Karmine Corp vs. SK Gaming Prediction on January 25, 2025

Match info

We’re looking into LEC Winter 2025 as part of our ongoing European League of Legends coverage. In case you missed it, it’s the first of three professional LoL splits in Europe to earn a spot in the First Stand 2025, a brand-new international competition that includes elite teams from the LEC and other regions. Let’s discuss the second week of LEC Winter 2025, whose opening day will conclude with Karmine Corp. vs. SK Gaming. The Riot Games Arena in Berlin, Germany, will host the game on Saturday, January 25 at 9 p.m. local time.

Meeting statistics

The current form of Karmine Corp

Karmine Corp will play as favorites in this game, with odds of 1.33 to win by Mundoapostas (former Bet9.com). SK Gaming are 2.87.

Karmine Corp are complete newbies to the LEC league, despite their enormous popularity in Europe. The French squad has participated in a number of Tier-2 tournaments inside the LEC realm in addition to playing on the local scene versus fellow countrymen. KC bought a slot from Astralis to join the LEC. The Danish team chose to sell its spot in the elite division after failing to produce results the previous season. We’ll see if they made the correct decision.

Karmine Corp were the worst team in LEC Winter 2024. At one point, they only had one win, finishing with a record of 2-7. They replicated their winter split result at LEC Spring 2024. In other words, they took the last place once more, and the record was the same—two wins and seven losses.

With a score of 4-5 at the LEC Summer 2024, KC advanced to the Playoffs from fifth place. They lost 0-2 against G2 Esports in their Playoffs debut match, falling to the Lower Bracket. They then repeatedly defeated more reputable opponents. They eventually made it to the Semifinals, but were eliminated by BDS.

Karmine Corp closed out the first week of the LEC Winter 2025 with a 2-1 record, placing them third in the standings.

The current form of SK Gaming

By presenting the SK Gaming form, we resume the match analysis. Bookies that accept cryptocurrency have clearly outlined that they are outsiders in this match.

The German organization did well in the LEC Winter 2024 – Group Stage, finishing with a 5-4 record. They, however, dropped to the Lower Bracket in the Playoffs. There, they lost to Fnatic in the second round, ending their journey in the winter split. By pure luck and with the help of the fighting spirit embodied in the team name, “Schroet Kommando” (German for the “Shotgun Squad”), SK Gaming made it to the LEC Spring 2024 – Playoffs. They needed to defeat Rogue in a tiebreaker to advance to the main stage; however, after losing to Vitality and Heretics, they placed in the top 8.

SK Gaming finished the LEC Summer 2024 – Regular Season in first place with a score of 8-1, but they ruined such an amazing performance by surprisingly losing to Karmine Corp in the Playoffs. They started the LEC Regional Finals 2024 from the Lower Bracket and didn’t get very far there, finishing in the top 6.

In the first week of the LEC Winter 2025, SK Gaming lost all three matches, which nailed them down to the last place in the standings.

Head-to-head

The teams faced off four times in the 2024 season, with each team winning two games.

Match analytics

In this Bo1 match, our bet is on SK Gaming. Call us crazy, but we believe that they’ll manage to finally show the play, at least, at the level of previous LEC seasons.

Tip: Match winner – SK Gaming. Sazkabet offers a bigger moneyline value on their win than many bookies: 2.90.