Both Team Vitality and Team Secret fell to Gen.G in back-to-back matches at the Esports World Cup; however, Vitality was knocked out in the playoffs and Secret didn’t make it out of the group stage. With Vitality attempting to defend their RLCS World Championship crown, expect this to be a statement game early on in the event.

Gen.G will clash with PWR in the opening round of the Swiss Stage, and they will be confident in winning this clash as they have only dropped one map (3-0 & 3-1) across the two meetings with PWR this season. It is hard to see PWR taking a map off Gen.G, and a 3-0 win looks like a great value play.

Following top eight finishes at the RLCS Major 1, RLCS Major 2 and the Esports World Cup, FURIA comes into the World Championship with solid form and is expected to make the playoffs in Fort Worth. OG has only won two matches in S-Tier competition this season; therefore, FURIA is the superior team, and they will be winning this clash comfortably.

Team BDS enters the RLCS World Championship as the outright favourite with esports betting sites following their win at the Esports World Cup. BDS will open their campaign against Oxygen Esports, a team they have defeated in their last six meetings. It is expected that BDS will extend their winning streak over Oxygen in this opening round fixture.

Karmine Corp will compete in their first S-Tier event since finishing in third-fourth place at RLCS Major 1 in March, while Spacestation Gaming will be seeking to improve on their fifth-eighth-place finishes at RLCS Major 2 and the Esports World Cup. Both squads have the ability to go deep at the World Championship, and this clash is one of the highly anticipated fixtures of the opening round.

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TEAM BDS vs KARMINE CORP LoL BETTING & MATCH DETAILS

Karmne Corp will meet with Team BDS in the third round of the League of Legends EMEA Championship (LEC) 2024 Summer Playoffs on Friday, July 26. The winner will advance to face G2 Esports in the lower-bracket final and have a shot at reaching the LEC 2024 Summer finals.

Both teams won their Round 2 fixtures on map three, with Team BDS edging past GIANTX and Karmine Corp defeating SK Gaming. Neither series was pleasant to watch.

Karmine Corp seem to be peaking at the right time, although this is a generous term. They have not displayed anything promising in their last two wins; rather, they fed on MAD Lions KOI’s and SK Gaming’s mistakes.

Team BDS were not even remotely good against GIANTX, but that is one of the few series in LEC 2024 Summer where they have not performed to expectations. As such, that game seems more like a one-off rather than an indication of Team BDS’s downfall.

The last time Team BDS met with Karmine Corp, they closed as $1.46 favourites with top betting sites, and there is no reason to believe that number should be any higher in a best-of-three series. Even though Karmine Corp have won more games than expected lately, they’ve shown hardly any improvement.

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KOI are still in the race for a top-six finish in the VALORANT Champions Tour 2024 EMEA season, but their chances are slim to none. While seeing KOI defeat Natus Vincere wouldn’t be the most shocking thing that has happened this season, they also have to make it past Team Heretics next week.

Natus Vincere can secure their playoff ticket on Thursday, yet their form heading into this match is anything but inspiring. They collected four wins in the first stage but have lost all three outings in VCT 2024 EMEA Stage 2, going down to Team Heretics, FUT Esports, and GIANTX.

As they showed last stage, NaVi are capable of great things; however, their potential is hardly a good reason to have them priced as $1.30 favourites with the best esports betting sites — especially against KOI, who seem to have found some traction.

Team Liquid are 0-2 this stage, with defeats against Team Vitality and BBL Esports without winning a map. Karmine Corp have produced a similar run, losing to Fnatic and BBL Esports in two maps.

Based on those results, finding a good reason to favour one team over the other is difficult, so it’s hard to explain the offered price — especially considering Karmine Corp haven’t shown anything since winning the VCT 2024 EMEA Kickoff.

Team Liquid are priced at $1.68 to take at least one map, which is an excellent offer. But, at this number, taking Liquid on the moneyline is hard to pass on.

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Fnatic looked unstoppable until the final match of LEC 2024 Summer Week 3 when they lost to G2 Esports. That defeat doesn’t prove anything new, however, nor is it in any way an indication that Fnatic have lost their momentum.

