Fnatic vs. LOUD Prediction on August 24, 2023

Match info

In the competition for the top 3 spots in the VALORANT Champions 2023, Fnatic and LOUD will reprise the first round of the UB. The winner advances and progresses to the top 3, while the loser moves down one spot closer to the medals. Whichever team performs better in this VCT series duel will advance to the mini-final of Champions 2023, where it’ll meet the losing of the two sides: Evil Geniuses or Paper Rex.

Fnatic vs. LOUD is stage to take place on Thursday, August 24, at 6 p.m. local time at Kia Forum in Inglewood, California, United States.

Meeting statistics

VALORANT parades are throughout Los Angeles County. At VALORANT Champions 2023, the largest championship in the annals of the competitive shooter from Riot Gamers continues.

In the battle for the championship trophy, four teams remain. However, fewer teams will be there after this match.

The current form of Fnatic

Starting our analysis of the match with Fnatic’s current form. The UK’s team will play in this match as the nominal hosts, and their chances of winning are high. Despite Fnatic going down the bracket following the first round of playoffs, every eSports betting expert still believes in the premier club from Europe. It’s hardly unexpected because Fnatic have continued to demonstrate why they’re one of the top favorites to win the Champions despite a shake-up during the Long Island play-offs.

At VCT 2022: EMEA Stage 1 Challengers, Fnatic placed Top 3, while at VCT 2022: EMEA Stage 2 Challengers, they took first place. Top 4 at VCT 2022: Stage 2 Masters Copenhagen and Top 6 at Champions 2022 weren’t too shabby either. In 2023, all of the aforementioned outcomes multiplied. This season, Fnatic were able to participate in three tournaments, and each of them was a huge success.

Before leaving for LA, Fnatic won VCT 2023: Masters Tokyo. The team started the year with a top-1 finish at VCT 2023: LOCK//IN São Paulo, followed by a top-2 finish at VCT 2023: EMEA League.

ZETA DIVISION of Japan was Fnatic’s first opponent in Champions 2023. The Asian club succumbed with scores of 13-6 and 13-5 after failing to provide Fnatic with anything on two maps. Fnatic then faced off against another side from Asia, this time from China. Bilibili Gaming were unable to withstand Fnatic, who advanced to the VALORANT Champions 2023 play-offs stage with victories of 13-2 on Haven and 13-8 on Lotus.

Fnatic took against the current world champions LOUD in the opening match of the main stage of VALORANT Champions 2023. Fnatic, who were expected to progress, fell 0-2, dropping down in the play-off bracket. Contrary to the second match there, Fnatic defeated FUT Esports with little difficulty in the opening match of the LB. The strongest European team at Champions 2023 fell to the Koreans DRX at Bind with a score of 1-13 (!), but it was able to rally and change the series in their favor.

Maks “kamyk“ Rychlewski was the most recent addition to the lineup. The Pole participated in the VCT 2023: EMEA League with Fnatic, although he’s not a regular roster member.

Fnatic’s most preferred map is Lotus. With 13 games played, they have a 92% victory record.

The current form of LOUD

LOUD’s form is next in our match analysis. The Brazilian club is playing as an underdog in this encounter. Their high positions were tough to forecast prior to the Long Spring Championship, but they’ve already cracked the top 4. The current world champions may still surprise and display top-level VALORANT because hands, as they say, remember.

The 2022 season has seen LOUD perform at the top level. They participated in five championship games last year, winning three of them. The VALORANT Champions 2022 from last year tops the list of title victories, followed by VCT 2022: Brazil Stage 1 Challengers and VCT 2022: Brazil Stage 2 Challengers. This season, LOUD continued to showcase their talent. They began it by placing in the Top 2 at LOCK//IN São Paulo, and they finished it off by triumphing at home in the VCT 2023: Americas League. Prior to Champions 2023, LOUD went to another international gathering. The 2022 World Champions were unsuccessful in winning VCT 2023: Masters Tokyo. When they reached the Top 8 stage of the Tokyo event, EDward Gaming eliminated LOUD from the competition.

The defending champions of the world took against the first team from South Korea, DRX, in the opening game of VALORANT Champions 2023. With a score of 2-1, the suspenseful game finished in favor of the latter. Then, in order to survive, LOUD faced Team Liquid. The Brazilians outperformed their European opponents, winning the series 2-0 (13-2 and 13-8). Following a convincing victory against Liquid, LOUD faced NaVi, another EMEA resident from the region. Although “Born to Win “ put up a valiant fight, they succumbed after three drawn-out maps (13-11 on Pearl, 11-13 on Ascent, and 11-13 on Bind), “sending“ LOUD on to the playoffs.

The match vs Fnatic has thus far been the highlight of Champions 2023. The fact that the defending champions defeated the season’s first challenger in a dry run lends weight to their victory. After defeating Fnatic, LOUD played Paper Rex in the match for the top 3 in the lower bracket’s second round. A defeat forced them to play EDward Gaming in the LB Quarterfinals. Brazilians won by a score of 2-1.

Cauan “cauanzin“ Pereira and Arthur “tuyz“ Vieira are the newcomers in the lineup. Since November of last year, when they took over for Bryan “pANcada“ Luna and Gustavo “Sacy“ Rossi, they’ve represented LOUD on both the regional and international scene.

Split and Ascent are the two maps that LOUD prefer. Both have 11 games, with the former having a 64% win percentage and the latter having a 73% victory rate.

Head-to-head encounters

The teams squared off against one another in VALORANT Champions 2023 at LOCK//IN. The first time, Fnatic prevailed, and the second time, LOUD did.

Match analytics

In the battle for the top 3 of Champions 2023, let us state up front that we don’t anticipate a repeat of the first round of playoffs between these clubs. In our opinion, the “Orange“ won’t permit another 0-2 score and having become used to the lower bracket they’ll be able to annihilate the Brazilians.

So, Fnatic will triumph with the Best of 3 Match Correct Score of 2-0 in our opinion. Thunderpick set odds of 2.60 on this.

Results of the forecast

Forecast failed. Fnatic vs. LOUD 1:2