JD Gaming will seek revenge on Ninjas in Pyjamas on Sunday, September 1, when the two Chinese LoL esports teams clash in a League of Legends Pro League (LPL) 2024 Summer Playoffs rematch. Ninjas in Pyjamas shockingly won the last meeting, but according to the latest LoL esports betting odds, JD Gaming should get their revenge.
Priced at $1.33, JD Gaming are expected to have a fairly easy time against Ninjas in Pyjamas on Sunday, which does not sound too shocking. They lost the last series 2-3, but it was an incredibly disappointing display from LoL World Championship 2023 semifinalists and not a performance we can expect to see again.
JDG were not sharp on the day, with apparent communication issues and no planning involved in their approach to the series. On the maps Seo “Kanavi” Jin-hyeok and co. won; they looked very dominant but misplayed their poke composition on map five, which led to a painful loss.
Ninjas in Pyjamas failed to make it much further after beating JD Gaming, as they got torn apart by Weibo Gaming in Round 3. There is not much to take from that series, but it did prove just how fast-and-famine Ninjas in Pyjamas can be.
Qualitatively, JD Gaming are the superior team, even though their last clash with Ninjas in Pyjamas might not make it that obvious. However, they did play a close series against JD Gaming during the regular season and once again in the playoffs, making it seem like NiP are the better pick at outsider odds.
From afar, this looks like a dog or pass match, but it is tough to doubt JD Gaming, who have the talent to end the split inside the top-three. Ninjas in Pyjamas seem too inconsistent to find any success at the top level.
ROYAL NEVER GIVE UP vs EDWARD GAMING LoL BETTING & MATCH DETAILS |
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| Best Odds: | Royal Never Give Up $2.06 at GG Bet | EDward Gaming $1.73 at GG Bet |
| When: | September 2, 2022 | 17:00 CST |
| Watch Live: | Twitch, Lolesports |
The first series of the LPL Summer Regional Finals will be the upper-bracket final between the third- and fourth-placed LPL Championship point-getters, Royal Never Give Up and EDward Gaming. The winner of this series will automatically qualify for the League of Legends World Championship group stage, and the loser will play the winner of the lower-bracket semifinal.
Royal Never Give Up (RNG) were unable to defend their crown after they took out the LPL Spring split earlier in 2022. RNG also won the Mid-Season Invitational, which featured very similar competition to what they could see at Worlds, if they make it. RNG could only manage a fourth-place finish at the completion of the regular season, although they had a very good season, finishing with a win-loss record of 13-3.
Even though RNG were very good during the regular season, they struggled in their only playoff series – which was actually against the same opponent that they will face here. EDward Gaming took that upper-bracket quarterfinal 3-1, which knocked RNG out of the playoffs.
EDG continued their growth with another improved season as they climbed from their seventh-place finish in the Spring split to a fifth-place finish in the Summer split. EDward finished the regular season with an 11-5 record and they kept the momentum going, making it all the way to the lower-bracket final before being knocked out of the playoffs. EDG are the defending world champions, so this series is massive and they will want to defend their title in North America this year.
Both teams will want to win this series and automatically qualify for the Worlds group stage, so we see a tight series upon us. Therefore, we suggest taking over 4.5 in the total maps market.
VICTORY FIVE vs LNG ESPORTS LoL BETTING & MATCH DETAILS |
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| Best Odds: | Victory Five $1.71 at GG Bet | LNG Esports $2.09 at GG Bet |
| When: | September 3, 2022 | 17:00 CST |
| Watch Live: | Twitch, Lolesports |
The lower-bracket semifinal will have Victory Five and LNG Esports battling it out in a best-of-five series, with the winner advancing to the lower-bracket final to clash with the loser of the upper-bracket final.
Victory Five finished third in the regular season with a 13-3 record, whilst they lost the equal-least amount of maps for the entire league, tied with Top Esports on nine. Victory Five have shown they are an outstanding regular-season team but they unfortunately cannot get it done in the playoffs over the last two splits. V5 finished first in the Spring but lost two of their three playoff matches, whilst in the Summer they lost their only playoff game. There will definitely be some lingering doubts in the minds of the Victory Five players as they head into another set of playoffs.
LNG Esports finished the LPL Summer regular season in seventh place with a record of 8-8. Even though LNG only managed a 50-50 record and a mid-table finish, they were outstanding in the playoffs, winning back-to-back series with no second chances. Since the start of the LPL playoffs, LNG won three do-or-die series over Bilibili Gaming, Weibo Gaming and Victory Five, before falling to JD Gaming and EDward Gaming in back-to-back defeats.
Given that LNG Esports defeated Victory Five in the upper-bracket quarterfinals two weeks ago, they will garner a lot of confidence coming into another do-or-die series here. We expect to see a very tight series, so we will be investing our money the overs in the total maps market.