Giants Gaming and FUT Esports will face off in the first quarter-final of the VALORANT Champions Tour 2023: EMEA League, where they will play for the right to face Fnatic and still make it to the bottom of the table.
Both teams finished the regular season on similar terms, with five wins and four defeats each. Still, Giants Gaming made a better impression in the end, especially as the face-to-face team was ahead.
To be fair, FUT Esports will have an incredibly tough time in the play-offs, as the Turks have been a pale shadow of themselves in recent weeks. So here I would lean on the Giants Gaming team to win.
Giants Gaming uniforms
The 25th ranked team in Europe had nothing to show in the VALORANT Champions Tour 2023: LOCK//IN São Paulo, where they registered only one win, but failed to cope with NRG in the second round.
Furthermore, Giants Gaming didn't play their best in the group stage of the VALORANT Champions Tour 2023: EMEA League where they lost too many uncontested matches.
Fortunately in the end, the European squad managed to get back into contention to defeat FUT Esports, Team Vitality and Karmine Corp in five rounds, slipping into the play-offs.
Giants Gaming's latest results:
- A 2-0 win over FUT Esports.
- A 1-2 loss to Team Liquid.
- A 0-2 loss to Team Heretics.
- Beat Team Vitality 2-1.
- 2-0 win over Karmine Corp.
Top scorers for Giants Gaming:
- Ascent - 100% wins.
- Lotus - 67% wins.
- Haven - 50% wins.
It is worth recalling that the European squad have been steadily denying maps Fracture.
FUT Esports uniforms
The fifth team in the European rankings in the same VALORANT Champions Tour 2023: LOCK//IN São Paulo played no better, with only one victory over Rex Regum Qeon.
The Turkish side also underperformed in the VALORANT Champions Tour 2023: EMEA League regular season, starting with several defeats.
However, in the end, FUT Esports was able to find themselves and reach a good streak in terms of play, along the way getting very important victories over Karmine Corp and BBL Esports.
Latest results from FUT Esports:
- A 0-2 defeat to Giants Gaming.
- A 0-2 loss to Fnatic.
- A 2-0 win over Karmine Corp.
- Defeat by Natus Vincere 0-2.
- Beat BBL Esports 2-0.
FUT Esports top scorers:
- Pearl - 75% wins.
- Lotus - 71% wins.
- Haven - 60% wins.
- Ascent - 50% wins.
In turn, the Turkish team has not yet played on the Bind and Fracture maps.
Giants Gaming - FUT Esports encounter statistics
The teams have met once during the current season, the group stage of VALORANT Champions Tour 2023: EMEA League victory went to Giants Gaming (2-0).
Giants Gaming vs FUT Esports
Last time the teams played Icebox and Split. In this case, the first of them we will no longer see, and on the second one was quite a close fight.
And yet here I would not make up too much, because the Turkish team does not particularly jump over their heads, and Giants Gaming shows a good and aggressive style.
Therefore, in this case, I would recommend betting on a Giants Gaming win.