Team Heretics are 2-5, with their wins coming against GIANTX and Karmine Corp. But while losing five games is concerning enough, their performance against Rogue last week might be a good enough reason to see Heretics as one of the worst teams in the league.

Team Heretics are in a very tough spot and they’ve not given us many reasons to feel excited about them or their chances to defeat Fnatic. Expect a very one-sided series.

As the offered LoL betting odds suggest, this could be a close series. And since it is a match between two of the weakest LEC squads, that’s a fair assessment.

Rogue defeated Team Heretics on Sunday, whereas GIANTX picked up their second consecutive win against the shaky Vitality on Saturday. That success mostly came down to GIANTX drafting much better, but that doesn’t discredit their achievements.

Esports bookmakers have the wrong team priced as favourites. Whereas Rogue have shown little this split, GIANTX draft well and have performed to decent level even when faced with more formidable opponents.

G2 Esports have looked a little shaky this split but still managed to take down Fnatic last Sunday, proving again that they’re an elite team. That said, giving them an 84.7% implied probability of beating Vitality in a best-of-one is pushing it a bit.

It’s hard to find good arguments to trust Team Vitality outside of the belief that this roster has a very high ceiling. But the quality of the players alone is a good enough reason to question their $4.54 odds for this game.

Vitality have choked a couple too many times and had questionable drafts last week, which shows in their 2-5 record. But in terms of performance metrics, they are still in a good spot and have not fallen from grace as much as the market might suggest.

SK Gaming enter LEC 2024 Summer Week 4 after beating MAD Lions KOI and Team Heretics in their last two outings. Still, they’re not good enough to be priced as $1.40 favourites with LoL betting sites — even though they’ve beaten Team BDS and G2 Esports, who both made a slew of errors in those matches.

Karmine Corp are 3-4, although they’ve only beaten MAD Lions KOI, Rogue, and Vitality, who helped KC with a massive throw. This is far below the expectations for a roster of this quality.

Even though it feels wrong to trust Karmine Corp to do what they’re supposed to, SK Gaming are overrated at this price. The value is with the underdogs.

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Team BDS started the LoL EMEA Championship 2024 Summer campaign with a perfect record. They beat Team Vitality and Team Heretics and closed out the first week of the summer split with a massive victory against G2 Esports.

Team BDS’ victory against G2 looks excellent on paper, but they had some very questionable moments in that game. So, while they deserve some praise, the final result was primarily thanks to G2 not playing as well as expected.

SK Gaming also had a solid start to the summer season, beating Rogue, G2 Esports, and GIANTX. But while their results look similar to Team BDS’, SK Gaming showed better coordination and far more stability.

This is a clash between two European LoL teams that are serious candidates to finish the season in third place. But in the first week of play, SK Gaming showed more overall, making them an obvious pick at outsider odds.

Fnatic did what was expected of them in the first week of LEC 2024 Summer, with comfortable wins against Karmine Corp, GIANTX, and Team Vitality. In some of the fixtures, Fnatic looked a bit rough early but blew things wide open in the mid-late game.

Rogue didn’t look great last week, but they still managed to pick up one win against the unconvincing Team Vitality. Yet they don’t deserve much praise for that, as Rogue would’ve lost had Vitality not thrown away multiple winning positions.

Rogue are the same team we saw in the LEC 2024 Spring; they’ve shown no notable improvement so far. Now they’re set to face a team that is more than capable of punishing mistakes, which should lead to a very one-sided game.

MAD Lions KOI had an atrocious showing in the first week of the split. They lost to G2 Esports, which isn’t too worrying, but it’s hard to ignore their loss to Karmine Corp.

MAD were over 3k gold up at 20 minutes and extended that lead to over 10k gold at 30 minutes, yet they threw it away by forcing unnecessary fights. The main theme of the week was poor macro and questionable team compositions.

Team Vitality don’t deserve much praise for their LEC 2024 Summer Week 1 displays either. After showing a high degree of consistency last split, Vitality seemingly returned to their old ways, doing random things on the Summoner’s Rift without any plans.

