The 7th week of EU LCS Summer Split is entering its second day and 5 betting opportunities are available. This article analyzes these LoL betting opportunities, giving you a better idea of who is more likely to win and why.
Current standings table
• 1st place: Misfits (10 W – 3 L)
• 2nd place: Fnatic (9 W – 4 L)
• 3rd place: G2 Esports (9 W – 4 L)
• 4th place: FC Schalke 04 Esports (8 W – 5 L)
• 5th place: Team Vitality (8 W – 5 L)
• 6th place: Splyce (7 W – 6 L)
• 7th place: Team ROCCAT (6 W – 7 L)
• 8th place: Giants Gaming ( 4 W – 9 L)
• 9th place: Unicorns of Love (4 W – 9 L)
• 10th place: H2K (0 W – 13 L)
Betting predictions
Giants Gaming (4 W – 9 L) vs. Team ROCCAT (6 W – 7 L)
Giants Gaming has had a pretty terrible group stage so far in this split, winning just 4 matches and losing 9. What’s interesting however is that they won two of their matches against top teams such as G2 Esports and Misfits. The other two victories came against the weakest team in the league, namely H2K.
On the other side, Team ROCCAT has had a significantly better run, winning 6 of its 13 matches and even managing to beat Team Vitality, and G2 Esports along the way.
The previous two encounters between these two teams ended with a victory in favor of Team ROCCAT. Historically however, Giants Gaming has been the stronger team. Recent form statistics also favor Giants to win this match, as the team comes after an impressive victory against Misfits, while ROCCAT suffered two defeats in its last two games: one against Team Vitality and one against FC Schalke 04 Esports. However, the overall performance statistics during the LCS Summer Split point in a different direction.
Betway puts the odds for this match at 2.20 – 1.60 in favor of Team ROCCAT, clearly regarding the head to head results in recent matches and the overall LCS Summer Split record as the most important factors in predicting the result. I personally agree with that assessment and expect Team ROCCAT to win this match.
Team ROCCAT to win
Misfits (10 W – 3 L) vs. FC Schalke 04 Esports (8 W – 5 L)
Misfits is the leader in the EU LCS Summer Split with 10 wins and just 3 losses. Arguably, the team has been on the decline in the past 3 weeks, losing 3 of its 5 matches. To make matters even worse, Misfits lost 2 of these matches against fairly weak opponents: Splyce and Giants Gaming.
On the other side, FC Schalke 04 Esports is currently sitting at number 4 with 8 wins and 5 losses, and is on an upward trend with 2 victories against G2 Esports and Team ROCCAT in its last 2 matches.
Last time they met each other, Misfits won the match quite easily. Furthermore, apart from the recent form statistics, every other indicator points towards a victory in Misfits’ favor.
Betway puts the odds for this match at 1.55 – 2.30 in favor of Misfits, anticipating a closer match than you would normally expect. All things considered, this is a typical case in which a smaller bet on the underdog would probably a wiser choice than a normal bet on the favorite.
FC Schalke 04 Esports to win (50% chance of upset)
Splyce (7 W – 6 L) vs. H2K (0 W – 13 L)
Splyce is currently sitting at number 6 in the rankings table with 7 wins and 6 losses. However, the team is still much stronger than the current 0 W – 13 L H2K, who seems to be taking lessons from Shanghai Dragons from Overwatch.
The previous 3 times they met this season, Splyce won every single time. And the odds of that happening again in this match are at least 90%.
Betway puts the odds at 1.22 – 3.80 in favor of Splyce and at these generous odds you should definitely bet on Splyce to win the match.
Splyce to win (overwhelming chance of a victory)
Team Vitality (8 W – 5 L) vs. Unicorns of Love (4 W – 9 L)
Team Vitality has had an average run so far in this split, winning 8 matches against weak, average and occasionally top teams but losing against most of the other top contenders. But, compared to Unicorns of Love, it’s doing absolutely ok.
The last 4 encounters between these 2 teams ended with 4 victories in favor of Team Vitality. So the odds here are absolutely unreal.
Betway puts the odds at 2.55 – 1.45 in favor of Team Vitality, giving Unicorns Of Love a lot of undeserved respect and practically gifting you a massive betting opportunity.
Team Vitality to win
Fnatic (9 W – 4 L) vs. G2 Esports (9 W – 4 L)
This will be the closest match of the day, and the hardest one to predict. Normally, Fnatic should be able to get revenge for what happened last time between G2 Esports and themselves, but without Rekkles, the team is a mere shadow of its former self. So I’ll be definitely going against Fnatic if he is not playing in this match.
Betway puts the odds at 1.70 – 2.05 in favor of Fnatic, but the situation is actually upside down. Unless Rekkles is allowed to play of course.
G2 Esports to win