VALORANT Champions 2025 tips & predictions – Day 2 preview

VALORANT Champions 2025 Group C kicks off in Paris this Saturday with Team Liquid facing DRX, followed by a clash between NRG and EDward Gaming.

Here is eSportBet.com’s free VALORANT Champions betting preview for the two fixtures on September 13, with odds from the top online bookmakers in United States.

TEAM LIQUID vs DRX

Best Odds: TL -277.78 at BetOnline | DRX +200 at SportsBetting
When: September 13, 2025 | 15:00 CEST
Watch Live: Twitch

Team Liquid are short-priced favorites on the top VALORANT betting sites to start their campaign with a victory. That is no surprise, as DRX are one of the weakest teams travelling to France.

DRX had a promising start to the year, winning the VCT Pacific Kickoff and placing top six at Masters Bangkok. However, they had to settle for fourth in Stage 1, fifth-sixth in Stage 2, and ninth-12th at the Esports World Cup.

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Team Liquid have produced better results, finishing second, third, and first across the three VCT EMEA stages. However, they did not break the top six in either of the two VALORANT Masters tournaments.

Despite their hiccups, Liquid performed better in the final stage of the VALORANT Champions Tour season and deserve to be favored.

NRG vs EDWARD GAMING

Best Odds: NRG -151.52 at BetOnline | EDG +110 at SportsBetting
When: September 13, 2025 | 18:00 CEST
Watch Live: Twitch

The defending world champions, EDward Gaming, are priced as underdogs for their opening match of Group C. That is not shocking, considering they have been shaky of late.

Even though EDG found some success in VCT China, their ninth-12th results at EWC 2025 and VALORANT China Evolution Series Act 3 left a lot to be desired.

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The big issue with Wang “nobody” Senxu and co. is their poor attack side, which could be a problem against VCT Americas’ second-seeded team. However, EDward Gaming’s map pool is solid, while NRG do not look clean on Bind or Sunset.

Individually, NRG are stronger. But if EDward Gamig can exploit their weaknesses in the map pool, there is a world where the reigning champions cause an upset.