EDward Gaming vs. Bilibili Gaming Prediction on December 4, 2025

Match info

Shanghai Esports Masters 2025 is a VCT OFF-Season/Partner Series event at the Jing’an Sports Center (the same arena used for previous Shanghai Esports Masters editions and multiple other 2025 esports events), with VALORANT as one of the headline titles. For EDward Gaming, the reigning Champions 2024 winner but group-stage exit at Champions 2025, this four-team invitational is about stabilizing after a visible dip in form and proving it’s still China’s flagship team heading into 2026, when Shanghai itself will host VALORANT Champions. For Bilibili Gaming, VCT CN Stage 2 champion and a team that upset big names like G2 at the Esports World Cup, a deep run here reinforces the idea that it’s no longer its next rival’s understudy but a genuine rival for the “best in China”.

This semifinal (Thursday, December 4, 2025, at 19:00 CST /China Standard Time, local time in Shanghai/) is essentially a statement game: EDward Gaming defending their status and history, Bilibili Gaming trying to confirm the power shift we’ve seen through 2025 head-to-head results.

Meeting statistics

Current form and & playstyle: EDward Gaming

EDG comes into Shanghai in a strangely vulnerable state for a team with its pedigree. Internationally, they peaked by winning VALORANT Champions 2024 in Seoul, powered by Zheng “ZmjjKK” Yongkang’s superstar duelist play and a hyper-confident, high-tempo style that leaned on aggressive opening duels and explosive site hits.

Through the back half of 2025, though, the results tell a different story. They crashed out of Champions 2025 in the group stage with losses to NRG and Team Liquid, then followed that with a string of defeats at regional events like China EVO and the China Esports Festival Super Champions Cup, including losses to Nova Esports, Leviatán and DRX. Form trackers note four losses in their last five matches and a drop in winrate over the past six months, which reinforces the eye test: EDG are still dangerous, but much more inconsistent.

Stylistically, they remain EDG at their core: heavy emphasis on star-power from “ZmjjKK” on Jett/Raze, aggressive defensive pushes, and set-piece execs with initiator utility layered to create fast entries. When they’re on, they overwhelm opponents with pace and confidence. When they’re off, the same aggression turns into over-peeking, economy mismanagement, and late-round chaos where their trading structure breaks down. Recent series suggest they struggle to close tight maps against disciplined opposition — we’ve seen them lose multiple 13–15 type scorelines on maps like Pearl and Bind.

Current form & playstyle: Bilibili Gaming

BLG’s 2025 arc is almost the inverse. They don’t have EDG’s historic trophy cabinet, but they’ve put together a strong domestic resume: winners of VCT 2025: China Stage 2, deep runs across multiple China Evolution Series events, plus group-stage appearances at Masters Toronto and Champions 2025.

Internationally, they can look streaky — they’ve taken big scalps like G2 at the Esports World Cup but also dropped series to mid-table teams, and they exited Champions 2025 in groups.

Form-wise, BLG are also not red-hot — their recent record includes losses to Rex Regum Qeon, MIBR, and Wolves — but crucially, they’ve beaten EDG multiple times in 2025, including a fresh 2–1 win in the CEFSCC 2025 third-place match just days before this event. Their game is more measured: strong mid-round calling, lots of value out of utility on maps like Split and Lotus, and a willingness to play slower defaults to punish over-aggression. Players like “whz” and “Knight” tend to anchor the fragging load, while the team as a whole is comfortable dragging rounds deep into the clock and forcing EDG-style teams to make the first mistake.

Head-to-head

Historically, EDG own the matchup. According to broader H2H stats, there were around 13 meetings all-time, with EDG leading 9–4 in series overall and 17–10 in maps. However, the recent story is very different: over the last 12 months, BLG lead the head-to-head 3–1 in series, 7–5 in maps. In 2025 alone, BLG have taken multiple key wins. So while the long-term record favors EDG, current-era EDG vs current-era BLG is tilted slightly towards the latter.

Match analytics

Early odds on online esport bookies have this very close, often with EDG as a narrow favorite, reflecting their brand value and higher long-term rating, but acknowledging BLG’s real chance. On pure name value and peak ceiling, EDG is still the “better” team. But if you weigh recent form + stylistic matchup + head-to-head in 2025, the edge quietly swings towards BLG.

We’d expect at least one explosive EDG map where “ZmjjKK” takes over, but over a full series, BLG’s recent read on EDG and better short-term form make it a slight favorite at the prices rather than in absolute strength.

So, we suggest Bilibili Gaming vs EDward Gaming 2–1 in a close bo3.