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We're still keeping an eye on the confrontations in the LPL Summer 2023 regular season. The group stage continues with Week 6 matches on the screens.
We take a look at the last match of the day, namely Oh My God - ThunderTalk Gaming.
The game is, frankly, far from a top match. All because of the difference in level of play and current tournament position.
Oh My God guarantees a place in the Top 10 and a place in the play-offs, but their rivals are still far from reaching the main stage of the tournament.
But there's still enough to go around, which means anything can happen. It is unlikely that anything will change globally, but this game will be the catalyst for those potential changes.
We will see if ThunderTalk Gaming will be able to counter something against their more titled rival, or if the match will end the way everyone expects it to.
Let's go.
Form Oh My God
We begin the parsing with an analysis of Oh My God's form. In this encounter, the team will play as favourites.
Bookmakers believe in the success of OMG. The odds are settled at 1.9.
Quite an entertaining figure for a Bo2 side. It's worth taking a closer look at it, because, in my opinion, everything should be much more modest here, and the figure is much lower - the teams are too different in their level of play.
Despite the fact that OMG are not known for their iconic performance, they have in fact been somewhere in the middle throughout their history. Such was the case in 2022 when OMG were in the top 10 of the LPL Summer 2022.
The OMGs were much more formidable after the restart before the start of the 2023 season. Their first big result was Top 4 in LPL Spring 2023 and what a display it is.
- Oh My God line-up: shanji, AKi, Creme, Able, ppgod.
So far it looks like OMG are determined to repeat the previous season. The team is 8-3 in the series and has a solid Top 4. The gap to the chaser is 2 series.
Oh My God's most popular champions
OMG's top picks were KSante (6 matches, 50% wins), Sion (2 matches, 50% wins).
From the Foresters, Sejuani (4 matches, 50% wins), Wukong (3 matches, 33% wins), Vi (2 matches, 50% wins), and Maokai (2 matches, 50% wins) were chosen. Poppy was also winning.
On the centre line, the contact killers were the most pickable. Sylas and Yone were picked three times each, both winning 2 matches.
Lucian was the most frequent shooter. The Champion was picked 5 times, winning 2 matches. Other picks were Zeri (3 games, 100% wins), Varus (2 games, 50% wins).
The pool of players is quite usual. Karma (2 games, 50% wins), Yuumi (2 matches, 100% wins), Nami (2 games, 50% wins).
ThunderTalk Gaming uniforms
We continue the match analysis with an analysis of ThunderTalk Gaming's playing form. In this match the team will play in the status of the outsider.
Bookmakers do not believe in the success of TT at all. The odds on the outsider's victory are around 4.1.
As said before, I don't particularly share this state of affairs. ThunderTalk Gaming look much worse than their future counterparts to me.
In 2021, TT finished in the top 13 and top 16 on the LPL Spring and LPL Summer respectively. The peak result was last season.
At LPL Spring 2023 the team finished in the top 10, reaching the tournament's play-offs for the first time. However, their journey through the LPL Spring 2023: Playoffs ended quickly, and they were helped out of the championship by Royal Never Give Up, who outscored their lesser title contender 3-1.
- ThunderTalk Gaming's lineup: Hoya, Beichuan, ucal, 1xn, yuyanjia .
TT looked very poor at the Long Song of the tournament, but at the end of 6 weeks they slightly improved their performance. Before the Long Conger games, the squad sits 14th in the standings with a 4-9 series scoreline.
ThunderTalk Gaming's most popular champions
Gnar (11 matches, 54% wins), Gragas (6 matches, 33% wins), Sejuani (6 matches, 50% wins) are the most frequently picked in the top TT Gaming.
Viego (15 games, 33% wins), Poppy (10 games, 50% wins), Wukong (7 games, 28% wins) are favored in the forest.
The centre line is most often occupied by Sylas (8 games, 75% wins), Ahri (6 games, 33% wins), Azir (5 games, 100% wins)
Aphelios (10 matches, 30% wins), Jinx (9 matches, 77% wins), Kalista (5 games, 60% wins) appeared in the bot line.
Nautilus (5 games, 50% win rate), Braum (5 games, 60% wins), Leona (5 games, 60% wins).
History of head-to-head encounters
The teams previously played in the group stage of LPL Spring 2023. Back then, OMG earned the clean sheet as they outplayed their archrivals 2-0.
Result of the match
I don't expect much of a fight in this match. OMG are better by all parameters and they won't let go of a very passable match, risking losing the high seeding in the play-offs.
What's more, I think the current TT, despite their slightly improved performance in recent matches, won't be able to take the map away from OMG.
Outcome: 2-0 in favour of OMG.
