Mandatory and Team RA'AD will meet in the VALORANT Challengers Ascension 2023: EMEA Play-In. The Egyptians have yet to play S2G Esports here, but it could be all decided there.
In turn, the French team can fight for the play-offs because the Mandatory squad is definitely worthy of respect. And the season has shown that the guys are quite good.
In general, I'm skeptical about Team RA'AD, which by some miracle reached the second stage of the championship. So here I would lean on Team Mandatory to win.
Mandatory's form
The nineteenth team of the world ranking took the second place in the VALORANT Challengers 2023 France: Revolution Split 1, although they showed a good game.
Then the French team took silver at the end of the VALORANT Challengers 2023 France: Revolution Split 2, where they looked like favourites again, but it didn't work out.
As for their performance in the group stage of VALORANT Challengers Ascension 2023: EMEA Play-In, here Mandatory managed to outplay Enterprise Esports, but also Ledgeila Team Queso.
Mandatory's latest results:
- A 13-4 win over Gentle Mates.
- A 3-1 win over ZERANCE.
- 2-3 defeat to Gentle Mates.
- Defeat to Team Queso 6-13.
- A 13-8 win over Enterprise Esports.
Top scorers Mandatory:
- Pearl - 88% wins.
- Lotus - 88% wins.
- Bind - 60% wins.
- Split - 60% wins.
- Haven - 55% wins.
It should be said that the French team is steadily giving up Ascent.
Team RA'AD uniforms
The first team of the Middle Eastern ranking won the first and second splits of the VALORANT Challengers 2023 MENA: Resilience - Levant and North Africa.
However, the Egyptian squad went on to finish second in the VALORANT Challengers 2023 MENA: Resilience - LAN Finals, thereby failing to qualify directly for Ascension.
As for their performance in the group stage of VALORANT Challengers Ascension 2023: EMEA Play-In, Team RA'AD got a surprise victory over FOKUS but then decided to lose to GMT Esports.
Team RA'AD's latest results:
- A 1-2 defeat to Team Falcons.
- A 3-0 win over NASR Esports.
- Defeat to Team Falcons 2-3.
- 15-13 victory over FOKUS.
- Defeat by GMT Esports 11-13.
Top scores for Team RA'AD:
- Haven - 88% wins.
- Ascent - 78% wins.
- Fracture - 75% wins.
- Lotus - 56% wins.
- Pearl - 56% wins.
In turn, the Egyptian team does not appear on the Bind map.
Mandatory - Team RA'AD encounter statistics
The teams have not met before.
Mandatory - Team RA'AD match prediction
I don't think there's any point in reinventing the wheel, as the French squad looks to be the better side of The International as a whole. Clearly, anything can happen in BO1, but in the group Team RA'AD didn't surprise anything, if we forget about the victory over FOKUS.
In general, I don't give much credit to the Egyptian team, which still lacks variation. Therefore in this case I would recommend to bet on the victory of Team Mandatory.
