The last meeting for today, which will be held as part of the spring split from the Celestial LPL Spring 2022. The sweetest thing for later, right? That's how it is here. The most interesting match comes last: EDward Gaming against Funplus Phoenix.
To say that the champion roster of EDward Gaming was simply offended would be an understatement. They were outright made by WBG, a team that actually just came into being, which greatly offends their impeccable reputation and becomes the first defeat in the entire split. EDG are angry and I'm sure they don't want to lose another match.
The guys from FunPlus Phoenix may well share the pain of their new opponent, because the previous week they also flew away from the same Weibo Gaming, although they took one card for themselves. And as soon as they bounced back on UP, they immediately come across evil world champions.
EDward Gaming Uniform
So far, the 5th team on the leaderboard. The reigning champions from EDG in their best form and a golden "victorious" roster.
The last time they performed with such a line-up as now was at Worlds 2021 and since then they have not yet rolled out their main line-up anywhere. At NEST 2021 and Demacia Cup 2021, they entered different players in different combinations, but even so they managed to perform well.
As part of the LPL Spring 2022, they have so far played with relatively average teams, but even so, they showed that no one lost their grip and everything goes according to their dictation and according to their rules.
They even released their young squire as Xiaoxiang's top laner against weaker teams, where he performed at his best.
But that was before the meeting with Weibo Gaming. As they say: "I found a scythe on a stone." Even with the main roster, they weren't ready for such a hyper-aggressive game from the WBG, and Jiejie and Scout just got lost for two games.
I believe that after the taste of defeat, they will carry out serious work on the mistakes and will try to be ready for surprises from the opponent.
Despite their current position, it is obvious that the "Ewards" are doing very well, because they, corny, have played fewer matches than the teams above on the list. Provided that they beat the "phoenixes" 2:0, they will share the first place with LNG.
Ingredients of EDG:
- Flandre is the top lane.
- Xiaoxiang - top lane (replacement).
- Jiejie - forest.
- Scout - mid lane.
- Viper - bot lane.
- Meiko - support.
FunPlus Phoenix shape
8th team on the leaderboard. Reborn, but having lost their former power.
Previously, many bookmakers, analysts and commentators were extremely skeptical about how FPX reassembled their team, where only one Lwx remained from the conditional "oldies".
At Demacia Cup 2021, they flew off Top Esports with the same line-up, which seem to be quite good now, but clearly do not compete with the “phoenixes” in terms of level.
And in the very first match against Royal Never Give Up, the “reborn phoenixes” simply took and destroyed all doubts about the reliability of their new roster. The team played really well on all fronts.
Speaking about the next two matches against the average and frankly weak teams of Anyone's Legend and LGD Gaming, the victory of the "phoenixes" was not a surprise.
But after a good start, FPX decided to suddenly replace Beichuan in the woods with a Korean who lost a year in T1 - clid. After that, the defeats rained down.
I don't think that it's so much about the new jungler, but about not the best teamwork with such a line-up. Quite strong opponents became a plus: first JD Gaming, after LNG Esports, then Weibo Gaming and now EDward Gaming are going to finish them off, apparently.
FPX Ingredients:
- xiaolaohu - top lane.
- Beichuan - forest.
- clid - forest
- gori - mid lane.
- Lwx - bot lane.
- Hang - support.
Meeting history
Specifically in this match, I would deliberately omit the history of the personal confrontation between the teams. No matter how, but FunPlus Phoenix has a completely redesigned roster.
However, the fact that EDG did not change their roster in any way may give the Phoenixes a slight advantage in preparation.
Match result
Yes, EDward Gaming don't know the new FunPlus Phoenix roster yet, but I don't think that they will now allow themselves to rest and lose at least one extra map. And as I can see, FPX simply doesn't go against strong teams.
I'm not sure about a clear win, but I would recommend betting on EDG to win here.
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