Welcome back to EGW. We continue our review of the LPL Spring 2023 play-offs and have prepared a betting tip for you on LNG Esports vs OMG in the second quarter-final of the Chinese league.
We have watched OMG in the last round of the play-offs and assessed their performance against LNG in the group stage to analyse the match. We are now ready to give our assessment of the play-offs.
The winner of the LNG - OMG pairing will advance to the next round of play-offs, where they will be expected by EDward Gaming. Tensions in the Chinese region are heating up.
A review of the playing form of LNG Esports, one of the three contenders to win LPL Spring 2023.
Let's start the parsing of the match with an analysis of LNG Esports' playing form. In this match, they are playing as favourites.
The chance for the team to win is estimated at odds in the region of 1.35. Bookmakers allocate LNG as a team with a huge margin of strength and a clear winner of the match.
LNG have been favourites to win this match since the group stage of LPL Spring 2023. The team finished the first leg of the Spring Split 13-3 in third place, which gave them a direct ticket to the quarterfinals of the play-offs.
In the new season, LNG made a qualitative leap to improve their performance, which started last year. They reached the top 4 in the LPL Summer 2022 and with a strong and experienced squad they are ready to do it again in the 2023 season.
- LNG Esports squad: Zika, Tarzan, Scout, LP, Hang
The most effective player of the team is Scout. The legendary Korean mid laner, when "cast" to replace Faker, the 2021 EDward Gaming champion, became the LPL Spring 2023 MVP 17 times. The gap from the nearest pursuer is 5 points.
The LNG roster alone is enough to call them the winner of the match. However, one cannot ignore the fact that the performers in their positions and champions have played well.
The most popular LNG Esports champions in LPL Spring 2023
- Top Line: Renekton (8 matches, 75% wins).
- Jungle: Sejuani (9 matches, 55% wins).
- Centre line: Ryze (7 matches, 71% wins).
- Shooter: Varus (10 games, 80% wins).
- Supporter: Leona (8 matches, 87% wins).
When enough bookmaker recommendations and confidence in the strength of Scout, you can safely choose LNG Esports as the winner of the match. However, Oh My God can surprise, as will be discussed below.
The form of Oh My God - the outsider of the match
Continuing the review of the match LNG Esports - Oh My God with an analysis of the playing conditions of the latter. In the match, they will have to play in the second position.
On the lag Oh My God directly say the bookmakers. The odds of OMG winning are estimated at odds in the region of 3.
The figure is representative of OMG's performance in the LPL Spring 2023 group stage. In the group stage, OMG have made it to the top 6, winning 10 of their 16 games played.
The victories have been fuelled by competent play and the execution of a renewed roster. OMG are targeting high places in the 2023 season, but they won't be able to keep up with LNG even if they really want to.
- Oh My God: shanji, AKi, Creme, Able, Ppgod.
The backbone of the squad is made up of inexperienced fighters, but with a lot of potential. AKi was the best performer in the group stage, having once earned a place in TOP Esports last season and now knocked them out of the running for the LPL Spring 2023 title. The player was top 10 in the group stages and dragged shanji in the first match of the play-offs.
Like the LNG performers, OMG is pretty much worth the lanes. It is a trait inherent in almost all the performers on the LPL.
OMG's most popular champions at LPL Spring 2023
- Sion (2 games, 0 wins) were taken to the top line in the play-offs. Rumble, KSante, Kenen won their matches.
- Jungle: Wukong (3 games, 66% wins).
- Centre Line: Ahri (2 games, 50% wins), Tristana (2 games, 50% wins).
- Gunner: Xayah (2 matches, 50% wins), Aphelios (2 matches, 100% wins).
- Supporters: Rakan (2 matches, 50% wins), Thresh (2 games, 100%).
An important aspect of a possible victory for OMG should be a strong win against TOP Esports in the last round of play-offs. The team managed to beat the title contender, while warming up before a match with a serious opponent.
Thanks to the cheeky play of their "young" performers, OMG can outplay their opponents. The win factor over TOP Esports plays in Oh My God's favour, but betting on a bo5 against Scout remains a big risk.
History of face-offs
LNG Esports outscored Oh My God 2-1 in the LPL Spring 2023 regular season. Naturally, Scout shone in that match.
Expected result of the LNG - OMG match
LNG's performance in the regular season and the confidence of LNG's performers leaves no doubt about their victory. OMG has every chance of picking up at least a card, as their roster is quite brisk, but still falls short of LNG.
In OMG's favour I will say that the win over TOP Esports went in their favour.
Bottom line: victory for LNG.
