KRU Esports vs Evil Geniuses - VCT 2024 Americas Stage 1: Prediction, livestream details, and more

The KRU Esports vs Evil Geniuses match at VCT 2024 Americas Stage 1 taking place on April 21, 2024, will be the first game of Week 3 Day 2. With the tournament heading towards the playoffs, teams will be trying to gather as many wins as possible. The top three teams from each group will make it to the playoffs, and with zero wins under their belt, this is an extremely crucial match for Evil Geniuses to win.

The result of the KRU vs Evil Geniuses matchup at VCT 2024 Americas has the potential to push one team forward towards their goal of making it to Masters Shanghai and potentially collecting three VCT Championship Points. With that said, let us look at how the squads are gearing up for today's game.

Disclaimer: Some parts of this article are subjective and reflect the author's opinions.

Everything you need to know about KRU Esports vs Evil Geniuses at VCT 2024 Americas Stage 1

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Prediction

This is the second KRU Esports vs Evil Geniuses encounter in history. Coming off two consecutive victories, the Chilean team would be looking to continue their reign of dominance as they are. EG, on the other hand, is somewhat desperate for a win. If they fails to convert today's series into a victory, the squad's future in VCT 2024 Americas Stage 1 looks quite bleak.

The heat and keznit duo is expected to continue putting up significant numbers for KRU esports. jawgemo too must find his groove from last year quickly if the squad is to return to its glory days.

Given the teams' performance over the last couple of weeks, today's KRU Esports vs Evil Geniuses match is more likely to end with the KRU squad's victory.

Recent results

KRU Esports has a L-L-L-W-W streak against FURIA, G2 Esports (twice), FURIA, and MIBR in VCT 2024. Fortunately, the addition of heat to the lineup seems to have worked wonders for them, as they have won both their games in Stage 1.

Evil Geniuses, on the other hand, have a W-W-L-L-L streak against Paper Rex (last year), G2 Esports, LOUD, G2 Esports, and Cloud9, respectively.

Head-to-head

KRU Esports and Evil Geniuses have only played one game in VCT history. This was at Week 3 of Americas League in 2023, where Evil Geniuses took the series 2-1.

Potential lineups

KRU Esports

Fabian "Shyy" Usnayo
Angelo "keznit" Mori
Olavo "heat" Marcelo
Nicolas "Klaus" Ferrari (IGL)
Marco "Melser" Amaro
Jorge "Atom" Sierro (Coach)

Evil Geniuses

Vincent "Apoth" Le
Alexander "jawgemo" Mor
Derrek "Derrek" Ha
Nicholas "NaturE" Harrison (IGL)
Phat "supamen" Le
Christine "potter" Chi (Coach)

Where to watch KRU Esports vs Evil Geniuses

The match will take place on April 21, 2024. Here are the region-based local start times for the VCT 2024 Americas Stage 1 KRU Esports vs Evil Geniuses matchup:

US (West): 2 pm PT (April 21, 2024)
US (East): 5 pm ET (April 21, 2024)
Berlin, Madrid, Paris: 11 pm CET (April 21, 2024)
India: 2:30 am IST (April 22, 2024)
Japan and Korea: 6 am KST (April 22, 2024)

You can visit the following websites to watch the match:

Twitch: Watch here
YouTube: Watch here

Many content creators and streamers will also be hosting watch parties during the match. These tend to provide additional banter and commentary, so you can tune into them if that interests you.

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