Team Falcons and Case Esports will meet in the group stage of VALORANT Challengers Ascension 2023: EMEA, where they will clearly play for the right to be last in their group.
To be fair, the Spanish squad have failed at the Long Championship, having already suffered two defeats. In turn, Team Falcons have lost just once, but have only played one match.
All in all, the battle between the outsiders promises to be a heated battle, especially with the odds looking in the direction of Case Esports. So here I'd rather take my chances and settle on a card from Team Falcons.
Team Falcons uniforms.
Team Falcons won the VALORANT Challengers 2023 MENA: Resilience Split 2 - GCC and Iraq and the VALORANT Challengers 2023 MENA: Resilience - LAN Finals, for which they are here.
Team Falcons also recently participated in the Saudi eLeague 2023: Season 1, but decided not to finish the championship after two solid wins in the group stage.
As for Long Song in the VALORANT Challengers Ascension 2023: EMEA, the Saudi team failed to beat Gentle Mates but managed to get a day off in Berlin.
Team Falcons' latest results:
- A 3-2 win over Team RA'AD.
- A 2-0 win over Twisted Minds.
- 2-0 win over The Ultimates.
- Technical defeat for RevSol Esports.
- 0-2 defeat by Gentle Mates.
Team Falcons top scorers:
- Ascent - 88% wins.
- Lotus - 83% wins.
- Fracture - 75% wins.
- Split - 60% wins.
- Haven - 58% wins.
It is worth noting that the Saudi team has been steadily abandoning the maps Bind.
Case Esports form
The sixteenth-ranked team in Europe won the VALORANT Challengers 2023 Spain: Rising Split 1 at the beginning of the season and they played well locally.
Despite winning silver at Surfshark Valorant Challenge #2, Case Esports also won VALORANT Challengers 2023 Spain: Rising Split 2, for which they qualified for Ascension.
However, at the Long Conger of the group stage of VALORANT Challengers Ascension 2023: EMEA, the Spanish team completely fell apart as they had already lost to Acend and Gentle Mates, almost forgetting about the play-offs.
Case Esports' latest results:
- A 5-13 defeat to Rebels Gaming.
- A 3-1 win over ZETA Gaming.
- A 3-2 win over Team Queso.
- 0-2 defeat to Apeks.
- 0-2 defeat by Gentle Mates.
Case Esports top scorers:
- Bind - 100% wins.
- Fracture - 86% wins.
- Ascent - 81% wins.
- Lotus - 50% wins.
In turn, the Spanish team has not been shown on the Pearl map for a long time.
Team Falcons - Case Esports encounter statistics
The teams have not met before.
Prediction for the match Team Falcons - Case Esports
In general, The International it is interesting to see what the Spaniards will do in a situation where they are regarded as clear favorites. However, with such odds and a faded Long Soppeg, I don't know.
It's clear that Team Falcons are by no means the strongest team. But the squad can clearly try here, especially since their opponent has almost no chance of making the play-offs.
Therefore, in this case, I would recommend taking a risk and bet on the Forum (+1.5) for Team Falcons.
