eSports fans are in for a feast of action over the next six weeks as the League of Legends EMEA Championship is about to enter its Summer Split. The LEC Summer 2023 will feature 10 of the best LOL teams in Europe, all pitted against each other to vie for a place at the LEC Finals later this year. With just short of $100,000 up for grabs as well, expect this to be a hotly contested league.
G2 Esports heads into the LEC Summer 2023 as a strong contender having won the winter split earlier this year. However, their greatest challenge is likely to come from the most recent LEC winners, the MAD Lions who claimed the LEC Spring crown in April. Which of these two will prevail in six weeks’ time—or will we see a dark horse usurp them both?
Read on for the best LOL betting tips ahead of the LEC Summer 2023 based on the latest odds from bookmaker William Hill.
※ Current Odds Date & Time: June 16th, 2:30 A.M. (GMT)
Looking at the outright betting odds, the clear favourite to win the LEC Summer 2023 is G2 Esports. The team pays 3.10 for a win in late July and has a healthy lead on their closest rivals the MAD Lions, who pay 4.33 to win outright. Just behind MAD Lions is Team Vitality, sitting at 4.50 in the betting odds ahead of the LEC Summer 2023 kicking off.
These three teams are the strong favourites in the betting odds and have put some distance between themselves and the rest of the pack. Team BDS pays 7.00 as fourth favourite, while SK Gaming rounds out the top five betting favourites, paying a long 13.00 to win.
Despite three teams being close in the betting odds, we say the LEC Summer 2023 is really between two sides—G2 Esports and MAD Lions. Team Vitality’s best result in an S-tier tournament over the past five years is third, making them an unlikely bet to win here. G2 Esports and MAD Lions, on the other hand, have a consistent record of victory at the highest level and are both strong bets heading into the LEC Summer 2023.
G2 Esports comes into this league off the back of winning the winter split followed by coming in fourth in the spring split. Both of these times they played the MAD Lions, forming something of a rivalry in 2023. The Lions, on the other hand, won the LEC Spring 2023 and came runner-up in the winter split.
What separates these two is their most recent performance in the Mid-Season Invitational 2023. Despite neither making the semi-finals, G2 Esports did place higher and generally look more well oiled than the MAD Lions. Because of this, we say a bet on G2 Esports is the best wager ahead of the LEC Summer 2023.
