Sentinels vs Gen.G - Valorant Champions 2024: Prediction, where to watch, and more

Sentinels vs Gen.G is the opening match of this season's final official international event, Valorant Champions 2024. Coming into this event, Sentinels are the number-four seed from Americas, who barely qualified because of their championship points. Meanwhile, Gen.G is the number-one seed from Pacific as they could win the regional Stage 2 event.

Valorant Champions 2024 will take place in Seoul, South Korea, and will see 16 teams from the four franchise leagues. Teams will first go through the Group Stage and then the Playoffs, wherein both will be conducted in a double-elimination format.

Note: Some aspects of this article are subjective and solely reflect the writer's opinions

Sentinels vs Gen.G - Which team will open with a win at Valorant Champions 2024?

Predictions

Sentinels have had massive success for the majority of this season. They started off quite strong by winning the Kickoff event and went on to dominate everyone to earn the Masters Madrid trophy. However, their performance has been rather inconsistent since then, as they've struggled to get wins on board. The team barely qualified for Stage 2's Playoffs and Valorant Champions 2024.

Gen.G is currently the best Valorant team in the world right now. They've secured a minimum top-three finish at every event they've been a part of. This also includes their Masters Shanghai win, which brought the first international trophy to a Pacific team.

This match of Sentinels vs Gen.G favors the latter as they have shown a lot more consistency throughout this season. However, Sentinels are not very far behind and can definitely turn things around in their favor.

Head-to-head

These two teams have faced each other multiple times before. This includes their two matchups during this season's VCT Masters Madrid wherein the Upper Finals Bo3 (Best-of-three) was a 2-1 win for Gen.G, while the Bo5 (Best-of-five) Grand Finals was a 3-2 win for Sentinels.

Recent results

Sentinels' most recent match was against 100 Thieves in VCT Americas Stage 2, where they lost the Bo3 series by 0-2.

Gen.G's most recent match was against DRX in VCT Pacific Stage 2's Grand Finals, where they won the Bo5 series by 3-1.

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)

Gen.G

Byeong "Munchkin" Sang-beom
Kim "t3xture" Na-ra
Kim "Meteor" Tae-O
Kim "Lakia" Jong-Min
Kim "Karon" Won-tae
Kang "solo" Geun-Chul (Head Coach)

When and where to watch Sentinels vs Gen.G

Fans can watch this match on the official YouTube and Twitch channels of Valorant. It will take place on August 1, 2024, at 1 am PT/ 10 am CEST / 1:30 pm IST / 5 pm KST.

Here are the links:

Sentinels vs Gen.G on YouTube: Watch here
Sentinels vs Gen.G on Twitch: Watch here

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