G2 Esports vs. Team BDS Prediction on August 23, 2024

Match info

The second playoff round of the LEC Season Finals 2024 for LoL will take place this Friday, August 23. The race for a spot in the 2024 World Championship has four teams remaining. The anticipation in Munich, Germany, grows with each subsequent encounter at the Olympic Hall. G2 Esports and Team BDS are two of the competitors for the title. But even though the “Samurai” have already earned their ticket to the Worlds, the forthcoming match is crucial for BDS, especially because it will be played in the lower bracket (5 p.m. local time).

Let’s see who qualifies for the Top 4.

Meeting statistics

The current form of G2 Esports

Our match analysis starts with a form of G2. In this game, they’ll be the favorites of online bookmakers in Germany, the nation they come from.

The “Samurai” advanced to the LEC Winter 2023 grand finals at the start of the previous season by handily defeating the MAD Lions for the title. They performed worse in the LEC Spring 2023, missing the playoffs, but they still advanced to the MSI 2023. At its conclusion, G2 were in the top 6, which surely can be considered a successful result. Before they participated in the LEC Finals 2023, the German team brought another trophy to its headquarters. It was the trophy they won, with such ease, in the grand final of LEC Summer 2023 against EXCEL. G2 defeated Fnatic in the LEC Finals 2023 title match. Then they left Worlds 2023 quite abruptly.

G2 defeated the MAD Lions 3-1 in the grand finals of the LEC Winter 2024. They performed solidly at the Mid-Season Invitational 2024, finishing in the top 4, which isn’t a bad result for an LEC team. G2 secured their spot in the LEC Summer 2024 playoffs prior to the Esports World Cup 2024. There, they faltered on the last step prior to the grand finals. Even though they briefly slid to the lower grid, they went on to win the LEC Summer 2024. In the final, G2 beat Fnatic.

Their unexpected loss to the MAD Lions (2-3) marked the beginning of their LEC Season Finals 2024 participation, resulting in their moving to the lower bracket. There, they beat GIANTX in the quarterfinals.

The current form of Team BDS

In this match, BDS is going to be the underdog, based not only on the odds of bookies but also on logic.

At the LEC Winter 2024, BDS only suffered losses in their opening and final regular-season games. Despite winning two games in the playoffs, they were eliminated from the upper bracket after losing to G2 in the mini-final. And then, they were defeated by the MAD Lions in the lower bracket. LEC Spring 2024 went quite well for the French side; however, they were unable to make it to MSI 2024. Fnatic hindered BDS from reaching the grand finals. BDS, which shared the regular season top spot with SK Gaming, advanced confidently to the LEC Summer 2024 playoffs. They then dropped to the lower bracket, but they made it to the “lobby” of the grand finals. It was unfortunate that BDS met G2 there. They lost 1-3 and fell out of the top 3.

For BDS, the 2024 LEC Finals began with a painful defeat to Fnatic (0-3). Their next match against SK Gaming had the same result, but this time in favor of BDS in the lower bracket opening round.

Head-to-head

The teams will play each other for the sixth time in the 2024 season, with G2 leading 4-1 head-to-head thus far.

Match analytics

We’d bet on G2 to win this match. They are eager to win another title, in our opinion, and BDS are still not in the running to compete with such a classy rival.

Tip: Maps handicap – G2 Esports -1.5, with odds of 1.60 on Lavivabet.

Results of the forecast

Successful forecast. G2 Esports vs. Team BDS 3:2