Nongshim RedForce vs. Gen.G Esports Prediction on February 20, 2025

Match info

We’ll be concentrating on the Round 3 Lower Bracket encounter here as the LCK Cup 2025 has come to the final four phase. Nongshim RedForce and Gen.G Esports will compete for the top 3 in the Korean League of Legends championship tournament. Bo5 format will be used for the match, and the winner will face the loser of the Dplus/HLE pair in the Lower Bracket Final.

Thursday, February 20 at 5 p.m. local time is when NS Red Force and Gen.G will lock horns in Seoul’s LoL Park. According to esport bookmakers’ odds, the latter is the overwhelming favorite.

Meeting statistics

The current form of Nongshim RedForce

Nongshim RedForce only kept Jung “Jiwoo” Ji-woo from the previous season, fully rebuilding their squad.

In relation to how the team that joined the LCK by purchasing Team Dynamics in 2020 ended 2024, they placed in the top 8 at the LCK Spring 2024. The top 8 made the summer split no better than the spring one, which was followed by, as previously mentioned, the off-season roster turnover with four new players.

Like the majority of the teams in the region, NS RedForce participate in the LCK Cup 2025 to kick off the 2025 season. They competed in the Elder Group and placed last; however, they advanced to the Play-In. There, they defeated BRION to start, fell to T1 in the following round, then defeated DRX 3-1 in the Lower Bracket. However, Nongshim RedForce pleasantly shocked everyone by defeating KT Rolster 3-0 in the Playoffs. The match versus DPlus came next, and they lost 1-3. Overall, Roku Casino’s odds for their over Gen.G are quite long at 5.10.

The current form of Gen.G Esports

In Round 1 of the Swiss Stage, Gen.G Esports defeated WBG to begin the Worlds 2024. The next step was a 1-0 victory over Top Esports, which was another LPL representative. With a convincing 2-1 victory over HLE in the High bracket, they advanced to the 2024 World Championship – Knockout Stage, where they first faced FlyQuest. What was meant to conclude with an undisputed triumph of one of the most formidable Korean teams evolved into a full-fledged Bo5 in which Gen.G put a lot at stake when trailing the Americans but prevailed 3-2. T1 came next: Gen.G lost 1-3 and exited the competition in the top four.

Jeong “Chovy” Ji-hoon and company began the 2025 season by competing in the Elder Group at the LCK Cup 2025, where they had a rough time, having a score of 3-2. This, luckily for them, led straight to the Playoffs’ Round 2 (semifinals) because of the updated LCK format. Despite being the favorites, they lost 2-3 against Hanwha Life Esports there.

Head-to-head

Counting from the 2024 season only, this will be the fifth face-to-face match between the teams. Gen.G, expectedly, have won all four series. Furthermore, they won all 16 head-to-head matches.

Match analytics

One would assume that Gen. G aren’t in peak form after their drop to the Lower Bracket. That’s partially true, but they’ll use all of their resources to outperform Nongshim RedForce. And they have plenty of those.

Bottom line: Correct Score 1-3 – Yes, with odds of 3 on PariPesa.

Results of the forecast

Successful forecast. Nongshim RedForce vs. Gen.G 2:3