We continue to break down for you all the matches at the first qualifiers of this year's VCT 2025: Americas Kickoff. Today we will talk about the top grid, where G2 Esports vs Sentinels will meet in the first match of the finals for the first slot in the grand finals. The match promises to be an interesting one, according to

Current form of the teams

G2 Esports

G2 Esports is an interesting phenomenon among professional teams. Although in the past they played on the dash-2 stage, now they have enough experience and skills to beat the best teams in their region, which they showed at this tournament. Now the team is in the finals of the time net, and all their matches at the current event ended easily with a score of 2-0. In addition, the last Spotlight Series Americas 2024 event ended in an easy win for the team.

In the last five meetings the team has 3 wins over, Cloud9, Leviatan, Fnatic. In turn, two losses came in matches against Cloud9 and T1. Despite such progress during the tournament, now it is difficult to call the team a favorite in this match, because their opponents are also not easy.

Sentinels

Sentinels in their turn for the last month before the start of qualifications took part only in SOOP VALORANT League 2024. But the result was weak to say the least and as a result the team took the 5th-6th place. In the last five matches the team won three times, beating LOUD, 100 Thieves and Gen.G, but lost to Gen.G and Made in Thailand.

The Sentinels are also a rather controversial team that has been considered one of the best in the past. After saying goodbye to two key players, the team is kind of weakened, but at the same time is now on a steady path to the top net having already defeated two opponents.

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Expected bans:

• Sentinels are likely to get banned by Split

• G2 Esports will probably take out Pearl.

Expected picks:

• Sentinels will likely pick Haven.

• G2 Esports, may take Fracture or Lotus.

Head-to-head meetings between the teams

In the last six months, the teams have only met once in VCT 24: Americas Stage 2. Then the winner was G2 with a score of 2-0.

Match Prediction

It is quite difficult to predict the outcome of this match, as both teams are almost equal. Stable good performance make them the favorites of the tournament, but still on the personal game, as well as statistics of meetings more confident look G2, which is likely to be the winner in this match, although not without problems.

Match outcome: G2 Esports win with a score of 2-1.

The VCT 2025: Americas Kickoff tournament will take place from June 16 through November 8 in LAN format at the Riot Games Arena in Los Angeles. Twenty-five VCT partner teams are competing for two Masters Bangkok invitations and the all-important Americas Points needed to qualify for the World Championship.