Excel Esports vs. Fnatic Prediction on August 26, 2023

Match info

The opening match of the lower bracket of the regional LEC (League of Legends EMEA Championship) Season Finals 2023 will feature a contest between Fnatic and Excel Esports. The match’s significance doesn’t require some special explanation because the winner advances to the top 4 and, at the very least, a spot in the Worlds Qualifying Series.

These two will face one another on Saturday, August 26, at 6 p.m. local time at Sud de France Arena in Montpellier, France.

Meeting statistics

The LEC regional championships 2023 will be our next stop. With a look at the lower bracket matchups, we move on to this important duel of rivals from the UK.

We’ll see who’ll be stronger and advance at least to the qualifying stage, and who’ll have to bid farewell to its chances of competing in the Worlds in 2023, only one step away from it.

The current form of Fnatic

Digging deeper into Fnatic’s performance is the first part of our review of the LEC Finas 2023 lower bracket match. “Orange“ will be the favorite in this game. The odds of League of Legends bookmakers favor Fnatic clearly, which seems strange considering that Excel was the favorite to defeat MAD Lions in the last round of playoffs, and now, we find ourselves in this situation. Fnatic also didn’t appear satisfied with their year-end performance, despite a few promising moments.

Fnatic’s participation in LEC Winter 2023 marked the beginning of their rise to the LEC Regional Finals. It wasn’t a fruitful one, as they placed ninth overall and failed to advance past the group stage. The next season, Fnatic offered Carl Martin Erik „Rekkles“ Larsson one final opportunity. He was unable to use it since Fnatic lost to MAD Lions in their opening game after making it out of the group stage, finishing the spring split at the top 8.

Major re-splits followed two disastrous splits. The squad said goodbye to Rekkles and support Henk “Advienne“ Reijenga. They were replaced by Adrian “Trymbi“ Trybus and Oh “Noah“ Hyeon-taek, a veteran Korean legionnaire. The outcome appeared quickly. Compared to the previous two LEC splits, Fnatic looked significantly superior. The team succeeded in advancing through the group stage and reaching the top 3 in LEC Summer 2023, which gave them the opportunity to compete in the regional finals. The lower bracket is the present truth.

Ryze from the center line is Fnatic’s most successful champion with three games and 100% victories.

The current form of Excel Esports

We now examine the match form of Excel Esports as we continue our analysis of the “battle for life“ at LEC Finas 2023. They’re significantly catching up in this match. Their odds of winning are set really high. After their encounter with the MAD Lions, bookies appear to be of the opinion that Excel is a one-tournament squad. But as we witnessed at LEC Summer, the British club is still capable of outperforming the more accomplished clubs.

Seasonally, Excel has had a lot of difficulty. The team entirely failed at LEC Winter 2023, placing among the top 10. The spring split didn’t reveal anything novel. Excel botched the split once more and finished last. Following two utterly revolting splits, Excel replaced the jungle: the South Korean legionnaire Lee “Peach“ Min-gyu arrived instead of Raphaël “Targamas“ Crabbé. There’s no other way to account for the miraculous performance at LEC Summer 2023, hence the modification was a positive one. Excel qualified for the LEC Finals since they not only placed in the top 3 but also advanced to the split’s Grand Final. There’s no shame in losing to G2 Esports there.

Given the results of the opening match of the LEC Finals 2023, the accomplishments of LEC Summer 2023 run the risk of being undone. Excel appeared more like the versions we saw throughout LEC Winter and Spring, but not during the Summer split, in the match versus MAD Lions. The top-line champion Gnar has had the most success for Excel (3 games, 100% victories).

Head-to-head encounters

In four H2Hs in 2023, the clubs are evenly matched. Both teams have each won two games.

Match analytics

We last watched Fnatic at LEC Summer 2023, when they were vanquished. However, based on their opening game against MAD Lions, we’re still persuaded that Excel is a club with possibility. Even though they might have difficulties, we predict that the “Orange“ will prevail.

The final score is to be 3-2 in favor of Fnatic. Betwinner set odds of 3.25 on such an outcome.

Results of the forecast

Successful forecast. Excel Esports vs. Fnatic 2:3