Team Vitality vs FUT Esports - VCT EMEA 2024 Stage 1: Predictions, where to watch, and more

Team Vitality vs FUT Esports is a Group Stage match in VCT EMEA 2024 Stage 1. The 11 franchise teams will give their all in the Group Stage, which will be followed by the Playoffs to try and qualify for VCT Masters Shanghai. This event will feature 12 teams from the four franchise leagues, so each region will get three spots for Shanghai.

Day 7 started with a match between EMEA Goliaths Fnatic and newcomers Gentle Mates. As predicted, Fnatic made quick work of their opposition, taking down Gentle Mates by 2-0 in the Bo3 (Best-of-three) series. The second series between NAVI and Karmine Corp was quite close as both teams pushed each other to the final map. NAVI defied expectations and defeated the current EMEA champions in a dominating fashion by 2-1.

Note: Parts of this article are based on the author's opinion.

Team Vitality vs FUT Esports - Which team will win this match at VCT EMEA 2024 Stage 1?

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Predictions

Team Vitality's new roster has been a decent change for the most part. They had a good run at the Kickoff event and have even got a win in Stage 1. With a good mix of experienced pros and rookies, they can be considered one of the region's dark horses.

On the other hand, FUT Esports' journey has been amazing to witness. While the team had an early elimination at Kickoff and did not make it to VCT Masters Madrid, they have improved quite a lot for Stage 1. FUT has already secured two wins at this event against strong teams like Team Liquid and Karmine Corp.

This match of Team Vitality vs FUT Esports heavily favors the latter as their performance has recently been much better in comparison. However, Team Vitality definitely has potential and could make things difficult for FUT.

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Head-to-head

These teams have faced each other several times before. The most recent was during the OFF//SEASON VCT event, Convergence, where FUT Esports won the Bo5 (Best-of-five) by 1-3.

Recent results

Team Vitality's most recent match was against Team Heretics in the VCT EMEA 2024 Stage 1 where they won the Bo3 series by 2-1.

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FUT Esports' most recent match was against Karmine Corp in the same event where they won their Bo3 series by 2-1 as well.

Potential Lineups

Team Vitality

Jokūbas "ceNder" Labutis (IGL)
Nikita "trexx" Chrerednichenko
Kimmie "Kicks" Leasner
Emil "runneR" Trajkovski
Saif "Sayf" Jibraeel
Salah "Salah" Barakat (Head Coach)

FUT Esports

Furkan "Mr.FaliN" Yeğen (IGL)
Mehmet Yagiz "cNed" ipek
Eray "yetujey" Budak
Dogukan "qRaxs" Balaban
Ata "AtaKaptan" Tan
Eray "Gais" Sarikaya (Coach)

When and where to watch Team Vitality vs FUT Esports

Fans can watch the match on the official VCT EMEA YouTube and Twitch channels. The series will take place on April 18, 2024, at 10 am PDT/7 pm CET/10:30 pm IST/2 am JST (next day).

Here are the links:

Team Vitality vs FUT Esports on Twitch: Watch here
Team Vitality vs FUT Esports on YouTube: Watch here

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