Hanwha Life Esports vs. T1 Prediction on September 7, 2024

Match info

On Saturday, September 7, Hanwha Life Esports and T1 will square off in the LCK (League of Legends Champions Korea) 2024 Summer playoffs lower-bracket final. When these two faced off in the second round of playoffs, the former team prevailed, and the proposed odds of online betting sites that accept Ukash believe that the rematch (2 p.m. local time at Gyeongju Indoor Stadium) should go the same way.

Meeting statistics

The current form of Hanwha Life Esports

Hanwha Life Esports is a strong mid-table squad that always manages to advance almost to the very end of regular splits. However, it wasn’t until 2023 that this began to occur. It was a result of a significant roster restructuring. This year, in the LCK Spring 2024 season, HLE were among the top three. They missed out on qualifying for the international LAN event by one series.

Hanwha Life Esports finished 14-4 in LCK Summer 2024 regular-season play and qualified for the playoffs by going straight to the postseason’s second round (Upper Bracket semis). At the end of August, they easily defeated T1, proving better than their region powerhouse across three maps. Despite their surprise performance, Hanwha Life Esports were defeated by Gen.G in the Upper Bracket finals. Two series were leveled contests that could’ve gone either way. The main reason why HLE were unable to cross the finish line was because Gen.G were just that good.

The current form of T1

T1 had some difficulties during the LCK Spring 2024 regular season, placing third with a 15-3 record. Surprisingly, after showing no proper resistance in the game against Hanwha Life Esports (0-3), T1 got off to a bad start in the championship playoffs. With two wins in the Lower Bracket playoffs, T1 placed in the top two and became the second, and also the last, Korean team at MSI 2024. They easily made it to the bracket stage of the Mid-Season Invitational 2024 Play-In, where they had a 3-2.

T1 temporarily ended their run at LCK Summer 2024, where they had a 5-1 record, to compete at the Esports World Cup 2024. So they visited Riyadh in between regional competition matches, where they won the inaugural event and took home a $500,000 reward, defeating TOP Esports in the championship match.

T1 finished the regular season 11-7 and in fourth place, going into the LCK Summer 2024 playoffs, which isn’t a respectable score for a club of their caliber. They struggled against HLE in the Upper Bracket semis, with strange drafts and subpar execution, but most importantly, their players didn’t appear to be on the same page, following their victory against KT Rolster in the opening round of the playoffs. Positively speaking, Lee “Faker” Sang-hyeok & Co. fared better versus Dplus in the Lower Bracket semifinal, indicating that they had worked out some kinks.

Head-to-head

The teams have faced off six times previously, with HLE winning four of those, and T1 two.

Match analytics

Whether or not to support T1 in this match will depend on how much the win over Dplus opened their eyes. Although it was a strong performance, it’s reasonable to infer that T1 isn’t the same team as it was earlier in the season, given that it has been struggling more than anticipated for several months. However, Hanwha Life Esports continues to be a counter-punching team, which is a strategy that shouldn’t be employed against any top team. However, they outperformed Gen.G on two of the four maps this way, and given how defective T1 are, HLE could restore their supremacy. And will do so.

Tip: Correct Score 3:1, with odds of 3.50 on BETFAN.

Results of the forecast

Successful forecast. Hanwha Life Esports vs. T1 3:1