
The VALORANT Champions Tour (VCT) 2025 Americas Kickoff lower bracket kicks off on Friday, January 24, with a clash between NRG and 100 Thieves, followed by a South American derby between KRU Esports and 2GAME Esports. Here are our free VALORANT betting tips, with esports odds courtesy of the top betting sites in United States.
100 THIEVES vs NRG VCT BETTING & MATCH DETAILS |
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Best Odds: | 100T -120.48 at BetOnline | NRG -109.89 at BetOnline |
When: | January 24, 2025 | 14:00 PST |
Watch Live: | Twitch (https://www.twitch.tv/valorant_americas) |
NRG dropped down to the lower bracket in the first round of the VCT 2025 Americas Kickoff after a tough 0-2 loss against Cloud9. 100 Thieves started the season with a dominant victory against MiBR but were reverse-swept by Sentinels in the upper-bracket quarterfinal.
Despite losing to Sentinels, 100 Thieves showed great things across the five maps played. They are very comfortable on Split and Bind, which will be an issue for NRG.
While NRG seem to do well on Fracture, 100 Thieves have a 64% win rate on that map as well. It will take a slip up from NRG for this to end in a 2-0 sweep, but 100 Thieves should get it done without major issues.
100 Thieves to win
KRU ESPORTS vs 2GAME ESPORTS VCT BETTING & MATCH DETAILS |
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Best Odds: | KRU -263.16 at BetOnline | 2GAME +190 at BetOnline |
When: | January 24, 2025 | 17:00 PST |
Watch Live: | Twitch (https://www.twitch.tv/valorant_emea) |
KRU Esports are priced as -263.16 favourites on the best VALORANT betting sites to defeat the newly promoted 2GAME Esports on Friday — which makes sense, as 2GAME are unproven. On the other hand, KRU have looked very rough this season.
KRU Esports’ only match of VCT 2025 Americas ended in a 0-2 loss to LOUD with 7-13 on Haven and 10-13 on Split. The final score would suggest KRU put up a decent fight, but the eye test suggests they performed poorly.
2GAME Esports did not have the best VCT debut against FURIA, but considering how rough KRU Esports looked on Saturday, a small play on the underdogs to take a map is reasonable.