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We continue to watch the battles at LPL Summer 2023, one of the 4 Major Leagues in the modern League of Legends. Here's the betting tip for the Royal Never Give Up vs EDward Gaming match in the group stage of the championship.
The clash between EDG and RNG takes place in week 3 of the regular season and is the focal point of game day 4. No wonder, as it's a hell of a title matchup.
Two high-profile teams with a great history and track record are playing. Both teams are aiming for the play-offs of LPL Summer 2023, if not the top positions in the standings. However, the minimum programme so far is to get into the top 10 and reach the play-offs. So far both teams are struggling to cope with it.
RNG and EDG have a similar situation in the tournament. Their performance can't be called bad, but there's not much to praise either. The face-off will decide a lot and we will be watching it closely.
Let's go.
EDward Gaming's Form
Let's start the analysis of the match EDG - RNG with the analysis of the playing form of the former. It is EDG in this match act as the favorite of the series.
Bookmakers confirm the advantage of the top Chinese team. The odds of EDward Gaming winning are estimated at around 1.4.
The gap is there and it is easy to explain. The thing about the overall performance of EDward Gaming, but more importantly, their performance in the previous split - in the LPL Spring 2023. And the overall weight of the team, of course.
EDG have dominated the Chinese scene for almost their entire history as a club. What's more, the squad has shown itself well on the international stage.
Back in 2021, EDG triumphed at Worlds 2021, writing their name in the annals of history as the best team in the world. Then something went wrong and EDG began to lose strength, but not critically.
In 2022 EDG again made it to Worlds, but only managed to finish in the top-8. This is a strong showing for some, but not for EDG.
EDG's last result was Top 3 at LPL Spring 2023. They were one series short of winning the Mid-Season Invitational 2023.
- EDG: Ale, Jiejie, FoFo, Uzi, Meiko.
However, a solid record does not guarantee unhindered passage to the play-offs and further success. Prior to Long Song games with RNG EDward Gaming are ranked 11th in the standings with a score of 3-4.
EDward Gaming's most popular champions
Edward Gaming has a very extensive pool of champions in the top line. Fiora, Sion, Kenen and Renekton appeared 3 times each, of which the first two won 2 games each, while Kenen and Renekton took all their games. Jayce, KSante, Camile, Jax and Gnar each made 2 appearances (Jax won both games, the others were 1-1).
In the woods it's a lot less varied by metha dictation. The most pickable character is Maokai (7 games, 100% wins). Next are Vi (5 games, 80% wins) and Sejuani and Wukong (4 games, 50% wins).
The central lineup does not throw up much variety either. Same popular Azir (6 games, 50% wins), Jayce (6 games, 83% wins), Akali (5 games, 80% wins).
On the bot - Zeri (7 games, 100% wins), Lucian (4 games, 50% wins), Caitlyn (100% wins in 3 games), Jhin (3 games, 66% wins).
The situation is as follows: Nami, Ashe, Yummi - 4 games each with 2 wins for the first, 3 for the second and a perfect win rate for the third. Next are Heim (3 games, 66% wins) and Annie (3 games, 100% wins).
Royal Never Give Up Form
We continue the analysis of the match with the form of RNG. In this match, the team will play number two.
Bookmakers confirm RNG's underperformance, although not critical. The odds on the Kings' victory are at 3.1.
By LPL standards the gap is miniscule, but it is there and it will be felt by the game. Unfortunately for RNG and their fans, the team has suffered a serious slump since the new season, although it used to be one of the leading clubs in China.
Royal Never Give Up were a serious force in 2022. Last year RNG won LPL Spring 2022, then triumphed in the MSI 2022 finals and also qualified for Worlds 2022, where they finished in the top-8.
In the new season, however, Long Corner was worse than before. In the first LPL regional round, LPL Spring 2023, RNG finished in the top-8.
- RNG's line-up: Breathe, Wei, Tangyuan, LP, LvMao.
The summer split, however, may be the starting point. There are few prerequisites for that yet, as the team has a 3-4 score and a top-10 position in the table, which is a precarious position.
There are plenty of matches ahead, there is time, but we should not relax.
Royal Never Give Up's most popular champions
The top picks are KSante (4 matches, 25% wins), Renekton (3 matches, 66% wins), Jayce (2 games, 0% wins).
From Foresters: Maokai (3 games, 33% wins), Sejuani (3 games, 0% wins), Graves (2 games, 50% wins), Poppy (2 games, 0 wins) and Wukong (2 games, 50% win rate).
In the midrange a classic situation: Azir (2 games, 50% wins), Akali (1 game, 0 wins), Ryze (1 game, 100% wins).
On the shooters too, it's pretty usual, except for ignoring Lucian-a. The most selectable champion is Zeri (4 games, 75% wins). There were Caitlyn (3 games, 33% wins), Ziggs (2 games, 0% wins) and Varus (2 games, 0% wins).
Heimerdinger (2 games, 50% wins), Yuumi (2 games, 50% wins).
History of head-to-head encounters
Last season, EDward Gaming won cleanly. The team then shut out the Kings with a score of 2-0.
Match outcome
In this encounter, there is every chance to see the two top clubs play evenly, but I will call EDG the winner of the match. They won in the last split and in the summer LPL they clearly want to get higher than the top 3, for which they need to win here and now.
Bottom line: victory for EDG.
