Team Falcons and Geekay Esports will clash in today's MENA League 2024 Stage 2 playday in a potential decider match for the region's only spot to compete at the BLAST R6 Major Montreal.
Ahead of today's games, both sides are located at the top of the league's standings with Geekay Esports currently leading the pack. Meanwhile, the green roster currently sits on second place.
Here's everything you need to know about today's match of the day in the MENA League 2024 Stage 2:
Record
Team Falcons and Geekay Esports have met fourteen times since the start of Year 9. The reason why both teams have played so many teams is that they don't only compete in the MENA League but also in the Saudi eLeague.
As of now, the record between both teams is level as both teams have won seven matches. However, Geekay Esports' record looks slightly better as four of their seven wins came in BO5 matches. If we only look at BO1 games, the record is also level at two wins each.
The last match between both teams took place on September 5 as the two rosters clashed at the Saudi eLeague 2024 Stage 3 grand finals. Back then, Geekay Esports got a 3-0 victory.
Recent roster changes
Both teams made roster changes before the start of the second split. Geekay Esports made two changes to the team's starting lineup as they added Ivan "sk1per" Zhuchkin and Théo "Frenchy" Leguay to replace Caio "Neskin" Szazi and Alexandre "BlaZ" Thomas.
Meanwhile, Team Falcons have made three roster changes as the signings of the former Onyx Revens duo of Dov2hkiin and Guardz were followed by the addition of the Italian player Robby.
Current standings
As we previously mentioned, Geekay Esports currently lead the standings on first place with nine points after getting three back-to-back regulation victories. Despite having already played against two of the toughest sides in the league in The Vicious Esports and Twisted Minds, Geekay Esports have only lost two rounds.
In second place we find Team Falcons, whose 8-7 victory against the third-placed team ROC Esports saw the green roster falling behind Geekay Esports. Before the team's game against the purple squad, Team Falcons had defeated AKATSUKI-TEAM and Winter Bear by 7-1 scores.
Best players so far
Ahead of today's match, fans should follow the Italian talent Robby as he was the best player of the game in Team Falcons' last three MENA League 2024 matches. In only three games, the former Team 86 player has a K-D of 34-13 (+21). He's also the team's main entry with an entry balance of 6-2 (+4).
Last but not least, sk1per has been Geekay Esports' deadliest player as the Russian currently holds a K-D of 33-13 (+20).