MAD Lion KOI vs Vikings Esports Tips & Picks – LoL Worlds 2024 Play-In

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MAD Lions KOI vs Vikings Esports League of Legends betting picks for Wednesday, September 25, 2024, in the first round of LoL Worlds 2024 Play-In stage (14:00 CEST)
MAD Lions KOI are huge favourites
Vikings Esports debut at LoL Worlds 2024

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MAD Lions KOI vs Vikings Esports Predictions

MAD Lions KOI will clash with Vikings Esports on Wednesday, September 25, in the first round of League of Legends World Championship 2024 Play-In stage. It’ll mark their first clash ever and unsurprisingly, the European representatives are expected to win.

MAD Lions KOI vs Vikings Esports Predictions
Head to Head
MAD Lions KOI Form
MAD Lions KOI Squad & Team News
Vikings Esports Form
Vikings Esports Squad & Team News

MAD Lions KOI are priced as 1.08 favourites with the best League of Legends bookmakers to defeat Vikings Esports, who are priced as 7.00 underdogs. This gives the outsiders just a 14.3% probability of upsetting Europe’s third seed.

MAD Lions KOI hail from a much stronger region
Vikings Esports are Vietnam’s second seed
MAD Lions should dominate

Head to Head

MAD Lions KOI and Vikings Esports have never met before.

MAD Lions KOI Form

MAD Lions KOI defied all the odds when they qualified for the LoL World Championship 2024. While they had an excellent start to the 2024 LoL esports season and reached the finals of the LEC 2024 Winter Playoffs, MAD Lions have not shown much in the latter stages.

Their run through the spring and summer seasons was atrocious, to say the least, especially the summer regular season, in which MAD Lions KOI ended in eighth place. Yet despite showing essentially nothing since February, MAD Lions KOI squeezed their way to LoL Worlds by finishing the LEC 2024 Season Finals in third place, thanks to an upset victory against G2 Esports in the first round.

To say that MAD Lions did not deserve to be here is more than fair, and their performance metrics prove just that. Still, hailing from a more competitive regions, MAD Lions KOI might be rightly priced as favourites to defeat Vietnam’s Vikings Esports.

MAD Lions KOI Squad & Team News

MAD Lions KOI have not made any roster changes.

Alex "Myrwn" Pastor Villarejo – top lane
Javier "Elyoya" Prades Batalla – jungle
Bartłomiej "Fresskowy" Przewoźnik – mid lane
David "Supa" Martínez García – ADC
Álvaro "Alvaro" Fernández del Amo – support

Vikings Esports Form

Vikings Esports enter LoL Worlds 2024 Summer as Vietnam’s second seed, which does not inspire much confidence, especially as they’ve not come close to beating the league’s squad, GAM Esports.

On the other hand, Vikings Esports have posted solid performance metrics this season and have proven themselves as a highly aggressive team. This should be their biggest strength at LoL Worlds 2024 since Vikings don’t necessarily have the talent to compete against the world’s top teams, but their playstyle could catch some teams off guard – especially early on.

Vikings Esports Squad & Team News

Vikings Esports with no roster changes.

Phùng "Nanaue" Đức Tài – top lane
Tô "Tomrio" Minh Khoa – jungle
Đặng "Kati" Thanh Phê – mid lane
Nguyễn "Shogun" Văn Huy – ADC
Trần "Bie" Đức Hiếu – support

Verdict

MAD Lions KOI v Vikings Esports

MAD Lions KOI have not had the best run through the 2024 season, but they still hail from a more competitive region, so it makes sense to see them priced as favourites for this match. Yet, at this number, it’s more than fair to look the other way.

Vikings Esports should not defeat MAD Lions KOI under normal circumstances, yet the first games of international events offer anything but that. Travel time, lack of preparation, on top of changes in meta with the introduction of a new patch are all reasons enough to bump up any massive underdog.

Everything considered, Vikings Esports are a solid bet to win a map at these numbers.

Vikings +1.5 Maps

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