TALON vs Gen.G Esports Tips & Live Stream – Can TALON Upset Gen.G Esports?

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Last updated: 25 Apr 2025

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TALON vs Gen.G Esports VALORANT betting preview for Saturday, April 26, 2025, in the VCT 2025: Pacific Stage 1 upper bracket round 1 (17:00 KST)
Gen.G are expected to win
TALON can be very resistant

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TALON vs Gen.G Esports Predictions

TALON and Gen.G Esports will face off in the first match of VALORANT Champions Tour (VCT) 2025: Pacific Stage 1 Upper Bracket Round 1, on Saturday, April 26, in what promises to be an exciting affair between the proven Gen.G and the surging TALON.

TALON vs Gen.G Esports Predictions
Head to Head
Where to Watch TALON vs Gen.G Esports?
TALON Form
TALON Squad & Team News
Gen.G Esports Form
Gen.G Esports Squad & Team News

TALON surprises many with their performances in the group stage, especially with their victory against T1 in the final week. Meanwhile, Gen.G have slowed down a bit towards the end, suggesting that they might not be entering the playoffs in the best shape.

Even though Gen.G have not looked the greatest recently, they are expected to win this weekend, which mainly has to do with their higher ceiling. And while there are no questions about Gen.G being rightly billed as the favourites, TALON have shown enough to believe that they can do damage.

TALON are in promising form
Gen.G are a more proven team
This is Gen. G's game to lose

Head to Head

TALON and Gen.G Esports last met in the fourth round of VCT 2025: Pacific Kickoff, when Gen.G won in three maps.

Gen.G Esports 2-1 TALON – February 7, 2025

Where to Watch TALON vs Gen.G Esports?

TALON vs Gen.G Esports VCT 2025: Pacific Stage 1 live stream is available via all of the top betting sites with live streaming services, including Stake.

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TALON Form

TALON made it to the VCT 2025: Pacific Stage 1 playoffs as no.2 seed from Group Omega, where they managed to win three of five games played.

Those include victories against Team Secret (2-1), Nongshim RedForce (2-1), and T1 (2-0). On the other side, TALON proved no match for ZETA DIVISION (0-2) and Rex Regum Qeon (0-2).

This is a very weird mix of results, seeing how TALON lost to ZETA, barely made it past Secret and RedForce, but swept T1 in the final week. Evidently, consistency is not TALON's strongest suit, but their win against T1 proves that TALON can perform on a good day.

TALON Squad & Team News

TALON have not made any roster changes.

Thanamethk "Crws" Mahatthananuyut
Jittana "JitboyS" Nokngam
Papaphat "Primmie" Sriprapha
Anupong "thyy" Preamsak
Tanate "killua" Teerasawad

Gen.G Esports Form

Gen.G Esports locked in no.3 seed from Group Alpha with a 3-2 record. During the group stage, they lost to BOOM Esports (0-2) and DRX (1-2) but defeated Paper Rex (2-1), DetonatioN FocusMe (2-0), and Global Esports (2-0).

Like it is the case with TALON, Gen.G have produced a mixed bag of results, although they have not been as volatile as TALON. Moreover, their most recent loss against DRX could've easily ended in Gen. G's favour, and it is fair to argue that it should.

Gen.G Esports Squad & Team News

No roster changes for Gen.G Esports.

Kim "t3xture" Na-ra
Kim "Karon" Won-tae
Byeon "Munchkin" Sang-beom
Jung "Foxy9" Jae-sung
Ha "Ash" Hyun-cheol
Seo "Suggest" Jae-young

Verdict

TALON v Gen.G Esports

Gen.G are favourites to defeat TALON, which sounds fair. TALON have shown some high moments during the group stage, but overall, they've been disappointing with close victories against weaker teams and just one notable victory against T1.

Gen.G have looked more stable throughout VCT 2025: Pacific Stage 1 and should be set to win this weekend. However, if TALON can show half of what they did in the final week, I can see this series going to three maps.