Match Prediction: Paper Rex - The Guard | VALORANT

Paper Rex and The Guard will meet in the first round of the lower bracket of VCT 2022: Stage 1 Masters - Reykjavík. The Singapore team seems to be not so bad, but you have to understand that The Guard, if they set up properly, will close Paper Rex without any problems and continue their performance in the championship.

Paper Rex Shape

The first team of the Asian ranking became the winner of VCT 2022: APAC Stage 1 Challengers, winning absolutely all the matches. However, in the quarterfinals of VCT 2022: Stage 1 Masters - Reykjavík, the Singaporean team failed to cope with DRX. On the one hand, it is quite a logical outcome. On the other hand, Paper Rex runs the risk of being eliminated from the championship today, making the point of these invites to the playoffs.

Latest Paper Rex results:

• Victory over South Built Esports with a score of 2:0.
• Victory over XERXIA with a score of 2:0.
• Victory over Bleed eSports with a score of 2:0.
• Victory over XERXIA with a score of 3:2.
• Lost to DRX with a score of 1:2.

Best Paper Rex Cards:

• Fracture - 100% win rate.
• Icebox - 76% of wins.
• Split - 72% of wins.
• Haven - 72% win rate
• Breeze - 67% of wins.
• Bind - 63% of wins.
• Ascent - 56% of wins.

At the same time, the team refuses the Ascent card.

The Guard Uniform

The first team of the North American ranking became the winner of the VCT 2022: North America Stage 1 Challengers, after which they made it to the quarterfinals of the Masters. Here, the North American team failed to cope with their main rival OpTic Gaming. Although I would not consider The Guard an outsider, because the team is really interesting.

Latest The Guard results:

• Victory over Luminosity Gaming with a score of 2:0.
• Lost to OpTic Gaming with a score of 0:2.
• Victory over Cloud9 with a score of 3:0.
• Victory over OpTic Gaming with a score of 3:2.
• Lost to OpTic Gaming with a score of 1:2.

Best The Guard maps:

• Breeze - 100% win rate.
• Icebox - 83% of wins.
• Haven - 84% of wins.
• Fracture - 75% of wins.
• Ascent - 65% of wins.
• Bind - 64% of wins.

Moreover, the team can ban both Breeze and Split.

Paper Rex vs The Guard Statistics

The teams have not met before.

Prediction for the match Paper Rex — The Guard

Again, the notorious difference between regions pops up, which will be decided by more than one season. Well, here I would recommend betting on the victory of The Guard.