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Gentle Mates vs Fnatic Tips & Odds – VCT 2025 EMEA Kickoff

tit-krajnik
29 Jan 2025
Tit Krajnik 29 Jan 2025
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  • Gentle Mates vs Fnatic VALORANT betting predictions for Thursday, January 30, 2025, in the lower bracket of VCT 2025: EMEA Kickoff (18:00 CET)
  • Gentle Mates are billed as underdogs
  • While Fnatic still have a lot more to prove, they should not struggle against Gentle Mates
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Gentle Mates vs Fnatic Predictions


Gentle Mates and Fnatic will face off on Thursday, January 30, in the second round of the lower bracket at VALORANT Champions Tour (VCT) 2025: EMEA Kickoff, marking their first clash of the season.
  • Gentle Mates vs Fnatic Predictions
  • Head to Head
  • Gentle Mates Form
  • Gentle Mates Squad & Team News
  • Fnatic Form
  • Fnatic Squad & Team News

Gentle Mates are fresh off a 1-2 loss to Team Heretics. While a loss is still a loss, Gentle Mates exceeded expectations by taking a map off Heretics; granted, there are reasons for it – Heretics players were sick and, hence, were unable to perform to the best of their abilities.

Besides taking a map off Heretics, Gentle Mates also defeated Apeks, but it was not a clean showing, which does not inspire much confidence that Gentle Mates are a good team.

Fnatic have had their fair share of struggles this season and they've not looked as clean as you would expect them. However, this is still one of the better rosters in the league and are rightly priced as favourites for this match.

  • Fnatic are still a bit shaky
  • Gentle Mates exceeded expectations in the previous round
  • Fnatic cannot afford to lose

Head to Head


Fnatic and Gentle Mates have yet to meet this VCT season.

Gentle Mates Form


Gentle Mates started the VCT 2025 season with a 2-0 victory against Apeks, but they could not make it past Team Heretics (1-2). Gentle Mates still took a map, which is praiseworthy, however, as it was revealed later, some of the Heretic players were sick on the day, which explains a worse showing from them.

Gentle Mates have held on well so far, but they should not stack up against some of the top VALORANT teams in the regions. Whether you consider Fnatic to be an elite VCT EMEA team or not is up to debate but they've not looked the greatest.

Gentle Mates Squad & Team News


No roster changes for Gentle Mates.

  • Thomas "kAdavra" Johner
  • Haydem "Click" Ali
  • Patrik "Minny" Huše
  • Robbie "RobbieBk" Boerkamp
  • Pontus "Zyppan" Eek

Fnatic Form


Fnatic enter the second round of VCT 2025: EMEA Kickoff following a narrow victory against Natus Vincere, who they bested 2-1 on Thursday, with a close overtime win on Haven. 

The game could have easily ended in NaVi's favour had Emir "Alfajer" Beder not turned on his jets on Haven, which he ended with a 1.79 performance rating and 32/19/10. His heroic performance saved Fnatic from getting eliminated from the tournament and while Alfajer deserves praise for his showing, Fnatic did not look great.

But even though Fnatic are not in the best shape, they are expected to do well against Gentle Mates, who are not considered to be on the same level as Fnatic or any of the leading title contenders.

Fnatic Squad & Team News


Fnatic have not made any roster changes ahead of this match.

  • Jake "Boaster" Howlett
  • Emir "Alfajer" Beder
  • Timofey "Chronicle" Khromov
  • Kajetan "kaajak" Haremski
  • Austin "crashies" Roberts

Verdict

Fnatic arguably should not have made it to the second round of the lower bracket, but they did, thanks to the heroic performance from Alfajer. It is unlikely that that showing indicates what we can expect from Alfajer going forward, though, so we have to bump Fnatic down a bit.

That, however, likely won't matter here. Gentle Mates did not look good against Apeks, and they had the luxury of facing weakened Heretics, which made them seem better than they are. 

So, while their results look promising on paper, Gentle Mates will have to count on a huge blunder from Fnatic to win this game.

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