Match Prediction: DRX - Paper Rex | VALORANT

We now turn to the clash between DRX Korea and Paper Rex Indonesia in the deciding Group A match of the AfreecaTV VALORANT LEAGUE. The winner will advance to the play-offs, while the loser will exit the competition for a $5,000 consolation prize. The match format is bo3. Will Paper Rex be able to beat DRX? We'll find out soon enough.

In this betting thread you will find out how the participants of this match are performing so far this year, how they did in their previous professional tournament, as well as how this match will end.

DRX uniforms

The Korean squad began this year's season by participating in the VALORANT Champions Tour 2023: LOCK//IN São Paulo, where DRX finished in 3rd-4th place. As a reward, the players earned $40,000 in prize money. Silver at VALORANT Champions Tour 2023: Pacific League guaranteed DRX a trip to VALORANT Champions Tour 2023: Masters Tokyo and VALORANT Champions 2023, as well as $65,000. The Korean finished in the top 8 at the Tokyo event, earning $35,000. At the Valorant DRX World Championship, they finished in 5th-6th place and secured $85,000. During the off-season, the Korean club won silver at the TEN Valorant Global Invitational. The players were awarded $7,415.40 in prize money.

DRX's previous professional tournament was Red Bull Home Ground #4. In the group stage, the Korean team defeated SCARZ on the Haven map by a score of 13-10. And the match against FUT Esports ended with DRX's defeat on the map Split with the result 8-13. So Zest and his teammates reached the quarter-finals of the play-offs. There DRX defeated 100 Thieves on two maps in a row (Lotus - 13-8, Ascent - 13-11) and went to the semi-finals of the tournament. But Fnatic became too much of a challenge for them. After losing 0-2, DRX finished the tournament on the 3-4th line of the standings.

Korean team DRX Long Sogpeg at AfreecaTV VALORANT LEAGUE in Group A. First DRX defeated FULL SENSE with the result 2:1 (Haven - 7-13, Ascent - 16-14, Bind - 13-6) and advanced to the match. There the Koreans Ledgeili Sentinels on two maps in a row.

Statistics of the latest DRX results:

• 0:2 loss to Sentinels
• A 2:1 win over FULL SENSE.
• 0:2 loss to Fnatic
• 2:0 win over 100 Thieves
• 8-13 defeat to FUT Esports

Paper Rex uniforms

Singaporean collective Paper Rex have not been highly active on the scene since the start of this year, but boast some decent results. First, f0rsakeN and his teammates took part in VCT 2023: LOCK//IN São Paulo, where they took 17th-32nd place and earned a $5,000 consolation prize. After a lacklustre Long Cognega, the team competed in the VALORANT Champions Tour 2023: Pacific League, a $250,000 championship for teams from the Pacific region. Paper Rex put on a great performance and emerged as champions, making a comeback in the grand finals of the VCT 2023: Pacific League against DRX. The Singaporeans were 0-2 down at first before winning three maps in a row. The win earned Paper Rex slots in VCT 2023: Masters Tokyo and VALORANT Champions 2023, as well as $100,000 in prize money. Third place at the VALORANT Champions Tour 2023: Masters Tokyo provided the team with $125,000 in prize money.

Prior to that, the last official tournament for Paper Rex was the VALORANT Champions 2023, the Valorant World Championship. As a result of the draw, Paper Rex were placed in Group A. Their first opponent was KRU Esports. With a 2-0 victory in the opening game, the Singaporean club advanced to the Group A match. Paper Rex defeated EDward Gaming on two maps in a row and secured their place in the final stage of the tournament. The first play-offs opponent for Paper Rex was FUT Esports. F0rsakeN and his teammates won 2-0 (Ascent - 13-10, Pearl - 13-4). In the semifinals of the net winners Paper Rex defeated LOUD in full bo3 series (Lotus - 15-13, Split - 2-13, Pearl - 13-10) and reached the final of the top net of the tournament. Paper Rex defeated Evil Geniuses 2-1 in a tense match (Ascent - 10-13, Bind - 13-9, Pearl - 15-13) to advance to the World Championship Grand Final. But the bo5 match with Evil Geniuses was not successful for Paper Rex. After losing 1-3, the team won the silver medal and was awarded $400,000.

Paper Rex started their performance at AfreecaTV VALORANT LEAGUE in a bad way. The team was placed in Group A where they lost to Sentinels 1-2 in their first match. In the elimination game, the Indonesian team defeated FULL SENSE 2-0 (Haven - 18-16, Sunset - 13-6).

Paper Rex's recent results stats:

• A 2-0 win over FULL SENSE.
• 1-2 loss to Sentinels
• A 13-5 win over Team Pacific.
• 13-3 win over Roster Hunt
• 1:3 loss to Evil Geniuses

DRX - Paper Rex Match History

Since the beginning of this year, the participants of this match have played against each other four times. Three matches were won by Paper Rex, while the Koreans celebrated victory only once. The last time the teams played against each other was at VCT 2023: Masters Tokyo, where Paper Rex defeated DRX 2-1 (Pearl - 15-13, Lotus - 6-13, Bind - 13-11).

Predicted result of the DRX vs Paper Rex match

Paper Rex have outplayed DRX more often in head-to-head meetings this year, so we will base our predictions on that. Let's bet on the victory of Paper Rex.