Match Prediction: NRG - Evil Geniuses | VALORANT

perepelovsky

NRG Will win

NRG and Evil Geniuses will play in the second quarterfinal of the VALORANT Champions Tour 2023: Americas League top draw, where they will play for a trip to the match against Cloud9.

My guess is that both teams will be heading to the bottom net soon, as Cloud9 are pretty good. However, Evil Geniuses have little chance here, as the fresh regular season matchup proved.

I can't say that Evil Geniuses will go down without a win again, but the fact is that their opponent has a steep chance of moving on. So here I would lean on the NRG team to win.

Form NRG

The third team in the North American rankings reached the quarterfinals of VALORANT Champions Tour 2023: LOCK//IN São Paulo, where they were defeated in a close game by LOUD.

Interestingly, NRG failed in the Long Stage of the group stage of VALORANT Champions Tour 2023: Americas League with a number of unnecessary defeats.

However, the North American squad successfully woke up in the end to end the regular season with six wins and a streak of five straight victories.

NRG's latest results:

A 2-0 win over KRÜ Esports.
Victory over 100 Thieves 2-0.
2-1 victory over FURIA.
Victory over LOUD with a score of 2-0.
Beat Evil Geniuses 2-0.

NRG top scorers:

Bind - 100% wins.
Haven - 80% wins.
Pearl - 67% wins.
Ascent - 50% wins.
Fracture - 50% wins.
Split - 50% wins.

It's worth remembering that the North American squad is the one that bans Fracture the most often.

Evil Geniuses form

The eleventh team in the North American rankings also failed at the Long Song of the VALORANT Champions Tour 2023: Americas League regular season, which was to be expected.

However, Evil Geniuses was able to get back into the game, with crucial victories over KRÜ Esports, Leviatán Esports, Sentinels and MIBR.

On the other hand, the North American team did not jump over their heads, as evidenced by the last meeting with NRG. And the team made it to the play-offs on occasion.

Evil Geniuses' latest results:

A 1-2 loss to LOUD.
2-1 win over Leviatán Esports.
2-0 win over Sentinels.
2-0 win over MIBR.
0-2 defeat by NRG.

Evil Geniuses top scorers:

Lotus - 100% wins.
Fracture - 80% wins.
Split - 50% wins.
Ascent - 50% wins.
Pearl - 50% wins.

In turn, the Evil Geniuses team usually gives up on Haven.

NRG - Evil Geniuses encounter statistics

In the current season the teams played one meeting - in the group stage of VALORANT Champions Tour 2023: Americas League the victory went to NRG (2-0).

NRG vs Evil Geniuses

Last week, the teams played Bind and Split, which almost went in one round in NRG's favour. And in general, the guys are on the bounce right now, having managed to shut down LOUD themselves.

Nothing good can be said about Evil Geniuses, as they do not get along with their direct competitors. Therefore, in this case, I would recommend to bet on the NRG team to win.

Last matches