Over the coming month, League of Legends will see the LEC Season Finals play out for the first time ever in this region. The top six teams from across Europe have gathered in Montpellier and will be competing for not only prize money but most importantly, qualification for the Worlds 2023.
G2 Esports heads to Montpellier as the reigning Winter and Summer Champion, and the big question is can anyone prevent them from claiming another title at the LEC Season Finals? Many have tried and come up short over the last few months but anything can happen on the big stage. We break down all the latest odds from bookmaker William Hill and look at the best bets to make on LOL this weekend.
※ Current Odds Date & Time: August 19th, 4:00 A.M. (GMT)
Looking at the outright betting odds ahead of the LOL LEC Finals, it’s clear that bookmaker William Hill has an obvious favourite here. G2 Esports is paying only 1.50 to win the tournament with their next closest rivals on 6.00 in Fnatic. From here, MAD Lions and Excel are also close contenders, paying 6.50 and 7.00 respectively for a win. The remaining two sides—Team BDS and SK Gaming—are massive underdogs however, with both sitting on 23.00.
The reason why bookmaker William Hill has G2 Esports as the overwhelming favorite to win the LEC Season Finals 2023 is because it’s simply too challenging to create a convincing argument for any other team winning this tournament. Of the three splits this season G2 Esports has won two and came in fourth in the other. Right now, they’re the dominate team in LOL LEC, and it’s difficult to see anyone coming close to them over the next month.
Take for example, Excel, who finished runner-up at the most recent LEC Summer 2023. A bet on them may seem attractive with the thinking that the British team could go one further in this event. The trouble is even though they finished as runner-up, they got whitewashed in the final by G2 Esports.
The same argument holds for the MAD Lions, who won the LEC Spring 2023. Despite winning that event, the team has been beaten 3-0 by G2 Esports in finals twice either side of that title. Bottom line is betting on G2 Esports to win the LOL LEC Season Finals 2023 may not be the most lucrative bet you’ll make this week, but it’s one of the more robust wagers one can find in eSports as well.
