Prediction for the match Fnatic – Excel Esports
We continue to review the second day of the first week at LEC Summer 2022. The tournament starts, as always, from the group stage. We are expecting bo-1 matches. Today we will look at the confrontation between the teams Fnatic and Excel Esports.
Fnatic form
Starting in 2019, the performance of the Fnatic club began to fall, which served as a change in the team's roster. The only one left is Hylissang's support. I would call him inviolable in the ranks of FNC, because he is the only one who survived the reshuffles and has been with the club since 2017.
With the arrival of new players, as I mentioned above, the results only worsened. This can be clearly seen in the history of the team's tournaments: LEC Summer 2020 (4th place), LEC Spring 2021 (5th place) and LEC Summer 2021 (5th place). Previously, the club without any difficulties passed into the top three, and even into the finals of the LEC series tournaments.
The breakthrough happened at the last split - LEC Spring 2022. Successful substitutions and the arrival of experienced performers contributed to this.
Fnatic roster
- Wunder
- Razork
- Humanoid
- Upset
- Hylissang
Wunder is the most experienced player in the squad. Multiple champion of LEC format tournaments. Several times entered the TOP-3 at the World Championship of various years.
Heroes Fnatic
Most Picked Champions: Twisted Fate (9 matches, 55.6% win rate), Viego (9 matches, 55.6% win rate) and Aphelios (9 matches, 44.4% win rate).
Most successful champions: Volibear (5 matches, 100% win), Pyke (4 matches, 100% win) and Zeri (4 matches, 100% win).
Fnatic latest match results
- Lost to G2 Esports with a score of 0-3;
- Lost to Rogue 2-3;
- Victory over G2 Esports with a score of 3-1;
- Victory over Excel Esports with a score of 1-0;
- Lost to the Misfits 0-1.
Excel Esports form
Excel Esports are heavily inferior to their opponents. In the history of their performances, there are no significant achievements, and there are no insignificant ones. The team regularly participates in LEC tournaments, but does not always make it to the playoffs of the championship.
Recently, the club has been producing single reshuffles as part of a team, but in fact this has not brought any success. We can look back and compare the performance of 2022 and 2021 at the LEC. We can say that there is progress, but can we call it progress? If in 2021 XL took 7th-8th places, then in 2021 at the LEC Spring the team went to the playoffs, where they took 6th place. And this is despite the fact that the club has acquired a rather strong support under the nickname Mikyx, which I will discuss in more detail below.
Excel Esports roster
- Finn
- markoon
- nukeduck
- Patrick
- Mikyx
Mikyx is the most experienced player on the roster. The support has a lot of victories in tournaments like LEC behind his back. It is worth noting that in 2019 he took 2nd place in the World Championship, with the then G2 team. He is the most experienced player of this match.
Heroes of Excel Esports
Most picked champions: Jinx (12 matches, 50% win rate), Xin Zhao (9 matches, 55.6% win rate) and Aphelios (6 matches, 66.7% win rate).
Most successful champions: Irelia (2 matches, 100% win), Jayce (2 matches, 100% win) and Malphite (2 matches, 100% win).
Excel Esports Latest Match Results
- Defeated by Team Vitality with a score of 2-3;
- Lost to Fnatic 0-1;
- Victory over SK Gaming with a score of 1-0;
- Lost to G2 0-1;
- Defeated by Rogue with a score of 0-1.
As we can see above, the club is not in the best shape.
History of confrontations between teams
Previously, the participants of the battle held 14 meetings among themselves. Fnatic have won 13 of them.
Exodus
Not much to say here. Fnatic is the favorite of this confrontation. Both squads got their hands on strong players, but so far this is only noticeable on the results of Fnatic. It will be difficult for Excel Esports to oppose something to their opponents.
Bottom line: in this battle, the undisputed favorite is the club Fnatic.
