Match Prediction: MAD Lions - SK Gaming | LoL
LEC Winter 2024 - Regular SeasonWelcome to EGamersWorld.
We continue our review of what's going on at LEC Winter 2024 - the first TOP tournament of 2024. In case you don't know, the first stage of the championship, the so-called regular season, is in full swing.
During the regular season, all participants of the league, and there are ten of them at LEC Winter 2024, play each other. All matches are played in the Bo1 format.
Now we are talking about the second game day of the battles, where already warmed up teams will play their second match. Among them are MAD Lions with SK Gaming.
Both teams are fighting for a place in the play-offs, and to do that you need to get into the top 8 of the regular season. The task is possible for both, but to do it you need to win here and now. And we will try to find out which of the teams will be able to do it and get one step closer to fulfil the minimum goal, namely to reach the play-offs in the next stage of LEC Winter 2024.
Let's see.
SK Gaming's form
Let's open the match analysis with an analysis of SK Gaming's form. In this match, the German club will play as favourites for the match, with odds to win at around 1.6.
The main achievement of SK Gaming last season was the debut winter LEC split. The team, being among the outsiders and previously ranked top 8 at LEC Spring and LEC Summer, managed not only to make it to the play-offs, but also put up a serious fight against MAD Lions in the match for the top 3.
What followed was much worse. At LEC Spring 2023 SK Gaming were not so confident. This time they managed to pass the regular season and bo1 matches, but not the group stage. SK fell in the top 7.
- SK Gaming roster: Irrelevent, Isma, Nisqy, Exakick, Doss.
At LEC Summer 2023 SK Gaming almost repeated the spring result, with a slight improvement. They took the top 6, but thanks to the top 4 at LEC Winter 2023 they still reached the regional finals.
However, SK Gaming's achievements ended at the LEC 2023 finals. There they played the only match against BDS and lost 0-3 without a chance.
In the first match at LEC Winter 2024 SK Gaming will play against Rogue. The "Germans" have every chance to win their debut match.
SK Gaming's most popular champions
The top SK Gaming picks are Gnar (2 games, 1 win), KSante (1 game, 0 wins), Camile (1 game, 1 win), Sion (1 game, 1 win), Renekton (1 game, 1 win).
Sejuani and Eliza are honoured in the forest. Both champions have appeared twice each and won both matches, but Vi and Kindred have lost their games.
On the centre line, Sertuss performs on Sylas (2 matches, 50% wins), Kassadin (1 time, 0 wins), Azir, Syndra and Akali (1 game each and 100% wins).
From shooters - Zeri. The character appeared 3 times and won 2 matches, besides Varus (who lost the only match), Sivir and Lucian.
Karma, who has had enough of Karma, as well as Renata Glasc and Lulu. Yummi won two out of 3 matches, Karma lost the only game, and Renata Glasc and Lulu won.
MAD Lions uniforms
We continue the match analysis with an analysis of the MAD Lions form. Here the Lions will have to play as the number two, with odds to win around 2.4.
Since 2021, they have been a consistent winner of the LEC splits with a slight adjustment for last season's failure. In 2023, the team took 2nd place at LEC Winter 2023 and won LEC Spring 2023, which we would like to pay special attention to.
By the LEC Spring split, it seemed like the MAD Lions were done. "The Lions made up for the tiebreaker in the group stage and barely made it to the group stage. There with fights, sweat and blood they reached the play-offs, where in the first round in a tough Bo5 they defeated their future rival - G2 Esports, but even there the misfortunes did not end: they needed to defeat Vitality (3-1) and make Reverse Sweep against BDS in the grand final.
- MAD Lions line-up: Chasy, Elyoya, Nisqy, Carzzy, Hylissang.
The Lions have a fighting roster, no doubt about it. They have proved it many times in practice, which, however, does not always lead to high performance, first of all on the international stage, but sometimes at home as well.
For example, MSI 2023 and top 8 there, which is good in principle, but the result at LEC Summer 2023 is already sad. At the last LEC Championships MAD Lions, the reigning Spring Split champions, crashed out at the Top 7 position, which is clearly not the level.
LEC Finals 2023 MAD Lions started with a match against EXCEL. The opening match of the summer split against MAD Lions temporarily confirmed the thesis of a one-tournament team, losing to the "lions" with a score of 0-3 without a chance.
In the match before that, MAD Lions played against G2 Esports. Obviously, they lost, with a score of 1-3.
In the battle for a slot at the LEC Finals 2023 Grand Final, MAD Lions Ledge and Fnatic. The colourful game ended with the score 2-3 in favour of the Orange. Thus, MAD Lions qualified for the Worlds 2023 on the third quota from Europe.
"Lions" Long Sogpeg at Worlds 2023 with a loss to Cloud9 and continued their performance on the main stage of the year with a victory in the European derby against BDS. In the third game, MAD Lions Ledge fought through a seemingly passable match against NRG Esports. In the decisive match at Worlds 2023, the team played against Weibo. Decisive because MAD Lions Ledge went 0-2 and crashed out of the Worlds.
MAD Lions will try to return to the top of the European League of Legends with a match against Team Heretics. It will be difficult for the Lions there.
The most popular MAD Lions champions
Fiora (2 matches, 100% wins) and KSante (2 matches, 50% wins) appeared in the top for MAD Lions more often than others. Renekton (1 game, 100% wins) and Gnar (1 game and that defeat) were also taken.
Sejuani (3 matches, 66% wins) is popular in the forest. Next is Wukong with 2 appearances and 50% wins, and there was also Maokai who won his only match.
On the centre line, Viktor (1-1) and Akali (1-1) have 2 matches each. Azir and Sylas won their matches.
Among shooters Varus appeared most often (3 matches, 66% of wins). Lucian was picked 2 times (1-1) and Sivir was picked once more (1-0).
Thresh (1-1), Lulu (1-1) were picked more often than others. Nami and Ashe, who appeared 1 time each, won their matches.
History of personal meetings MAD Lions - SK Gaming
The teams previously played each other in 2023 over the course of 3 splits. SK's only win came in the 2023 LEC Summer Split.
Predicted result of SK Gaming vs MAD Lions match at LEC Winter 2024
A new split is always a fog of war. It's still not quite clear what and how the teams will play, given the fact that a new, global patch has been released ahead of the battles on the professional scene.
If picking a winner, I'm still leaning towards SK Gaming's success. "Lions" somehow do not please lately, including Worlds matches, and therefore SK has every chance.
Bottom line: SK Gaming wins.
Bookmakers & Statistics
SK Gaming are listed as the favorites of the match in the majority of bookmakers and odds on them are equal to 1.633. MAD Lions, in turn, are the outsiders of the match. Odds on their victory are about 3.829.
Team statistics in recent matches
Last Matches | MAD Lions | SK Gaming |
5 matches (wins) | 1 | 2 |
10 matches (wins) | 2 | 4 |
We will also remind you of the statistics of matches that the teams played with each other. The competitors have held 16 matches. And MAD Lions won 8 times while SK Gaming correspondingly became the winner 7 times.