GIANTX vs. SK Gaming Prediction on January 18, 2025

Match info

We’re going over the schedule of games for the opening day of the League of Legends EMEA Championship Winter 2025 – Regular Season. We’ll go into details of the match between GIANTX and SK Gaming, which is scheduled to start at 7:30 p.m. local time on Saturday, January 18, 2025, at the Riot Games Arena in Berlin, Germany, in order to determine who’ll be stronger and earn important points at the beginning of the tournament, whose winners advance to the First Stand 2025, a brand-new event in the LoL calendar.

Meeting statistics

The current form of GIANTX

Let’s start the GIANTX vs. SK Gaming match analysis by examining the former’s performance. They are the favorites to win this game, with odds of 1.58 on GunsBet.

The GIANTX’s first match after taking up the Excel Esports’ slot was at the LEC 2024 Winter split. The Spanish-British team formed by the merger of the Giants and Excel Esports waited until the very last minute to reveal their entire roster for the 2025 campaign.

Under the new tag, GIANTX debuted in the match against Vitality. They narrowly advanced to the LEC Winter 2024 – Playoffs, losing to Vitality in the opening round. The MAD Lions, who went on to the Grand Final, defeated them in the Lower Bracket encounter.

At the LEC Spring 2024 – Regular Season, GIANTX placed sixth. They advanced to the Playoffs from seventh place with a score of 3-6 at LEC Summer 2024. After losing 1-2 against BDS, GIANTX’s tournament performance came to an end, placing them in the top 6. They also placed in the top six at the LEC Finals 2025, which came next.

The current form of SK Gaming

According to the odds of the best crypto betting sites, SK Gaming will play as outsiders in this match.

With a score of 5-4, they did rather well in the LEC Winter 2024 – Group Stage. SK Gaming lost to Fnatic in the second round of the Playoffs after dropping to the Lower Bracket. After defeating Rogue in a tiebreaker, the German squad advanced to the LEC Spring 2024 – Playoffs by luck and fortitude. They finished in the top eight, though.

With an 8-1 record at the end of the LEC Summer 2024 – Regular Season, SK Gaming took first place in this stage. They suffered a surprise 1-2 loss to Karmine Corp during the Playoffs. The Lower Bracket is where they began the 2024 LEC Regional Finals. They didn’t make it very far there as they were placed in the top six.

Head-to-head

The two teams have faced off three times in the 2024 season, and each time SK Gaming prevailed.

Match analytics

We’d bet on SK Gaming in this match. Here, it even comes down to the GIANTX’s clichéd attitude toward the LEC Winter 2025 roster creation and the teams’ prior head-to-head record.

Tip: Match Winner – Twoway – SK Gaming, with odds of 2.25 on Stake.