KOI vs Team Liquid Preview and Predictions – VCT 2023 EMEA League

The KOI vs Team Liquid matchup will begin the final day of the EMEA League’s Regular Season

This is strictly going to be a seeding opportunity for Team Liquid, as they have already confirmed a Playoffs spot, while KOI won’t be making it to the next stage due to a disappointing 2-6 run in the Regular Season. Two former Gambit teammates, Redgar and sheydos will have a face-off on this first-ever encounter between these two rosters, and it is clear that one of them has found a much better team for himself.

KOI

Even though KOI finally ended their 6-match losing streak last week against Team Heretics, the dream of going to the Playoffs is already out of their reach. World-class names like koldamenta and sheydos couldn’t do much for the roster, with the team facing many obstacles at this event. Therefore, a significant change in strategy or lineup will likely be the move for the roster going forward.

Players

Patryk “starxo” Kopczynski

• Role: Initiator/Controller
• VLR Rating: 1.05
• Average Combat Score: 201.8
• Kill-Death Ratio: 1.06
• Kill/Assist/Trade/Survive: 72%
• Average Damage per Round: 127.5

Jose Luis “koldamenta” Aranguren

• Role: Controller/Initiator
• VLR Rating: 0.93
• Average Combat Score: 174.3
• Kill-Death Ratio: 0.86
• Kill/Assist/Trade/Survive: 72%
• Average Damage per Round: 113.6

Berkant “Wolfen” Joshkun

• Role: Flex
• VLR Rating: 1.04
• Average Combat Score: 221.9
• Kill-Death Ratio: 1.06
• Kill/Assist/Trade/Survive: 71%
• Average Damage per Round: 142.6

Nikita “trexx” Cherednichenko

• Role: Flex
• VLR Rating: 1.14
• Average Combat Score: 241.3
• Kill-Death Ratio: 1.18
• Kill/Assist/Trade/Survive: 74%
• Average Damage per Round: 157.5

Bogdan “sheydos” Naumov

• Role: Sentinel/Initiator
• VLR Rating: 1.12
• Average Combat Score: 221.5
• Kill-Death Ratio: 1.26
• Kill/Assist/Trade/Survive: 75%
• Average Damage per Round: 143.4

Player to Watch

trexx

Team Liquid

Sayf, nAts and Jamppi on the same team have become a power trio, and they snatched the spotlight again last week facing BBL Esports. Even though winning this series will put them ahead of Giants Gaming, they will still not be in the Upper Semifinal as the top 2 spots are already being occupied, and we will see Liquid in the Upper Round 1 matches of the Playoffs.

Players

Dom “soulcas” Sulcas

• Role: Flex
• VLR Rating: 0.99
• Average Combat Score: 194.0
• Kill/Death Ratio: 1.00
• Kill/Assist/Trade/Survive: 73%
• Average Damage per Round: 127.1

Elias “Jamppi” Olkkonen

• Role: Initiator
• VLR Rating: 1.06
• Average Combat Score: 221.6
• Kill/Death Ratio: 1.14
• Kill/Assist/Trade/Survive: 71%
• Average Damage per Round: 137.1

Ayaz “nAts” Akhmetshin

• Role: Controller/Sentinel
• VLR Rating: 1.12
• Average Combat Score: 226.8
• Kill/Death Ratio: 1.23
• Kill/Assist/Trade/Survive: 74%
• Average Damage per Round: 144.3

Saif “Sayf” Jibraeel

• Role: Duelist
• VLR Rating: 1.15
• Average Combat Score: 226.4
• Kill/Death Ratio: 1.22
• Kill/Assist/Trade/Survive: 72%
• Average Damage per Round: 145.7

Igor “Redgar” Vlasov

• Role: Controller
• VLR Rating: 0.93
• Average Combat Score: 174.1
• Kill/Death Ratio: 0.89
• Kill/Assist/Trade/Survive: 72%
• Average Damage per Round: 114.0

Player to Watch

Sayf

VCT 2023 EMEA League – KOI vs Team Liquid Predictions

Team Liquid will overpower KOI in this Best of 3 with a clean 2-0 victory. 

KOI vs Team Liquid – Head-to-Head Record

KOI 0 – 0 Team Liquid

KOI vs Team Liquid – Maps

• Map 1: Fracture
• Map 2: Lotus
• Map 3: Ascent

KOI vs Team Liquid – Score

• Map 1: Team Liquid to win with KOI>5
• Map 2: Team Liquid to win with KOI<7

KOI vs Team Liquid – Top Fragger

Sayf

VCT 2023 EMEA League – Team Liquid vs KOI Match Links

• YouTube
• Twitch 

KOI vs Team Liquid – Match Time

May 19, 2023 – 09:00 PT // 12:00 ET // 18:00 CEST