Both Vitality and MAD Lions KOI have a lot to prove this week, and as the offered betting odd suggest, there’s no telling which side is worse. But both teams like to fight and make errors, which should result in a scrappy and bloody affair.

Despite picking up just one win last week, Team Heretics are priced as favourites to defeat Karmine Corp with the best LoL betting sites. This doesn’t have as much to do with Heretics’ quality as it has with Karmine Corp’s lacklustre showings.

Karmine Corp entered LEC 2024 Summer with much to prove after their abysmal run through LEC 2024 Spring, yet they’ve proved just one thing: their macro understanding is one of the worst in the league. At least Karmine Corp have capable players, which helped them overcome Rogue and MAD Lions KOI — but even in those games, KC’s success was largely due to their opponents playing worse.

Team Heretics are not as good as Fnatic, G2 Esports, or even Team BDS and SK Gaming. But they’re much stabler than Karmine Corp, who are incredibly sloppy and not a team we’d trust our money with.

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BBL Esports have defied all odds so far in VCT 2024 EMEA Stage 1, winning three of the four series played. Not only have BBL won most of their games, but they have defeated Team Heretics and Natus Vincere along the way.

GIANTX, meanwhile, are 0-4 with a -36 round differential, although they have been competitive in parts. They took maps from Fnatic and Team Liquid, and last week they forced a three-map series against Team Vitality.

This comes with an asterisk, as while GIANTX have had some small victories, they only seem to do well on Lotus. On the other side, BBL Esports are a well-rounded team who have already defeated much stronger squads and shouldn’t struggle against GIANTX.

These teams last met in the VCT2 204 EMEA Kickoff finals, when Karmine Corp won 2-0. But based on their recent results, it’s fair to question whether the right team is favoured.

Team Heretics aren’t getting much respect due to their slump in weeks 2-3, but they seemed to have found their rhythm when they humiliated Team Liquid 13-2, 13-7. Karmine Corp, on the other side, are 3-2 but haven’t looked good over the last two series, with a 1-2 loss against Natus Vincere and a very close overtime victory against the league’s worst VALORANT esports team, KOI.

One good game doesn’t prove much, but Team Heretics showed what they’re capable of early in the season, and it was only a matter of time before they found their traction.

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Team Vitality looked phenomenal over the last two weeks when they defeated Team Heretics and FUT Esports. Yet their hot streak came to a screeching halt on Wednesday when Vitality suffered an embarrassing 0-2 defeat against Gentle Mates.

Vitality have never been known for their consistency, which explains how they lost against Gentle Mates. And as concerning as that defeat may seem, Vitality are still a force to be reckoned with.

GIANTX have been holding on relatively well. Despite being 0-3, they took maps from Fnatic in Week 2 and Team Liquid last round. While that doesn’t change the fact that GIANTX are 0-5 this season, they have something going for them.

Team Vitality’s recent loss suggests they can lose to GIANTX. But that defeat shouldn’t be a reason to doubt Team Vitality, who have enough talent to turn things around against an inferior opponent.

Based on the results over the first three weeks of VCT 2024 EMEA Stage 1, KOI are the worst-performing VALORANT team in the region. They’re 0-3 with a -40 round differential and three losses against Team Liquid, BBL Esports, and Fnatic.

Following a strong start to the season, Karmine Corp have slowed down a bit recently, with back-to-back defeats against Natus Vincere and FUT Esports. While it’s hard to criticise KC too much for losing against two strong opponents, the eye test proves something isn’t clicking.

Karmine Corp are not at 100%, and they need to find a way to fix their tendency to crumble after the first map. But even with all the flaws KC have, they should run over KOI without any issues.

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Gentle Mates suffered their first defeat of VCT 2024 EMEA Stage 1 on Friday when they lost against Karmine Corp 6-13 on both maps. It wasn’t a good showing from the newly promoted side, but it’s also unfair to expect Gentle Mates to do well against the no.1 VALORANT esports team in Europe.

After losing against Team Heretics in the first week of VCT 2024 EMEA Stage 1, Fnatic added another underwhelming performance against GIANTX last Friday. Even though Fnatic won the series, they lost Breeze with just five rounds, suggesting they struggle with their map pool.

