Прогноз на матч: The Guard - Sentinels | VALORANT

The Guard and the Sentinels will meet in the final quarter-finals of VCT 2022: North America Stage 1 Challengers. Perhaps, the hottest match awaits us, since both teams are among the favorites. And yet The Guard looks much more confident than Sentinels, which seems to have lost its dominance in the region.

The Guard Uniform

The sixth team in the North American ranking performed well in the group stage of VCT 2022: North America Stage 1 Challengers, losing only to Cloud9. Yes, and there the team managed to compete, once again imposing their game. Therefore, it would be foolish to think that The Guard will suddenly lose to a team that is experiencing great difficulties with self-control.

Latest The Guard results:

• Victory over Luminosity Gaming with a score of 2:0.
• Victory over 100 Thieves with a score of 2:1.
• Victory over XSET with a score of 2:1.
• Victory over Evil Geniuses with a score of 2:0.
• Defeated by Cloud9 with a score of 1:2.

Best The Guard maps:

• Fracture - 100% win rate.
• Icebox - 85% of wins.
• Haven - 81% win rate
• Ascent - 69% of wins.
• Bind - 63% of wins.
• Split - 50% of wins.

At the same time, the team does not play on the Breeze map.

Sentinel form

The fifth team in the North American ranking continues to slide downhill, showing a nondescript game. Nevertheless, the team managed to reach the playoffs of VCT 2022: North America Stage 1 Challengers, having barely coped with the outsiders. In this regard, I do not believe that the Sentinels will suddenly rebuild and start to break - the team overestimates itself too much.

Latest Sentinels results:

• Victory over NRG with a score of 2:1.
• Victory over the Knights with a score of 2:1.
• Lost to OpTic Gaming with a score of 1:2.
• Victory over Rise with a score of 2:1.
• Defeated by Version1 with a score of 0:2.

Best Sentinels cards:

• Haven - 77% win rate
• Fracture - 75% of wins.
• Split - 74% of wins.
• Bind - 72% of wins.
• Icebox - 70% of wins.
• Ascent - 69% of wins.
• Breeze - 67% of wins.

I note that in recent matches the team refused the Split card.

Match statistics The Guard — Sentinels

The teams have not met before.

Prediction for the match The Guard — Sentinels

Despite the loud sign, I have some doubts that the teams will show an equal game. Still, the Sentinels are not the best team in their region right now, while The Guard is actively improving and showing a stylish game. Therefore, here I would recommend betting on the victory of The Guard.