Match Prediction: LGD Gaming - FunPlus Phoenix Blaze | LoL

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0:2 (FunPlus Phoenix)

Well, back to China again. Today is the 5th day of the spring split and the largest League of Legends tournament for China as a region - LPL Spring 2022.

In the first match of today, LGD Gaming will face FunPlus Phoenix, which the majority, including myself, underestimated due to the new roster. As it turned out in vain.

The 5th game day is already underway, and we have never seen half of the teams in the tournament, but we have already watched these two in two matches:

On the very first day, the Phoenixes were not without difficulty, but they took away the victory from their rivals in the person of RNG, which pleasantly surprised the fans and caused problems for those who were betting on the favorites of the meeting.

And on the second day, we witnessed the defeat of LGD against Anyone's Legend. Not to say that the guys from LGD Gaming performed at their peak and showed a cool game, but they managed to take one card.

FunPlus Phoenix Shape

I will repeat myself, but many bookmakers, analysts and commentators were extremely skeptical about how FPX rebuilt their team, where only one Lwx remained from the conventional "oldies".

At the Demacia Cup 2021, they flew away from Top Esports with the same lineup, which seem to be quite good now, but clearly do not compete with the Phoenixes in terms of level.

And at the match itself, FPX just took and destroyed all doubts about the reliability of their new roster. The team played really well on all fronts.

FPX roster:

xiaolaohu - top lane.
Beichuan is a forest.
gori - mid lane.
Lwx - bot lane.
Hang - support.

LGD Gaming Form

LGD announced as many as 9 players as the main squad for this spring split, but in the end we saw the same roster as at Demacia Cup 2021, minus the replacement of the top laner.

Have LGD finally found their stable lineup? Let's hope so, because the constant replacement of players will definitely not lead to good results.

Actually, we saw a similar thing in their mast against AL. Each of the players has good potential and personal performance, but teamwork and understanding of the team is still lacking.

Another stone in the same garden is the new coaches who know and train the team for just over a month.

LGD roster:

fearness - top lane.
shad0w - forest.
YeG is mid lane.
Eric is a bot lane.
Jinjiao - support.

Meeting history

Over the entire period of their existence, the teams have met 9 times. Since 2018, they have continued to meet regularly on the LPL. 8 out of 9 meetings were victoriously taken away, not surprisingly, by the Phoenixes.

And one game LGD was able to pick up at the dawn of the FPX team, that is, in the same 2018, after which there was a tendency for the latter to clearly dominate.

Result of the match

Watching FunPlus Phoenix play and comparing the approximate balance of power with their rivals LGD - I want to give a landslide victory to the Phoenixes.

Most likely we will see 2: 0 in favor of FPX, this will be the bet.