil. First, the Brazilians outplayed Timberknick on two maps in a row (Breeze - 13-10, Split - 13-10). Their next opponent was RED Canids, who FURIA defeated in a full bo3 series (Lotus - 13-10, Bind - 8-13, Haven - 13-11). The two map confrontation with MIXX ended with FURIA Esports winning (Sunset - 13-6, Bind - 13-3) and the top grid final. There Khalil and team defeated their compatriots from XIT by a score of 2-1 (Ascent - 11-13, Haven - 13-10, Split - 13-5). In the deciding match, they faced XIT again and outplayed them with the same result (Ascent - 13-9, Sunset - 10-13, Haven - 13-8). The tournament win earned FURIA Esports the top prize of $12,243.14 in prize money.
FURIA Esports made their debut at Superdome 2023 - Colombia in the top set semi-finals against Cloud9. The full bo3 series ended with a defeat for the Brazilians. Thus FURIA Esports lost the right to make a mistake and fell to the losers' net. There they outplayed KRU Esports 2-0 (Breeze - 13-5, Sunset - 13-9) and travelled to the final of the lower grid.
Statistics of FURIA Esports' latest result:
- A 2-0 win over KRU Esports
- Defeat by Cloud9 with the score 1:2
- 2:1 win over XIT
- 2:1 win over XIT
- 2:0 win over Mixx
Match History of Cloud9 - FURIA Esports
Since the beginning of this year the participants of this match have played against each other twice. During the regular season of VALORANT Champions Tour 2023: Americas League Cloud9 defeated FURIA Esports 2:0 (Ascent - 13-8, Fracture - 13-9). Cloud9 outplayed the Brazilians in the quarter-finals of the top flight Superdome 2023 - Colombia by a score of 2-1 (Breeze - 7-13, Sunset - 13-4, Ascent - 13-7).
Predicted result of Cloud9 - FURIA Esports matchup
Cloud9 have already outplayed their Brazilian opponents twice. Also, the collective is showing better results, although it failed to win and card against Leviatan in the previous match. Let's bet on the victory of Cloud9 team.
Bookmakers & Statistics
All bookmakers have agreed that FURIA Esports is the favorite. This can be noticed because odds on them are 2.086. This number in the favor of Cloud9 amounts 4.246. Respectively, the last ones are the underdogs of the upcoming match.
Team statistics in recent matches
Last Matches | Cloud9 | FURIA Esports |
5 matches (wins) | 3 | 3 |
10 matches (wins) | 7 | 5 |
We will also remind you of the statistics of matches that the teams played with each other. The competitors have held 2 matches. And Cloud9 won 2 times while FURIA Esports correspondingly became the winner 0 times.