Team Vitality and Natus Vincere will meet in the sixth round of the VALORANT Champions Tour 2023: EMEA League regular season. These matches are usually played for six points, although in this case Born to Win are higher in the table.
As for Team Vitality, the team has clearly slowed down, especially after such a strong Long Sogneg. And otherwise, there's no reason to believe that the Europeans can compete with them.
Therefore, here I would lean on the victory of Team Natus Vincere, which found its game and is definitely ready to consolidate on the second line in the standings.
Team Vitality's form
The third team in the European rankings actually fell at the VALORANT Champions Tour 2023: LOCK//IN São Paulo where they got a tough win against Global Esports and then failed to cope with Leviatán Esports.
As for Long Ship in the group stage of the VALORANT Champions Tour 2023: EMEA League, the European side has managed to beat Team Liquid and KOI.
Immediately after that, Team Vitality started having problems, resulting in defeats to BBL Esports and FUT Esports. All in all, if a team can't handle such opponents, then things are bad.
Team Vitality's latest results:
- A 2-1 win over Team Liquid.
- A 2-0 win over KOI.
- A 0-2 loss to FUT Esports.
- Beat Karmine Corp 2-0.
- Defeat by BBL Esports 0-2.
Best Team Vitality scores:
- Split - 100% wins.
- Ascent - 67% wins.
- Lotus - 67% wins.
- Fracture - 57% wins.
Let's not forget that the European squad is not shown on the Icebox map.
Natus Vincere uniforms
The second team in the European ranking reached the semifinals of the same recent VALORANT Champions Tour 2023: LOCK//IN São Paulo, where it lost to Fnatic without a chance.
The squad was also unsuccessful in the group stage of the VALORANT Champions Tour 2023: EMEA League, as they lost to KOI in the first round.
Fortunately, the Natus Vincere were able to keep their wits about them and won four games in a row, climbing the standings in no time.
The latest results from Natus Vincere:
- A 0-2 loss to KOI.
- A 2-1 victory over Giants Gaming.
- Beat BBL Esports 2-0.
- Beat Team Heretics 2-1.
- Beat Karmine Corp 2-0.
Top scores for Natus Vincere:
- Pearl - 100% wins.
- Split - 100% wins.
- Ascent - 86% wins.
- Fracture - 80% wins.
In turn, Born to Win is not shown on the Haven map.
Team Vitality - Natus Vincere encounter statistics
Last season, the teams met once - at the G-Loot VALORANT Clash - Grand Finals, the victory went to Natus Vincere (2-0).
Team Vitality vs Natus Vincere
Despite the small sample, Natus Vincere seems to be the undisputed favorite of the meeting. And the rival has noticeably complicated their life with defeats from the Turkish teams. In general, Team Vitality are a little too early with their aggression. So in this case I would recommend to bet on Natus Vincere to win.
