Match Overview

It is time for the Grand Final of IEM Melbourne 2025, and this time, it will be Falcons who face off against the best team in the world, Vitality, in a best-of-five match; only one of them will take the trophy home. Falcons have had a second Grand Final appearance in a row, and Vitality has won three tournaments out of the last three they’ve played. The best players in the world against each other, ‘NiKo’ and ‘m0NESY’ against ‘ZywOo’ and ‘ropz’. These two teams met each other at the group stage, and Vitality won with a score of 2-0.

Last Heads-up Match Result and Players Statistics

Falcons Path to the Grand Final

They started by winning their opening group stage match against SAW and then taking down Natus Vincere, but they couldn’t make it straight to the semi-final as they lost to Vitality in a group stage. In their quarter-final match, they played against GamerLegion and won with a score of 2-0. Their semi-final match was against MOUZ, and they didn’t leave any chances for MOUZ as they won with a score of 2-0 and lost only nine rounds for two maps in total. 

Falcons Semi-Final Match Result

Falcons Team and Players Form

‘NiKo’ and ‘m0NESY’ show star performances and seem ready to fight any team. ‘kyxsan’ and ‘TeSeS’ also show great form at this tournament. Overall, they’re in great shape as a team, and it might be also the honeymoon period that helps them since it is their first tournament with ‘m0NESY’ in their roster. One of the strongest star players, the duo of ‘NiKo’ and ‘m0NESY’, without a doubt, can run over any team on a good day.

kyxsan is happy with his team performance

Vitality Path to the Grand Final

As expected from Vitality, being in such incredible form, they didn’t lose a single map on their way to the Grand Final. At the group stage, they met FlyQuest, Liquid, and Falcons, and nobody came close to winning against Vitality, as they won all the matches with a score of 2-0. The semi-final match was against TheMongolZ. The best TheMongolZ could do was win six rounds in total for two maps they played, so it was another team getting demolished by Vitality.

Vitality Semi-Final Match Result

Vitality Team and Players Form

Obviously, this team is just unstoppable now since they have a 20-match win streak and have won three tournaments in a row, leaving no chance for other teams they played against. ‘ZywOo’ and ‘ropz’ are the best star players duo in the world now, and all the puzzles they have in Vitality are working perfectly under the in-game leadership of ‘apEX’. With one of the best entry-fragger players, ‘flameZ’, and the support of ‘mezii’, it is hard to imagine someone stopping this team. 

apEX is ready to fight for the trophy and Grand Slam

Match Prediction

Vitality is a much better team in this match, and they have the better players overall. On top of everything else, Vitality has a better map pool since they’ve been playing together for a longer period of time and have had much more time to practice. We expect Vitality to win this match.

Can Falcons break the Vitality streak, or will it be Vitality to dominate over another team here and take home the fourth trophy in a row? We will have to see it this Sunday at 08:30 CET; this match will be fire, so don’t miss the action!

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