RESULTS: London Spitfire Score Dominant Victory Over Philadelphia Fusion

The Philadelphia Fusion came into today's match with a record of 9-4 and in 6th place in the Overwatch League. Philadelphia was coming off of an impressive 3-2 reverse sweep victory over the Houston Outlaws earlier in the week. The London Spitfire came into the match with a 9-4 record and in 5th place in the league. With an identical record and only one spot in the standings separating them, both teams were looking for a Stage 2 defining win. Here is a short breakdown of how the match went. 

Hanamura was the first map of the match. The Philadelphia Fusion did not start out at the level that they finished with against the Houston Outlaws earlier in the week, as they would fail to capture a single point in their attack round. Their defensive effort would not be able to hold off the offensive assault from the Spitfire, as London would capture Point A. This resulted in the Spitfire taking the 1-0 map win and a 1-0 lead in the match. 

Nepal would be the following map, and the Philadelphia Fusion continued to struggle against the London Spitfire. The star DPS player of the Fusion Jae-Hyeok "Carpe" Lee would not play to his usual high level, while London's Jun-Young "Profit" Park would pick apart the roster of the Fusion throughout the entire map. The high level performance of London's players allowed them to prevent Philadelphia from capturing a single hill, as the Spitfire would take the 2-0 victory on Nepal and take a 2-0 lead going into halftime. 

The third map of the match would be Hollywood and it would be no different from the first two. London was able to execute a defensive hold that  completely stalled any offensive push by the Philadelphia Fusion. This would result in the Fusion not scoring a single point in their attack round. A quick attack round by the London Spitfire would be all the dominant team would need, as they would capture the payload and secure the 1-0 victory on Hollwood. This would give London the guaranteed match victory with the scoreline at 3-0. Jun-Ho "Fury" Kim (19 eliminations, 5,584 damage blocked and zero deaths as D.Va) and Profit (16 eliminations, a kill streak of nine and only one death as Tracer) would put on great performances to help their team clinch the match victory. 

Route 66 was the fourth map of the match. While the match was out of reach for the Fusion, a map win on Route 66 would still help them in the overall standings. The Fusion were able to deliver the payload to the first checkpoint to collect their first point of the match, but that would not be enough to defeat the defending Stage 1 champions. A strong attack round by the Spitfire would see them deliver the payload to the second checkpoint and secure the 2-1 victory on Route 66. This would give the London Spitfire the perfect 4-0 match victory. Jae-Hui "Gesture" Hong (18 eliminations, 10,075 damage blocked and only four deaths as Winston) and Profit (16 eliminations, a kill streak of nine and only three deaths as Tracer) led the way for the dominant win on Route 66. 

Seung-Tae "Bdosin" Choi was named the player of the match, as his high level Zenyatta play (39 eliminations, 39,606 healing done, 48 offensive assists, 45 defensive assists and only 12 deaths) throughout the match helped the London Spitfire achieve the impressive win.

With the win, the London Spitfire improved to a record of 10-4, while the Philadelphia Fusion dropped to a record of 9-5. In a highly anticipated matchup of two of the best teams in the league, Philadelphia failed to show up playing their best Overwatch. 

Interested in more Overwatch League coverage? Check out our recap of the Los Angeles Valiant and Dallas Fuel match from last night's slate of Overwatch League action.

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