VCT 2025 EMEA Stage 1 betting predictions – Thursday, April 10

VALORANT Champions Tour (VCT) EMEA Stage 1 Week 3 continues on Thursday with an exciting clash between FUT Esports and Team Liquid, followed by a meeting between Team Heretics and Team Vitality. Here are our VALORANT betting picks for April 10, 2025, with esports odds courtesy of top betting sites in United States.

Team Liquid picked up their first victory of VCT 2025 EMEA Stage 1 last Thursday when they edged past BBL Esports on map three. FUT Esports are on a two-game winning streak, having beaten KOI and Gentle Mates over the first two weeks.

FUT started the season well, but they did not look too convincing last week when they needed a reverse sweep to make it past Gentle Mates with 18-16 on Fracture and 13-4 on Lotus. That performance alone is a good enough reason to believe they might not have an easy time against Liquid.

One iffy performance, however, does not take away from the fact FUT have looked better this season and have a deeper map pool than Liquid. We could see all three maps, but this is FUT’s game to lose.

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Team Vitality slipped against Fnatic last week after crushing GIANTX in the opening match of the stage. But despite the recent loss, the top VALORANT betting sites have Vitality priced as firm favourites to defeat Team Heretics, who are one of only three remaining teams in VCT 2025 EMEA Stage 1 with a perfect record.

Heretics have so far beaten Apeks and GIANTX, who are not the most challenging opponents, and yet they dropped one map in each game. One was a tough loss on Ascent against Apeks, and the other was a closely contested Split against GIANTX.

As the reigning VCT EMEA champions, Team Vitality deserve respect. While we have to acknowledge Team Heretics, who have a few strong maps, their inability to sweep Apeks and GIANTX is a red flag.

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