ACEND vs Gambit Esports

Acend and Gambit will meet in the quarterfinals. Most likely the opponent will suffer from the strength of Gambit in the last EMEA Challengers. However, it is too early to talk about it as the statistics of both teams are quite good.

Acend is the third team of the European Ranking, which has managed to prove itself in the playoffs, falling only in the top 8. For two months the team worked hard to advance to Red Bull Home Ground #2 and broke the group stage. In the end, three solid wins enabled the Acend squad to get the viewers’ sympathy, as well as getting a high seed in the playoffs.

The results of the most recent matches are as follows:

Defeated UCAM Esports Club by a score of 2-0;
defeated Team Finest with a score of 3-0;
defeated Natus Vincere with a score of 13:8;
defeated Team BDS 13:4;
defeated TENSTAR 13:9.

Among the best Acend cards are Fracture – 100% wins, Breeze – 86% wins, Bind – 84% wins, Ascent – 80% wins, Icebox – 78% wins and Haven – 67% wins.

Gambit is the first European ranked team to win the VCT 2021: Stage 3 Masters – Berlin. After that, it disappeared for several months. The guys promised to come back stronger, but they lost to LDN UTD already in the group stage. Good thing that at least the team coped with other weak opponents.

The results of the last matches of the team Gambit are as follows:

beat G2 Esports 2-0;
defeated Team Envy 3-0;
Ninjas in Pyjamas, 13-8;
lost to LDN UTD 8-13;
defeated SuperMassive Blaze 15-13.

Some of the best cards included Ascent with 90% wins, Bind with 80% wins, Icebox with 78% wins, Split with 74% wins, Haven with 67% wins, Breeze with 67% wins and Fracture with 50% wins. As part of Season 9, the teams played a pair of meetings:

Team Acend won the VCT 2021: EMEA Stage 3 Challengers Playoffs by a score of 1-2;
Gambit won the VCT 2021: EMEA Stage 3 Challengers Playoffs 3-1.

The Russian team is not in the same shape as it was in Germany, the Europeans on fire showed quite an interesting game. There are doubts that Acend will finish the game quickly, so it is worth betting on a +1.5 head start for the Gambit squad.