Team Vitality vs Trace Esports - Valorant Champions 2024: Prediction, where to watch, and more

The second match of Valorant Champions 2024 Group C will take place on August 3. In this fixture, Trace Esports will go up against Team Vitality for the first time ever. The game will be played in Seoul, South Korea.

Champions is the grandest stage for professional Valorant and is backed by Riot Games. During the tournament's run, 16 teams from various regions will fight tooth and night to get the top prize.

This article takes a look at what fans can expect out of the Team Vitality vs Trace Esports match.

Team Vitality vs Trace Esports - Which team will win at Valorant Champions 2024?

Predictions

Both Team Vitality and Trace Esports have had four losses in their last 10 matches. This makes it rather difficult to compare their form.

Team Vitality will try to outplay Trace Esports, but the Chinese squad has many tricks up its sleeves. Regardless, given its history and prowess, Team Vitality will likely end up taking the win. The scoreline is expected to be 2-1.

Head-to-head

Team Vitality has never gone up against Trace Esports before. This is the first time the teams will battle, which is exciting, given that their match will be at the Valorant Champions 2024.

Recent results

As mentioned before, both teams suffered losses towards the end of their respective regional stages.

Team Vitality went up against FNATIC and Team Heretics, losing the former matchup and winning the latter. The team made it to the grand finals but was defeated by FNATIC (3-1). In the semi-finals, the squad defeated Heretics with the same scoreline.

Meanwhile, Trace Esports lost a very close Lower final to FunPlus Pheonix, a mainstay in the Chinese region. The scoreline was 3-2. The team also lost to EDward Gaming 2-0.

Potential lineups

Team Vitality

Jokūbas "ceNder" Labutis (IGL)
Emil "runneR" Trajkovski
Kimmie "Kicks" Laasner
Saif "Sayf" Jibraeel
Nikita "trexx" Cherednichenko
Harry "Gorilla" Mepham (Head Coach)

Trace Esports

Song "FengF" Xuefeng
Ho "HeiB" Shun-hei
Lu "Kai" Zhinan
Zhong "Biank" Jianfei (IGL)
Zhang "LuoK1ng" Zhanpeng
Gu "destroyeR" Jiaming (Head Coach)

When and where to watch Team Vitality vs Trace Esports

Fans can watch the Team Vitality vs Trace Esports match live on the Valorant Champions 2024 YouTube and Twitch channels on August 3, 2024. Here are the timings depending on their region:

US (West): 4 am PT
US (East): 7 am ET
Berlin, Madrid, Paris: 2 pm CEST
India: 4:30 pm IST
China: 7 pm CST
Japan and Korea: 8 pm JST/KST

You can use these links to watch the match:

Team Vitality vs Trace Esports on YouTube: Watch here
Team Vitality vs Trace Esports on Twitch: Watch here

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