Acend and Gentle Mates will meet in the final of the VALORANT Challengers Ascension 2023: EMEA lower grid, where they will compete for the right to go to the Grand Final and play against Apeks.
It should be recalled that the teams have already met each other at the Long Circuit play-offs, but then Acend won a very simple victory over the French, not giving them a single game.
Moreover, Gentle Mates objectively don't look like a team that is a contender. In general, we can rely on trivial numbers that speak in favour of the Europeans. Therefore, here I would bet on the victory of the Acend team.
Acend's form
The third team of the European ranking won both regional splits of VALORANT Challengers 2023 East: Surge, showing quite a confident game against their competitors.
As for their performance in the group stage of VALORANT Challengers Ascension 2023: EMEA, Acend outplayed Digital Athletics, CGN Esports, and SAW, but also unexpectedly lost to Dsyre.
When it comes to Long Corner in the play-offs, the European squad picked up a solid win over Gentle Mates, but were further defeated by Apeks and dropped to the bottom of the grid.
Acend's latest results:
- A 2-1 win over CGN Esports.
- A 1-2 defeat to Dsyre.
- A 2-0 win over SAW.
- A 2-0 win over Gentle Mates.
- Defeat by Apeks with the score 1:2.
Best results Acend:
- Fracture - 100% wins.
- Split - 83% wins.
- Pearl - 80% wins.
- Lotus - 78% wins.
- Haven - 75% wins.
- Bind - 75% wins.
- Ascent - 73% of wins.
It should be reminded that the European team often refuses to use Ascent.
Gentle Mates form
The seventh team of the European ranking also won both regional splits of VALORANT Challengers 2023 France: Revolution, showing a very confident game at the season's distant stage.
Next, Gentle Mates played quite well in the group stage of VALORANT Challengers Ascension 2023: EMEA, where they managed to beat Team Falcons, Case Esports and FOKUS, but also Ledgeil Apeks.
As for Long Sogpeg in the championship play-offs, the French team failed to cope with Acend, but the day before they defeated SAW and advanced to the bottom of the grid.
Gentle Mates' latest results:
- A 2-0 win over Case Esports.
- A 2-1 win over FOKUS.
- A 0-2 loss to Apeks.
- 0:2 loss to Acend.
- Defeat by SAW with score 2:1.
Best Gentle Mates:
- Split - 90% wins.
- Haven - 86% of wins.
- Fracture - 80% wins.
- Lotus - 58% of wins.
- Ascent - 58% of wins.
In turn, the French team usually does not appear on the Pearl map.
Statistics of meetings Acend - Gentle Mates
Within the current season the teams had one meeting - at VALORANT Challengers Ascension 2023: EMEA victory went to Acend (2:0).
Prediction for the match Acend - Gentle Mates
Last time the teams played on the map Fracture and Lotus. And then the French team flew away almost without a fight, failing to open up during the series.
Today Acend seems to be the obvious favourite, as the team is ahead of Gentle Mates in all parameters. And the French had problems in the game against SAW, so everything seems obvious.
Therefore, in this case I would recommend to bet on the victory of the Acend team.
