Hanwha Life Esports vs. Gen.G Esports Prediction on April 2, 2025

Match info

Regional rivalries are on the horizon for the League of Legends competition. Next up are the LCK Season 2025 (League of Legends Champions Korea Season 2025) matchups, which are, actually, the matches of the second LCK split in 2025.

Hanwha Life Esports and Gen.G Esports will open the Seoul-hosted event. On Wednesday, April 2, 2025, at 6 p.m. local time, the LCK Cup 2025 Grand Final rerun will kick off. Let’s attempt to determine which of these two teams will be more formidable in their next head-to-head, i.e., whether Hanwha Life Esports will be able to extend their winning streak following their triumph in the season’s first international competition or Gen.G will return to the winning paths.

Meeting statistics

The current form of Hanwha Life Esports

We begin the match prediction by examining the game form of HLE. It is evident from the Bank Transfer eSports bookmakers’ odds that they are the favorites.

Since 2023, HLE have been continuously advancing to the final phases of the regular splits. They participated in the LCK Cup 2025 to start the 2025 season, playing Group Baron alongside T1 and three other teams. They advanced to Round 2 of the Play-In after finishing the Group Battle with a 3-2 record. They defeated DRX in Play-In, earning them a spot in the Playoffs. In a full-fledged Bo5 clash, HLE upset the current world champions T1 in Round 1. They then were involved in the same number of series in each of the subsequent rounds, including the Grand Final, when they won the LCK championship for the first time.

HLE performed flawlessly in the Round Robin Stage of the First Stand 2025 Tournament, winning all four games with an 8-2 map difference. After losing the first map in the Grand Final against Karmine Corp, HLE easily won the remaining three, securing the title of the winner in the first international League of Legends event of the 2025 season.

The current form of Gen.G Esports

Gen.G began the 2025 season by competing in the Group Elder at the LCK Cup 2025. Despite having a very difficult campaign, they came in second with a 3-2 record. This led straight to the playoff semifinals, or Round 2, because of the updated LCK format. Even though they were the favorites, they lost 2-3 against Hanwha Life Esports there.

Thanks to a tremendous effort, they defeated Nongshim RedForce in the Lower Bracket first match by a close result of 3-2. However, Gen.G demonstrated the class in the following game against Dplus KIA, shutting down the rival with a 3-0 victory. After playing HLE once more in the tournament, this time in the Grand Final, and losing in a full-fledged Bo5, Gen.G placed second in the LCK Cup 2025.

Head-to-head

The teams have faced off six times in the past year, with three victories apiece.

Match analytics

We anticipate a close match. All matchups in the most recent LCK split were truly spectacular between these two, and the constellation of forces between them will hardly likely change in a few weeks. Though they are outsiders, we believe Gen.G will win because they’ll be motivated to take revenge on HLE for losing the LCK Cup 2025 title match.

Tip: Match – Odds: Winner, Gen.G, with odds of 2.25 on Bet365.