Match Prediction: Evil Geniuses - Cloud9 | VALORANT
VCT 2023: Americas LeagueEvil Genuses and Cloud9 will meet in the first round of the VALORANT Champions Tour 2023: Americas League group stage. We're in for a highly entertaining matchup as Cloud9 have decided to dramatically change their development vector by turning to little-known players.
In turn, the potential still needs to be reinforced, as the team has not shown anything since its inception. All in all, it will be interesting to watch the development.
But somehow, I think that with their backbone, Cloud9 will be able to compete, while Evil Geniuses are already regarded as favorites. So here I'd take a closer look at the three cards.
Evil Genuses form.
The twelfth team in the North American rankings has managed to retain its former core, which was nothing to remember from last season, showing a frankly weak game.
However, with a few additions, Evil Geniuses got off to a flying start in the recent VALORANT Champions Tour 2023: LOCK//IN São Paulo by beating Team Heretics.
However, already in the second round, the team decided to go back to square one, playing toothlessly against Talon Esports and getting a ticket home.
Evil Geniuses' latest results:
- A 13-6 win over Knights Academy.
- A 13-11 win over Cosmic Divide.
- A 9-13 loss to Soniqs.
- 2-0 win over Team Heretics.
- 0-2 defeat by Talon Esports.
Evil Geniuses top cards:
- Ascent - 100% wins.
- Pearl - 100% wins.
It should be noted that the North American squad have so far turned down the Lotus card.
Cloud9 form
The second team in the North American rankings also kept their core during the off-season, and strengthened their roster with the signing of yay. As a result, the team managed to reach the Red Bull Home Ground #3 finals with a decent performance.
However, in the last VALORANT Champions Tour 2023: LOCK//IN São Paulo, the Cloudies literally flopped as they only managed one win over Paper Rex and then lost to DRX.
You can put it down to a tough grid, but next Cloud9 decided to part ways with vanity and yay, and now you don't know what to expect from this team in the near future.
Cloud9's latest results:
- A 2-0 win over Team Vitality.
- A 2-0 win over KRÜ Esports.
- A 0-3 loss to 100 Thieves.
- 2-0 win over Paper Rex.
- A 1-2 defeat at the hands of DRX.
Top Cloud9 cards:
- Lotus - 100% wins.
- Haven - 75% wins.
- Pearl - 67% wins.
- Ascent - 50% wins.
- Fracture - 50% wins.
In turn, the Cloud9 team is not shown on the Split map.
Evil Genuses - Cloud9 match statistics
The teams have not met in their current line-up yet.
Evil Genuses - Cloud9 match prediction
A controversial, but at the same time very interesting. It is clear that there are questions about Cloud9's decisions, but the club clearly knows better. In any case Evil Genuses has never been considered a strong team, especially since Cloud9 have partly retained their core.
Therefore, here I would recommend betting on Total on the cards 2.5 more. The reason for this is that on paper the teams are roughly equal, and you only need to look at the facts.
Bookmakers & Statistics
All bookmakers have agreed that Evil Geniuses is the favorite. This can be noticed because odds on them are 2.106. This number in the favor of Cloud9 amounts 2.139. Respectively, the last ones are the underdogs of the upcoming match.
What the team performance statistics say
Last Matches | Evil Geniuses | Cloud9 |
5 matches (wins) | 1 | 3 |
10 matches (wins) | 2 | 5 |
It will also be necessary to mention the history of face-to-face meetings between the opponents.
The competitors have held 3 matches.
In these battles Evil Geniuses got 0 victories while Cloud9 managed to take 3 matches.