The Valorant Champions Tour is in full bloom and for this one we will go to China Stage 2 where on Jul 06 at 09:00 GMT, we will have a most interesting confrontation for Group Omega between Dragon Ranger and Nova Esports. The venue for the event is the VCT CN Arena in Shanghai and the format is single round robin (Bo3). The top six teams after combining the standings of Stage 1 and Stage 2 will make it to the playoffs. The first two go directly, while those in positions from 3 to 6 will play a knockout round.
The most interesting fight of the schedule
Typically, there are 12 teams competing split in two groups Alpha and Omega. Dragon Ranger finished 3rd at Stage 1, while Nova Esports ended 8th. It will be the 5th time they will fight each other, and the score so fare is 3-1 in favor of the Rangers. However, NE have been in form lately having won more than half of their last games, while DRG’s success rate is just 30%. Also to be taken into account is the fact that whenever DRG won the score was 2-0, while the single victory for Nova was with a 2:1 outcome.
Let’s take a look at the lineups:
Dragon Ranger
- Ilya Ushakov/Vo0kashu
- Shao Yi-chun/Nicc (In-game leader)
- Luo Rui/Flex1n
- Lin Ding-yu/SpiritZ1
- Cheng Yu-chun/Cangshu
- Wang Chenxu/Ying
- Fang Bai/Baize
Nova esports
- Mohammad Ali Kobraee/Swerl
- Chen Yijie/OBONE
- Ye Xiadong/o0o0o (In-game leader)
- Wang Qingchuan/CB
- Guang Honglin/GuanG
- Zhao Zejun/Ezei
Valorant does not get as rich prizes as LoL. However, the Rangers have accumulated 17,875 dollars versus the 6.932 of their opponents. Just this fact underlines that DRG are more successful than NE. Based on the condition that they both are at this time, the best they can do is go for one of the positions that lead to the knockout stage.
Update
Since the first matches for both group Alpha and Omega will be held today, there’s no current basis to make a solid deduction on the direction things are going. There is no team that stands out yet. Therefore, it’s 12 teams starting from the same point. And we can only base our final recommendation on head-to-head and past performances.
Bookies say Nova, we disagree
At this time the offers are for a payout of @2.06 if Ranger wins, @1.70 if Nova gets the victory and @3.05 for a Nova win at an Asian Handicap of -1.5. Unfortunately, there is no market available on a correct final score which we believe that it will be 2-1 in favor of either side. In fact, so do the bookmakers, considering that their offer for @1.90 and @1.76 for a third map respectively is lower than the offers for the 1st and 2nd maps.
Watching footage from the latest preparation matches for both sides, we feel that Dragon Ranger is at a slightly better form than Nova esports. Therefore, our final suggestion for this one says that everyone who opens an account at the best betting platform should place a bet on their win. And that bet should include overtime.