G2 Gozen and Ninjas in Pyjamas Lightning will meet in the next round of the group stage of VCT 2023: Game Changers EMEA Series 2. So far, the Samurai remain among the leaders, but the last two games have clearly taken a toll.
In turn, Ninjas in Pyjamas Lightning continues to hang around at the bottom, losing match after match. Moreover, the Ninjas in Pyjamas Lightning's play doesn't really count towards the championship level, so there's not much to catch.
In general, I would not reinvent the wheel, as Ninjas in Pyjamas Lightning is a frankly dead team. So here I'd settle for a win for the G2 Gozen team.
G2 Gozen uniforms
The first team of the women's ranking was the champion of last year's VALORANT Champions Tour 2022: Game Changers Championship, clearly showing the difference to the competitors.
Already at the Long Cognega of the new season, the European team won the VCT 2023: Game Changers EMEA Series 1, during which they suffered only two defeats, strangely enough, against BBL Queens.
But if G2 Gozen managed to get three wins at the Long Stage of the group stage of VCT 2023: Game Changers EMEA Series 2, then the team even defeated KPI Shine and Alliance.Coven, noticeably losing momentum.
G2 Gozen's latest results:
- A 2-1 win over Anonymo Female.
- A 2-1 win over Odd 1 OUT.
- A 2-1 win over NAVI Celestials.
- Defeat by KPI Shine with the score 1:2.
- Defeat by Alliance.Coven with the score 0:2.
Best G2 Gozen:
- Haven - 100% wins.
- Bind - 80% wins.
- Ascent - 78% wins.
- Split - 67% wins.
- Pearl - 60% wins.
- Lotus - 60% wins.
- Fracture - 50% wins.
It is worth noting that G2 Gozen team usually refuses to use Fracture.
Ninjas in Pyjamas Lightning uniforms
The 32nd team in the women's rankings had a mixed performance in the same VCT 2023: Game Changers EMEA Series 1, where they came close to making it to the play-offs but fell short of the wildcard.
At the same time, Ninjas in Pyjamas Lightning had an extremely disappointing run in the group stage of VCT 2023: Game Changers EMEA Series 2, where they instantly lost two games.
Moreover, the European squad continued to make mistakes further, suffering successive defeats to Karmine Corp GC, Odd 1 OUT and KPI Shine, showing a boring and inconclusive game.
Ninjas in Pyjamas Lightning's latest results:
- A 0-2 loss to NAVI Celestials.
- A 0-2 loss to Alliance.Coven.
- A 1:2 loss to Karmine Corp GC.
- Defeat by Odd 1 OUT with the score 0:2.
- Defeat by KPI Shine with the score 0:2.
Best maps Ninjas in Pyjamas Lightning:
- Pearl - 100% wins.
- Bind - 67% wins.
- Split - 67% wins.
In turn, the team Ninjas in Pyjamas Lightning is rarely shown on the map Fracture.
Statistics of meetings between G2 Gozen and Ninjas in Pyjamas Lightning.
The teams have not met before.
Prediction for the match G2 Gozen - Ninjas in Pyjamas Lightning
Obviously, the main The International rig is how much Ninjas in Pyjamas Lightning will take the cards. Given Samurai's general problems, this outcome is entirely possible.
All in all, it's clear to everyone that G2 Gozen will pick up this encounter and even out their position a bit. But the question of whether Ninjas in Pyjamas Lightning will be able to compete with it is one I can't answer.
Therefore, in this case I would recommend to bet on the victory of the G2 Gozen team.
