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The main stage of LPL Summer 2023 is entering its peak. The play-offs of the biggest regional tournament on the professional stage of League of Legends are starting with the quarter-finals.
There are 6 teams left in contention for the $278,000 top prize. In addition, these 6 will play for two trips to Worlds 2023. All in all, the stakes are high and the importance of LPL Summer 2023 is clear.
Opening the quarterfinals stage will be EDward Gaming and Top Esports. The match is worth its money, as two top clubs with claims of more than top 6 are playing.
Trying to figure out how the upcoming clash will end. Which of the teams will continue their way to the top of the final standings. The winner of the match goes to play the Double-Elimination stage, where his first opponent will be BLG club, and the loser will drop out of the tournament.
Let's go.
Form TOP Esports
Let's open the match analysis with TOP Esports form. In this match they will play as favourites.
Bookmakers are confident in the success of TES. The odds betting on League of Legends for victory are at around 1.45.
This is a very telling, although not the final figure for the Bo5 match. It hints at the impressive advantage TES have earned through their performance on the global stage and LPL Summer 2023 in particular.
In 2022, Top Esports finished top-2 in the domestic league twice and then performed at the 2022 Worlds, where they finished top-10. In the new season, the situation is slightly worse: they finished top-7 in the LPL Spring 2023, managing to qualify for the play-offs but failing to win a single game there.
- Tes Esports lineup: Wayward, Tian, RooKie, JackeyLove, Mark .
The group stage for TOP Esports was pleasant, but far from perfect. TES shared the top 4 of the regular season with LNG, going 12-4 in the series.
Most Popular Top Esports Champions
KSante (7 games, 85% wins) and Renekton (5 games, 80% wins) remain the most popular top line picks. Sion (3 matches, 66% wins) and Darius (2 matches, 100% wins) are next.
In the forest, Sejuani (9 matches, 77% wins), Vi (4 matches, 75% wins), Maokai (4 games, 100% wins) are ubiquitous.
Jayce (6 games, 100% wins) appears in the mid (6 games, 100% wins). Then come Azir (4 games, 75% wins), Akali (3 games, 66% wins), Sylas (3 games, 33% wins).
TES has a standard set of shooters: Lucian (6 games, 66% wins), Varus (4 games, 100% wins), Sivir (3 games, 33% wins). Draven (3 games, 66% wins) and Jhin (3 matches, 66% wins).
Pool players: Nami (6 matches, 66% win rate), Yuumi (4 matches, 75% win rate), Nautilus (4 matches, 75% win rate), Heimerdinger (4 games, 100% win rate).
EDward Gaming uniforms
We continue the match analysis with an analysis of EDward Gaming's form. In this match they will play the second number.
Bookmakers are not ready to call EDG the winner of the match, which is logical. The odds on EDward Gaming's success are at around 2.6.
To be fair, 2.6 for such a bo5 is quite a juicy figure. There is no need to be surprised by this state of affairs before the match, as EDward Gaming is a serious club that has had a bit of bad luck this season.
In 2021, EDG triumphed at Worlds 2021, etching their name in the annals of history as the best team in the world. Then something went wrong and EDG started to lose strength, but not critically.
In 2022 EDG again made their way to Worlds, but managed to be ranked "only" in the top 8. For some people this is a strong indicator, but not for EDG.
The last result of EDG was the top 3 at LPL Spring 2023. Then it was not enough to win one series to qualify for the Mid-Season Invitational 2023.
- EDG roster: Ale, Jiejie, FoFo, Uzi, Meiko.
EDG finished 8th place in the group stage, which is not a good result. This led to EDward getting into the first round of play-offs, where they easily shut down Team WE with a score of 3-1.
In the next round of play-offs the team faced a stronger opponent, namely OMG. EDG won that match with a score of 3-2.
EDward Gaming's most popular champions
Edward Gaming has a very extensive pool of champions in the top line. Fiora, Sion, Kenen and Renekton have appeared 3 times each, of which the first two won 2 matches each, but Kenen and Renekton took all their games. Jayce, KSante, Camile, Jax and Gnar appeared 2 times each (Jax won both matches, the others 1-1).
Things are much less varied in the forest by metha's dictation. The most pickable character is Maokai (7 games, 100% wins). Next are Vi (5 games, 80% wins) and Sejuani and Wukong (4 games each, 50% wins).
The centre line doesn't shine with variety either. The same popular Azir (6 games, 50% wins), Jayce (6 games, 83% wins), Akali (5 games, 80% wins).
In bot - Zeri (7 matches, 100% wins), Lucian (4 matches, 50% wins), Caitlyn (100% wins in 3 matches), Jhin (3 games, 66% wins).
The situation is as follows: Nami, Ashe, Yummi have 4 games each with 2 wins for the first, 3 for the second and perfect winrate for the third. Then come Heim (3 games, 66% wins) and Annie (3 games, 100% wins).
Head-to-head history
The teams have played each other twice in LPL 2023. Both matches ended with TOP Esports winning, but with a score of 2-1.
Match outcome
Given the history of head-to-head meetings and the status of the clubs, we should expect a fight in this match. I'm sure it will be.
If we talk about the winner, then perhaps TES is TES with a minimal advantage. I would say it will be 3-2, as EDward Gaming are well warmed up for the play-offs, while Top Esports will be playing their first match.
Overall, I'm expecting a very close game, but I'm leaning towards a TES win.
Bottom line: 3-2 win for TES.