Fnatic should win games like this, but they’ve not looked great lately, so it’s fair to expect Gentle Mates to exploit their pool and take one map.

Karmine Corp stumbled at the start of Week 2 when they lost to FUT Esports. But the French side bounced back with a convincing 2-0 sweep of Gentle Mates last Friday.

Natus Vincere have also had a bit of an up-and-down road on the 2024 VALORANT Champions Tour. They defeated Team Vitality and needed a reverse sweep to make it past the unconvincing Team Liquid last week. Still, NaVi are improving, and considering they’re 4-1 on the season, it’s fair to say they’re in a good spot.

Karmine Corp are priced as favourites with VALORANT betting sites, which makes sense as they won the VCT 2024 EMEA Kickoff. However, they’ve not looked much better than Natus Vincere over the last two weeks. At plus money, Kyrylo “ANGE1” Karasov and co. are an obvious choice.

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After a humiliating display at VCT 2024 EMEA Kickoff, Fnatic suffered another embarrassing loss in the first week of VCT 2024 EMEA Stage 1 against Team Heretics. The series ended in two maps; however, while Fnatic looked terrible on Icebox, they played well on Lotus.

Even though Fnatic are not nearly as dominant as last season, a 1-2 start to the year is no reason for panic – especially since their only two defeats came against the current top two teams in the region.
GIANTX are in a similar spot as they’ve yet to find much success this season, with one loss against FUT Esports and two defeats against Karmine Corp. During VCT 2024 EMEA Kickoff, GIANTX played reasonably well and took maps from FUT and KC, but last week they got stomped with a combined round record of 13-26.

Fnatic don’t seem as dangerous as in 2023, but this is the same roster that terrorised the entire VALORANT esports scene last season. So, while they’ll need to find more traction, Fnatic are significantly stronger than GIANTX, and it should show on Friday.

The newly promoted side, Gentle Mates, enter the second week of VCT 2024 EMEA Stage 1 following a 2-0 sweep of BBL Esports. It marked their first season victory after losing both clashes with Team Vitality in February.

By beating BBL Esports, Gentle Mates got their name on the board, but that victory is not worth celebrating too much. BBL Esports are not a very strong team, and still, they took 11 rounds on Sunset, which tells us more about Gentle Mates than it does about BBL.

Karmine Corp enter this match after getting reverse-swept by FUT Esports, who proved just how vulnerable Karmine Corp are. Still, they’ve only looked weak against other top teams, including Sentinels, Paper Rex, Team Heretics, and FUT Esports.

The loss against FUT Esports proves that Karmine Corp can fall. But regardless of their doubtful status as EMEA’s top dogs, Karmine Corp are very consistent in crushing weaker teams.

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Karmine Corp started VCT 2024 EMEA Stage 1 with a commanding 2-0 sweep of GIANTX. FUT Esports were just as successful in the opening week, scoring a two-map victory over Team Liquid.

FUT exceeded expectations by beating Liquid; however, there’s a real possibility they can take another big scalp this week. Even though Karmine Corp won the VCT 2024 EMEA Kickoff, they struggled against FUT Esports in February and came just a couple of rounds away from losing the series.

This won’t be an easy match for FUT, but they are in good touch and took a bite out of Karmine Corp the last time they met. At plus money, they’re worth backing to finish what they started.

Team Vitality couldn’t deliver in the first week of VCT 2024 EMEA Stage 1, losing to Natus Vincere with a combined map record of 13-26. Vitality weren’t expected to win that game, but their performance on the day inspired very little confidence.

Team Heretics’ run to the finals of the EMEA Kickoff was considered a fluke, but last Thursday they again showed they could dance with the big boys with a 2-0 victory against Fnatic. Benjy “benjyfishy” Fish led the charge with a 1.33 performance rating, ahead of Ri?ardas “Boo” Luka?evi?ius with 1.17.

Assuming benjyfishy continues to post solid individual performances, Team Heretics should find themselves in the race for the VCT 2024 EMEA Stage 1 title. But even if he doesn’t show as much on Wednesday, it’s difficult to justify a wager on Vitality given what they’ve shown so far this season.

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