Top Esports vs. T1 Prediction on October 19, 2024

Match info

Let’s continue to follow what’s going on at the League of Legends Worlds 2024, where the playoffs are now underway.

On Saturday, October 19, at 2 p.m. local time at Adidas Arena in Paris, France, Top Esports and T1 will play their quarterfinal match. In our opinion and, obviously, in the opinion of renowned offshore sportsbooks (who set close to leveled odds on a moneyline market), the most intriguing Worlds 2024 match of the entire first round of the Knockout Stage will exactly be this one.

Meeting statistics

The current form of Top Esports

The Top Esports form is the first step in our analysis of the match. They are playing as outsiders, but their odds of winning are just slightly longer than the rival’s. TES are 1.89 on NetBet, while T1 are 1.81.

With a 13-3 record in the regular season, the Chinese side advanced directly to the Double-Elimination stage of the LPL Spring 2024. They faced Bilibili Gaming in the grand final and lost 1-3.

LOUD was easily crushed by Top Esports in the opening match of the Mid-Season Invitational 2024. Then, however, things started to go south; consequently, the Top 6. TES participated in the Esports World Cup 2024, losing to T1 in the grand finals.

Top Esports moved up from third place in the LPL Summer 2024 to Worlds 2024. They first beat T1, the current world champions. A defeat against Gen.G followed, then came a decisive victory over Fnatic. TES defeated Dplus 2-0 in the last Swiss Stage round.

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. When it seemed that Lee “Faker” Sang-hyeok & Co. had worked out some kinks, they lost to HLE again, this time in the LB final, finishing in the top 3.

T1 advanced to the LCK Regional Finals, where they narrowly defeated KT Rolster 3-2 to earn a spot in the Worlds 2024. They lost a tough match to Top Esports in the first match. They then got 2-1 after handily defeating paiN Gaming and winning a close match against Bilibili Gaming. In the crucial match, T1 outperformed G2 2-0.

Head-to-head

T1 and Top Esports met paths twice in formal meetings during the 2024 season. The latter won the opening round of the Swiss Stage at Worlds 2024, while T1 won the Esports World Cup 2024 final.

Match analytics

For T1, the Bo5 format is more practical. Although T1s don’t appear to be the best of the best, they constantly evolve during the Swiss Stage. In our opinion, that will bear fruit in the match against TES, and they’ll move on to the next round.

Tips: Games Handicap T1 -1.5, with odds of 2.70 on Veerbet.