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As part of our Mid-Season Invitational 2023: Bracket Stage matchup review, we've put together a betting tip on the JD Gaming vs Golden Guardians matchup. The match is the last match in the first round of MSI 2023, the first full-fledged tournament in the League of Legends for the 2023 season.
We've watched the teams' matches on the home stage, analysed the sides' past successes and their matches on the international stage to make this review. We tell you what to expect from the encounter and who will emerge victorious at the end of it.
Let's go.
JD Gaming uniforms
We open our review of the JD Gaming - Golden Guardians match by taking a look at the JD Gaming uniforms. In this match they will play in the status of favorites.
The bookmakers are confident of a quick and not lopsided win for JD Gaming. The odds on JDG's success are estimated at around 1.01 and this is the most smashing figure of the first round.
In the parsing of previous games repeatedly raised the question of the competence of the representatives of the Western League of Legends. In this one, we will touch on it, as Riot once again bring together representatives of the different camps in a face-to-face battle.
There is, however, nothing wrong with that. No one is stopping conditional America to outplay China, for this you just need to try, as JD Gaming is not an easy team.
The club has held the bar for several seasons and is at the top position in China, which is worth a lot. The breakthrough to the top of China happened around 2020 when JDG became LPL champions for the first time, winning the spring split.
It was a very successful 2022 season when JD Gaming took the top 4 at the Spring LPL and then improved on that at the LPL Summer 2022. Then Worlds was also top 4 and after that came Reshuffle.
- JD Gaming roster: 369, Kanavi, Knight, Ruler, Missing.
The roster is very serious by names and became more serious with addition of Ruler and Knight. The players had a successful debut as JD Gaming became the LPL Spring 2023 champions.
JD Gaming had no equal in the domestic league, with the most trouble they had was caused by Bilibili Gaming, who will be revealing the strongest in a match against Cloud9 before that.
JD Gaming's most popular heroes
- Top Line: Renekton (7 games, 71% wins), KSante (7 games, 85% wins), Sion (4 games, 100% wins)
- Jungle: Wukong (5 games, 100% wins)
- Centre Line: Ahri (3 matches, 100% wins).
- Gunner: Zeri (2 games, 100% wins), Aphelios (2 games, 100% wins).
- Supporters: Lulu (2 games, 100% wins), Rakan (2 games, 100% wins).
Ready to take the bookies at their word and bet on the victory of the clear favourite - pick JD Gaming as the winner at odds 1.01.
Ready to take a chance, take a closer look at Golden Guardians, who are playing as the underdogs here.
Golden Guardians' Form
Let's continue our review of the match by analyzing the Golden Guardians' form. They have little chance in this encounter and are playing in a catch-up role.
The bookmakers have put a cross on Golden Guardians. The odds for victory flew somewhere into space and settled at 12 only because it's simply impossible to give more.
In reality, that number doesn't indicate that the Golden Guardians are incompetent as a team, and it certainly doesn't hint at their mediocrity or anything like that. "The Guardians are a very enjoyable team that has already shown a high level of play by getting here, but the opponent is far too monumental and impenetrable.
So, Golden Guardians' season is shaping up just fine. It began with second place in the LCS Spring 2023, which no one really believed in (except perhaps the guards themselves), and continued with reaching the group stage of the Mid-Season Invitational 2023.
- Golden Guardians: Licorice, River, Gori, Stixxay, huhi.
The creators of Golden Guardians' success are Koreans Gori and Huhi, but in reality they all play pretty much the same: Nobody really stands out, and that's too bad, it could help against serious individuals from JD Gaming.
However, after winning LCS Spring 2023, Golden Guardians came to London to take part in MSI 2023. And frankly, they're doing quite well here.
The Guardians almost managed to overcome the Play-In by making it through the top net, but they missed out on a win over Bilibili Gaming at the last minute, giving the series a 3-1 lead.
However, in the last hopes grid, Golden Guardians easily defeated Rainbow7 and PSG Talon without a single loss.
Golden Guardians' most popular champions
- Top Line: Gwen (3 matches, 100% wins), Fiora (3 matches, 66% wins).
- Jungle: Wukong (5 games, 80% wins).
- Centre Line: KSante (4 games. 75% win rate).
- Shooter: Zeri (4 games, 50% win rate).
- Sappers: Nami (3 games, 100% wins).
Golden Guardians took the card against Bilibili Gaming, who in turn took points from JD Gaming in LPL Spring 2023. If such a stretched argument allows you to allocate the winner of the match exactly GG - bet on them with odds of 12 (!).
JD Gaming - Golden Guardians head-to-head history
The teams have not previously played each other in official matches. This match will be the clubs' debut head-to-head encounter.
The outcome of the match
Everything in this match is destined to happen before it starts. You can drag the fact that Bilibili has taken the cards from Golden Guardians by the ears and that's it. Will it help against Ruler- my answer is no. I believe that JDG will shut down their opponents with the score 3-0.
Bottom line: 3-0 win for JD Gaming.
