Sentinels vs EDward Gaming - Valorant Champions 2024: Prediction, where to watch, and more
The Sentinels vs EDward Gaming match on August 17, 2024, will kick off the semi-final round of Valorant Champions 2024. The North American squad defeated DRX to make it here, while EDG had to take down their Chinese brethren Trace Esports to lock at least a top-six finish at the biggest Valorant tournament of the year.
This article covers everything you might want to know about the Sentinels vs EDward Gaming series at Valorant Champions 2024, from live stream details and expected lineups to predictions for the game.
Note: Parts of this article are subjective and reflect the author's opinions.
Everything you need to know about the Sentinels vs EDward Gaming match at Valorant Champions 2024
Prediction
Sentinels and EDward Gaming have a fair bit of overlap in their map pool, with both teams playing Lotus, Bind, Haven, and Sunset with some regularity and preferring to ban Ascent. After consistently banning Icebox for a while, Sentinels left it open against Gen.G in the Group B decider and scored a dominant 13-6 victory.
Considering all this, today's potential map pool is difficult to predict; however, unless there is a wild card Abyss on the cards, there is plenty of VODs available for both squads, and the match should be close.
Coming to win conditions, IGL johnqt's gunplay has been one of the things to look out for in terms of Sentinels' success. There is no doubt that his calling will be on-point, but to win against EDward Gaming, he has to be sufficiently present on the scoreboard as well.
On EDward Gaming's side, all eyes would be on Kangkang. His ability to spearhead the attack side will be crucial to break through Sentinels' considerably strong defensive side.
Based on recent performances, Sentinels has a slight edge in today's match against EDward Gaming at Valorant Champions 2024. It will take some heroics for the Chinese team to topple their opponent's seemingly dominant trophy run.
Head-to-head
This is going to be the first official Sentinels vs EDward Gaming match in Valorant esports history.
Recent results
Sentinel has an L-L-W-W-W streak in their last five games against 100 Thieves, Gen.G, FunPlus Phoenix, Gen.G, and DRX, respectively. Of these, the first game took place in the VCT Americas playoffs stage, while the others were from Champions Seoul.
EDward Gaming has a W-W-L-W-W streak against FunPlus Phoenix FUT Esports, G2 Esports, Paper Rex, and Trace Esports, respectively. The first of these games was the Grand Final of VCT China Stage 2. The remaining games were played in Seoul.
Also read: Valorant Champions 2024: All teams' power rankings
Potential lineups
Sentinels
- Mohamed Amine "johnqt" Ouraid (IGL)
- Tyson "Tenz" Ngo
- Zachary "zekken" Patrone
- Gustavo "Sacy" Rossi
- Jordan "Zellsis" Montemurro
- Adam "kaplan" Kaplan (Head Coach)
EDward Gaming
- Hsein "S1Mon" Mneg-Hsun
- Wan "CHICHOO" Shunzhi
- Wang "nobody" Senxu
- Zheng "ZmjjKK" Yongkang
- Zhang "Smoggy" Zhao
- Tang "Muggle" Shijun (Head Coach)
When and where to watch Sentinels vs EDward Gaming at Valorant Champions 2024
The Sentinels vs EDward Gaming series will be played on stage at the COEX Artium, Seoul on August 17, 2024. Here is a region-wise breakdown of the start times:
- US (West): 1 am PT (August 17, 2024)
- US (East): 4 am ET (August 17, 2024)
- Berlin, Madrid, Paris: 11 am CEST (August 17, 2024)
- India: 1:30 pm IST (August 17, 2024)
- China: 4 pm CST (August 17, 2024)
- Japan and Korea: 5 pm JST/KST (August 17, 2024)
The game will be followed by the Leviatan vs Team Heretics fixture. The winners of these games will face each other in the Upper Final on August 23, 2024.
Here are the links to the English broadcast sites:
- Sentinels vs EDward Gaming on YouTube: Watch here
- Sentinels vs EDward Gaming on Twitch: Watch here
Also, check out the complete Valorant Champions 2024 schedule.
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