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It’s already week three of the Champions Tour North America Stage 2: Challengers and every series is becoming more and more critical, as for the teams that weren’t able to secure a win in the last two weeks, it’s crucial to pick up a win here if they want to keep their playoff dream alive.
2022 North America Stage 2 ChallengersNorth America
XSET
OpTic Gaming
FaZe ClanWe have some exciting matches this week, and we start off with a banger, TSM vs The Guard, so without further ado let’s get right into the predictions.
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The Guard vs TSM match prediction
The Guard comes into week three in a very precarious situation. Despite a great performance in Stage 1 that saw them lift the trophy and qualify for Masters, when no one was expecting them to do so, now with higher expectations, the team hasn’t been able to deliver so far.
Normally The Guard is very good when it comes to preparing for their opponents so that is a positive note for the reigning North American champions.
However, they have a lot look good in the past two weeks, especially individually.
When you look at The Guard run in Stage 1 they were winning a lot of clutches, with trent and Sayaplayer pulling off some great plays in very important rounds.
But that hasn’t happened for The Guard so far, and the team looks like a shadow of their former self.
Long gone is the team that was surprising everyone else with their playstyle, and the fact they were so good so quickly made some people even consider them the future of North America.
As for TSM they come from a very convincing 2-0 win versus 100 Thieves, which saw them grab their first and only victory of the Split so far.
TSM played extremely well, with Corey on his Chamber being the MVP of that series, and of the team so far in their run in the Champions Tour North America Stage 2: Challengers.
I think TSM come into this series as the clear favorites after a great win last week, and if they play to a similar level to what they did last week, taking into account how The Guard has been playing, TSM shouldn’t have a lot of problems taking this series.
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The Guard hasn’t been performing well at an individual level and I think that will really hurt them against TSM.