XSET and Luminosity will meet in the VCT 2021: North America Stage 3 Challengers Playoffs Upper Bracket Quarterfinals. Both teams do not look like favorites of the championship. However, the latest XSET matches are encouraging. At the same time, Luminosity has already managed to strengthen itself before the start of the tournament, having returned to moose.
XSET Form
The sixth team of the North American rating has not shown an excellent game for a long time. However, at VCT 2021: North America Stage 3 Challengers 1, the team broke through, as a result of which dephh and the company took out everyone in their path, having failed only with the Sentinels in the grand final (before that, by the way, the team beat the rival during the tournament). But even there, XSET fought the leader, having managed to win the Haven starting map.
Recent XSET results:
- Victory over DarkZero Esports with a score of 2: 1.
- Victory over Rise with a score of 2: 1.
- Victory over the Sentinels with a score of 2: 1.
- Victory over 100 Thieves with a score of 2: 1.
- Defeat to the Sentinels with a 1: 3 score.
Best XSET cards:
- Bind - 63% wins.
- Haven - 60% wins.
- Ascent - 59% wins.
- Icebox - 53% wins.
- Split - 52% wins.
- Breeze - 50% wins.
The numbers are not the most rosy; but one must take into account the relatively recent burst of the collective.
Luminosity shape
The eighth team of the North American rankings before the start of the championship resolved personnel issues, having met the return of moose. This guy did not play because of his health, but the team even without the Canadian managed to take third place in the VCT 2021: North America Stage 3 Challengers 2. However, the achievement is not the most significant, given the failure of Luminosity in the qualification for Challengers 1. But even without that the team can fight to avoid becoming a championship failure.
Recent results Luminosity:
- Victory over Cloud9 Blue with a score of 2: 0.
- The victory over the Pioneers with a score of 2: 1.
- Victory over Rise with a score of 2: 0.
- Lost to TSM with a score of 0: 2.
- Defeat from FaZe Clan with a score of 0: 2.
Best Luminosity cards:
- Icebox - 72% wins.
- Haven - 69% wins.
- Split - 58% wins.
- Ascent - 55% wins.
- Bind - 53% wins.
However, it is worth noting that the team is not quite doing well with Breeze.
XSET meeting statistics - Luminosity
During the current season, the teams held four meetings. Interestingly, XSET won exactly three meetings with the same 2: 0 score, while Luminosity can only boast of winning the Nerd Street Gamers Winter Championship (2: 1).
XSET - Luminosity prediction
Despite the similarity of the teams, it is the XSET that should be singled out here, which had an amazing qualification, having managed to slam the Sentinels once. Luminosity, on the other hand, cannot boast of anything interesting, and completely failed the ending of VCT 2021: North America Stage 3 Challengers 2. Therefore, here I propose to bet the XSET team on the victory.
