Team Falcons have the potential to do well in this tournament. But even five months after finalising their roster with Peter “dupreeh” Rasmussen, they are not in the spot everyone expected them to be.

They have had a couple of solid showings, most recently with a grand final appearance at ESL Challenger at DreamHack Summer 2024. Still, the Falcons also placed 9th-12th at the Fall Groups and Intel Extreme Masters Cologne 2024, although most of their struggles have come against the world’s elite Counter-Strike teams.

M80 replaced NRG for BLAST Premier Fall Showdown 2024 and seem to be in solid form, yet all of their success this season has come in lesser events. So, while M80 have been winning games, they are not that great when playing at such a high level.

Complexity have a realistic chance to finish top of their BLAST Premier Fall Showdown 2024 group; however, this will not be clear until the next round, when the North American squad will likely face off against Team Falcons.

The expectations on Metizport are far lower. As the world’s No.90 squad, the Swedes have not once this year appeared in a tournament of this scale, while they recently replaced Jack “Jackinho” Str?m Mattsson with Lucas “L00m1” Haukland.

Complexity are not known for their consistency, but they have posted commendable results over the last three weeks, which makes it hard to question top Counter-Strike betting sites and their odds for this match.

Priced at $1.16, Virtus.pro are odds-on to defeat Zero Tenacity on Thursday. Even though the Russians are on a five-game losing streak, those results came against stronger teams such as Team Liquid, G2 Esports, BIG, Complexity, and Team Falcons.

Zero Tenacity recently ended their losing streak, picking up a few wins over the last week. However, all of their recent games were against lower-rated teams, so it is unlikely the Balkan lineup will manage to translate that success to this fixture.

Virtus.pro should not be losing games like this, nor should they give away too much. Despite their shaky record, VP are still vastly superior and look poised to come out with a 2-0 sweep.

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Noah has reportedly reached a verbal agreement with Fnatic and, if signed, will take the place of Rekkles as the team’s AD Carry ahead of the LEC Summer Split.

Fnatic and the player’s organisation, Zero Tenacity, have also come to terms over Noah’s transfer fee.

Rekkles announced he was no longer a part of Fnatic on April 28, shortly after he revealed that he wanted to switch to a support role. During the announcement, the veteran player disclosed that, in light of the previous splits that had ended poorly for the team, he needed to reinvent himself.

The decision to switch roles took the LoL esports community by surprise, including Rekkles’ own teammates, most of whom found out about it via his announcement.

Fnatic revealed they were searching for a new AD Carry to field in the Summer Split not long after Rekkles’ post. The marksman might also be on his way to another team after being linked to KOI earlier this month.

Prior to his stint in Zero Tenacity, Noah was signed to KT Rolster for years. He played in the organisation’s academy, Challengers, and LCK levels before leaving to join Zero Tenacity towards the end of 2022.

The Serbian squad is competing in the Polish Regional League, the Ultraliga, and with Noah in the lineup, they won the most recent Ultraliga Spring Split 9 in March. The fast-rising ADC notably received five MVP mentions during the event’s group stage.

Zero Tenacity also represented their region during the April EMEA Masters tournament but was placed last in their group with only one win out of the six group matches.

Despite the team’s performance, Noah remains one of the most sought-after import players and a force on the European scene. Several teams have also expressed interest in the player, labelling him their first pick.

Fnatic’s decision comes after their poor showings during the winter and spring splits.

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