Gentle Mates and FOKUS will meet on day three of the VALORANT Challengers Ascension 2023: EMEA group stage. So far, the French have surprised with their performance as they are 90% closer to reaching the play-offs.
FOKUS, on the other hand, although they managed to strain Apeks the day before, but so far the team does not look like a contender. What's more, the Danish-British team is clearly losing this match to the French, who clearly intend to take a third win.
All in all, given the even odds, the French team should take the opportunity. And there's not much information on FOKUS so far, apart from their inability to keep up the tempo. So here I would lean on the Gentle Mates team to win.
Form Gentle Mates
The seventh team in the European rankings won the VALORANT Challengers 2023 France: Revolution Split 1 with a solid performance from start to finish.
The French side have also recently clinched the VALORANT Challengers 2023 France: Revolution Split 2 title, yet again edging out their arch-rivals in the region.
What's more, Gentle Mates confidently qualified for the group stage of the VALORANT Challengers Ascension 2023: EMEA, where they crushed Team Falcons and Case Esports.
Latest Gentle Mates results:
- Defeat to Mandatory by a score of 4-13.
- 3-1 win over WYLDE.
- 3-2 win over Mandatory.
- 2-0 win over Team Falcons.
- Beat Case Esports 2-0.
Gentle Mates top scorers:
- Haven - 100% wins.
- Fracture - 100% wins.
- Split - 88% wins.
- Ascent - 70% wins.
- Lotus - 60% wins.
It's worth noting that the French team usually doesn't appear on the Pearl map.
FOKUS Form
The twelfth team in the European rankings finished second in both splits of VALORANT Challengers Northern Europe 2023: Polaris, both times ahead of Apeks.
The Danish-British team managed to make a run at the VALORANT Challengers Ascension 2023: EMEA Play-In where, though they lost to Team RA'AD, they still managed to qualify for the main part of the championship.
However, the day before FOKUS were unsuccessful in the group stage of VALORANT Challengers Ascension 2023 as they suffered another defeat at the hands of Apeks.
FOKUS latest results:
- Defeat to Team RA'AD by a score of 13-15.
- A 13-7 win over GMT Esports.
- 2-0 win over GTZ Esports.
- 3-1 victory over S2G Esports.
- 1-2 defeat of Apeks.
FOKUS top scores:
- Bind - 100% wins.
- Fracture - 90% wins.
- Split - 75% wins.
- Haven - 56% wins.
In turn, the Danish-British team usually avoids appearing on the Ascent map.
Gentle Mates - FOKUS encounter statistics
The teams have not met before.
Forecast for the match Gentle Mates - FOKUS
Given such a brisk Long Corner, it makes no sense to bet against the French squad. And Gentle Mates boasts a solid game that clearly deserves to be in the play-offs.
In turn, FOKUS noticeably lack diversity in the selection, and in Berlin, the team managed to play enough matches to give the opponents information about themselves.
Therefore, in this case, I would recommend betting on a Gentle Mates win.
