Cloud9 vs. MAD Lions Prediction on October 19, 2023

Match info

LoL Worlds 2023, the most significant League of Legends event of this autumn, steams up in South Korea. Sixteen of the top teams on the globe will compete in the tournament’s group stage.

Cloud9 and MAD Lions are two of the group-stage competitors. On Thursday, October 19, at 3 p.m. local time, they’ll face off in their first Swiss system encounter at KBS Hall on Seoul’s Yeouido island.

Meeting statistics

We’ll see how this evenly matched game plays out and which side joins the company of teams in the pool who’ll have 1-0 following a single bo3. We’ll also find out again whether the NA or EU region is more powerful. At the conclusion of the prediction, look up the odds for the game with the selected bookmaker LoL.

Let’s move along!

The current form of Cloud9

The match analysis will begin with C9’s performance. The US team will play as the favorite, but a small one, in this match; you’ll understand what we’re talking about when you see the odds for their triumph later.

Cloud9’s willingness and capacity to seize the initiative at LCS Spring 2023 haven’t been hampered by the team’s setback at the 2022 World Championships. They won LCS Spring 2023’s regular season with a record of 14-4. The championship playoffs didn’t pose a significant challenge for Cloud9. The best North American organization advanced to MSI 2023 after winning LCS Spring 2023. Cloud9 finished the inaugural international competition in the Top 6.

After a great first half of the year, Cloud9 decided not to update its lineup. The choice was clearly the right one because they were among the first sides to secure their spot in the LCS summer split play-offs. They shared first place with Golden Guardians after finishing the group stage with a score of 13-5. C9 were able to advance directly into the second round of playoffs as a result of their strong group-stage performance. Evil Geniuses was the first opponent of Cloud9 for the main stage, and they were powerless, falling 0-3. For Cloud9, there were no notable differences from the previous game in the route to go to the grand finals. Without giving NRG much of a chance, Cloud9 defeated them by a score of 3-0. But Cloud9’s Grand Final performance in the LCS Summer 2023 certainly didn’t go as planned. They encountered NRG once more, and this time they experienced an unpleasant surprise: the rookie LCS member had defeated the seasoned American champion 3-1.

Sion (4 games, 100% wins) in the top lane continues to be the most successful Cloud9 champion.

The current form of MAD Lions

MAD Lions’ form is the next topic in our match analysis. In this game, the Spanish team will compete as an underdog against Cloud9 at certain bookmakers, while having equal odds to win at others.

Having in mind their poor performance in the LEC splits the previous season, we have to say it was an exception as the “lions“ have won every LEC split since 2021. We want to draw special emphasis to the team’s performance in 2023, when it finished second at LEC Winter 2023 and first at LEC Spring 2023.

The MAD Lions appeared to be done by the LEC Spring break. They narrowly qualified for the group stage and made up for the tiebreaker there. They faced G2 Esports in a grueling Bo5 match to go to the playoffs and defeated them in the first round by drawing out every drop of sweat and blood. Even so, their bad luck wasn’t over; they still needed to defeat Vitality (3-1) and go to the championship match against BDS pulling off a Reverse Sweep.

There’s no denying that the MAD Lions’ roster is competitive. They’ve often demonstrated this in practice, although good performance isn’t necessarily the end result they produce. We first mean the worldwide stage here, but occasionally we also mean the domestic stage: for instance, MSI 2023 and the top 8 there, which is excellent in theory, but the outcome at LEC Summer 2023 is already depressing. The defending Spring Split winners crashed out at the Top-7 spot at the most recent LEC Championships, which was considerably below their abilities.

MAD Lions played Excel Esports to open the LEC Finals 2023. With a 0-3 loss, Excel instantly confirmed the impression of them that they were a one-tournament team. Prior to that game, MAD Lions faced up against G2 Esports; they fell short, 1-3. MAD Lions and Fnatic competed for a spot in the LEC Finals 2023 Grand Final. Score: 2-3 in favor of the “orange“ at the conclusion of the colorful game. As a result, MAD Lions fulfilled the third quota from Europe and qualified for the Worlds 2023.

Fiora (top lane) is the most successful MAD Lions champion with a record of 2 games, and 100% victories.

Head-to-head encounters

The teams last competed in a face-to-face match at MSI in 2021 – twice. They each won a game.

Match analytics

We’re confident that this match will be among the most competitive ones in the Worlds 2023 preliminary round. The odds point in this direction, which is actually fairly rational. Given their similar styles of play and outlooks, nuances stand between Cloud9 and MAD Lions. If we were to pick a winner, we’d go with MAD Lions. In this competition, Europe, which is being led by BDS, has already proven itself. The other ambassadors from the “Old Continent“ will very likely demonstrate their strong abilities as well. The prediction is that MAD Lions will get a powerful start to the game hence our suggestion: Who will draw First Blood in the 1st map – MAD Lions at odds of 1.85 on Chance.

Results of the forecast

Forecast failed. Cloud9 vs. MAD Lions 1:0