Hanwha Life Esports vs. Top Esports Prediction on March 10, 2025

Match info

Let’s keep making predictions for the 2025 First Stand Tournament, a brand-new League of Legends professional event. The tournament in Seoul, Korea, which is expected to kick off the First Stand Tournament (FST) series, will feature teams from five official regions. Hanwha Life Esports (LCK) and Top Esports (LPL) are among the participants.

Which of these two frontrunners will emerge victorious and secure their first victory in the Round Robin Stage of the 2025 First Stand Tournament? The game will begin at LoL Park on Monday, March 10, at 8 p.m. local time. If it comes to eSport bookmakers, Hanwha Life Esports are the overwhelming favorites for prevailing in a duel.

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The current form of Hanwha Life Esports

HLE handily started the Worlds 2024. Nevertheless, they lost 1-3 against BLG in their match to start (and surprisingly end) the Knockout Stage.

The LCK Cup 2025 is the first tournament where HLE appeared this season. They started it off by playing the Baron Group, where they took second place, having the score 3-2, and got to Round 2 of Play-In. There, they beat DRX, which awarded HLE a place in the Playoffs. In Round 1, they defeated the reigning world champions T1 in a full-fledged Bo5 match. Next up was a match against Gen.G and the same result: 3-2 in favor of Han “Peanut” Wang-ho and company. In the Round 3 Upper Bracket, Hanwha Life Esports played against Dplus, winning 3-2. In the Grand Final, they finally got their way by defeating Gen.G, becoming LCK champions for the first time.

The current form of Top Esports

With a 13-3 record, Top Esports advanced directly to the Playoffs of the LPL Spring 2024. They eventually advanced to the Grand Final, where they lost 1-3 against Bilibili Gaming. TES succumbed to G2 Esports in the 2024 Mid-Season Invitational, to end up in the top 6. They participated in the Esports World Cup 2024 after that, losing to T1 in the Grand Final. TES moved up from third place at the LPL Summer 2024 to the Worlds 2024. They made it to the Knockout Stage, but things did not go as planned: they lost to T1 0-3 in the Quarterfinals and were eliminated in the Top 8.

The 2025 season for Top Esports began with the LPL Split 1, the first split of this year’s LPL season. They advanced to the Grand Final and defeated Anyone’s Legend 3-1 to solidify their place among China’s best teams.

Head-to-head

These two teams have never met in official matches.

Match analytics

In our opinion, even though HLE are stronger on paper, we don't expect an easy ride for the Korean club.

Tip: Total maps – Over 2.5, with odds of 1.83 on Bet365.