Paper Rex vs. KRÜ Esports Prediction on August 9, 2023

Match info

The VALORANT Champions 2023, the year’s main VALORANT event, is set to start. The first game in Group A has KRÜ Esports from Latin America taking against the Singaporean club Paper Rex. The match’s format is best-of-3, and it will begin on Wednesday, August 9, at 12 p.m. local time at Shrine Expo Hall in Los Angeles, California, USA.

Meeting statistics

Which of the two contestants in question will win the first-round duel of the competition? Let’s dig deeper. You can read about how the competitors in this match are doing right now, how they fared in their previous official competitions, and how this battle will conclude in this betting thread. For this, we’ll enlist the aid of UK eSports betting sites’ odds.

The current form of Paper Rex

Paper Rex, a Singaporean organization, has produced some respectable work despite not being actively involved on the scene since the beginning of the current year. First, Jason “f0rsakeN“ Susanto and his fellow colleagues competed in VCT 2023: LOCK//IN São Paulo, placing 17th to 32nd overall and winning a $5,000 consolation prize. Following an underwhelming Long Cognega, the team participated in the $250,000 Pacific League of the VALORANT Champions Tour 2023.

In the VCT 2023: Pacific League championship game against DRX, Paper Rex gave a standout effort and won. The Singaporeans started out 0-2 down before winning 3 straight maps. Paper Rex received $100,000 in prize money in addition to spots in VCT 2023: Masters Tokyo and VALORANT Champions 2023 for winning.

The VALORANT Champions Tour 2023: Masters Tokyo was Paper Rex’s final competitive event thus far. The Singaporean club received a straight invitation to the playoffs with a victory in the Pacific League. As a result, the squad avoided the group stage and advanced directly to the top-flight quarterfinals. The well-known DRX was their first opponent, and Paper Rex won 2-0 (Split: 13-10; Bind: 13-10). Paper Rex and Fnatic played two consecutive maps in the semifinals before Paper Rex lost and went to the lower bracket. A tough battle with the Chinese from EDward Gaming served as the Singaporeans’ introduction to the quarterfinals. The team advanced to the lower bracket semifinals by prevailing 2-1 (Fracture: 14-12, Split: 9-13, Lotus: 13-8). Then, f0rsakeN & Co. prevailed 2-1 (Pearl: 15-13, Lotus: 13-6, and Bind: 13-11) over the American team NRG and moved to the LB final. There it was Paper Rex or Evil Geniuses. After a full bo5 set, Singaporeans lost. They earned $125,000 in prize money for finishing 3rd in Tokyo.

The current form of KRÜ Esports

The Long Cognega gaming year for KRÜ Esports began with their participation in VCT 2023: LOCK//IN São Paulo, where they had a very bad showing. The players received a $5,000 consolation award despite the fact that placing between 17th and 32nd is hardly a respectable showing. The VALORANT Champions Tour 2023: Americas League, a regional competition for teams from the Americas region, was the next event in which KRÜ Esports participated. Of all the participants, Marco “Melser“ Amaro and his fellow colleagues gave the worst performance. The team’s group stage campaign came to a 0-9 conclusion for them. As a result, the Latin American squad finished in last place.

KRÜ Esports continued to play in the VALORANT Champions Tour 2023: Americas Last Chance Qualifier, the last shot for teams from the Americas region to earn a spot for the VALORANT World Championships, after missing their chance to qualify for the Tokyo tournament. They defeated sides like MIBR, FURIA Esports, Leviatan, and Cloud9 to advance all the way to the qualification finals’ upper bracket. The Latin American club faced Leviatan once more in the last qualification game. They won the match 3-1 (Split: 13-5, Pearl: 8-13, Ascent: 13-6, and Lotus: 13-10) to become the ultimate winners. KRÜ Esports thus claimed the qualification tournament, earning a spot in the VALORANT Champions 2023.

Head-to-head encounters

The opponents in this match have never faced off against one another before because of the disparity in geographic location and skill level.

Match analytics

While KRÜ Esports have performed miserably in their region and have only partially recovered in qualifying, Paper Rex boast impressive accomplishments this year and are confident in their ability to compete against elite opposition.

We’re rather certain that you should wager on Paper Rex on the Thunderpick’s market of the Best of 3 Correct Match Score 2-0.

Results of the forecast

Successful forecast. Paper Rex vs. KRÜ Esports 2:0