Apeks and GamerLegion will meet in the fourth round of the BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023. Funny, but the winner will go to the play-offs, which a week ago seemed like the ravings of a madman.
However, hand on heart, Apeks played their chance, as they trivialized every opportunity and won where they had to. Yes, the squad has not yet jumped over the top, but against the backdrop of GamerLegion, everything is much more exciting at The International.
I won't say anything about the opponent, because GamerLegion has gone too far and is already boring. So here I would rely on the victory of the team Apeks.
Form Apeks
The world's 24th ranked team started to surprise back at BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023 Challengers Stage, where they managed to shut down Team Liquid, Grayhound Gaming and paiN Gaming, Ledge only G2 Esports.
Moreover, the European squad went on to tear it up in the BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023 main stage, where Long Converged with a win over Into the Breach, but settled down a bit further and lost to Heroic.
Still, Apeks were able to return to the big game, defeating Bad News Eagles in the third round. And now the team is in danger of making the play-offs, which is incredible.
Apeks latest results:
- A 0-2 loss to G2 Esports.
- A 2-1 win over paiN Gaming.
- A 16-10 win over Into the Breach.
- Defeat by Heroic 10-16.
- 16-6 win over Bad News Eagles.
Apeks top scorers:
- Anubis - 81% wins.
- Ancient - 73% wins.
- Inferno - 62% wins.
- Overpass - 59% wins.
- Mirage - 50% wins.
Let's not forget that the Apeks team is steadily giving up Nuke maps.
GamerLegion form
The 31st-ranked team in the world rankings had a terrible showing at the BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023 Challengers Stage, as they suffered defeats to Complexity Gaming and TheMongolz on the first day.
However, the European side went on to pull off three consecutive sensations, beating MOUZ, OG and FORZE to suddenly sneak into the Legends, although no one expected them to at all.
As for the Long Saugus in the BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023, GamerLegion failed to defeat Natus Vincere, but then decided to go on the rampage by defeating 9INE and fnatic.
GamerLegion's latest results:
- A 2-1 win over OG.
- Defeated FORZE 2-0.
- Defeat by Natus Vincere 10-16.
- Victory over 9INE by a score of 16-13.
- 16-11 victory over fnatic.
GamerLegion's best scores:
- Overpass - 83% wins.
- Ancient - 80% wins.
- Inferno - 75% wins.
- Vertigo - 58% wins.
- Nuke - 56% wins.
In turn, the GamerLegion team has long since given up on Anubis.
Meeting statistics Apeks - GamerLegion
Within the current season, the teams have played two meetings:
- GamerLegion's 2-0 win at CCT West Europe Series 1.
- Apeks in the BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023 Europe RMR A with a score of 16-8.
The teams then played Vertigo, Overpass and Mirage.
Apeks vs GamerLegion
A lot will be decided at the card selection stage. However, in general terms, the Apeks game looks much stronger, so it is not terrible to play on Overpass, where the opponent is clearly more experienced.
In general, I see no point in speculating about GamerLegion, as acoR and company have gone too far, and they clearly have nothing to do in the play-offs (in game aspects).
Therefore, in this case, I would recommend betting on an Apeks team win.
