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The Play-In Mid-Season Invitational 2024 Play-In matches continue. Slowly but surely, we are making our way up to the Bracket Stage.
Today we're talking about Group A, where PSG Talon and Estral Esports will play their match for life at the tournament. The winner of the match will take on the loser of the T1 - FlyQuest pairing.
Let's try to see if the Argentinians have a chance to defeat a stronger opponent and what's in store for us in the next round of the lower Play-In grid.
Let's go.
PSG Talon uniform
Let's open the match analysis with an analysis of PSG Talon's form. In this match they will play as favourites with odds to win at around 1.3.
PSG Talon had a pretty easy time qualifying for Worlds 2023 under the Taiwanese quota. Roughly speaking, they simply had no competition in their region.
During the year, PSG Talon won the PCS home tournament twice. They won at PCS Spring 2023 and PCS Summer 2023.
- PSG Talon roster: Azhi, Junjin, Maple, Betty, Woody.
In addition to regional successes, PSG Talon has been consistently recognised at the international level. And they have been doing so since their appearance on the competition scene, i.e. 2020.
At the Worlds series championships the results are as follows: TOP-12 at the 2020 Worlds, TOP-11 at the 2021 Worlds. Skipped the Worlds last year, finishing in the Top 3 on the home stage for the first time. Still appeared at MSIs, where the best result was a top-3 at MSI 2021. Incidentally, they also travelled to MSI this year, but couldn't jump above the top 9.
Worlds 2023 PSG Talon started with a confident victory over Rainbow7. The Mexicans were able to last less than an hour on two maps.
They continued it with a win over LOUD. PSG Talon easily shut down the Brazilians with a score of 2-0, becoming the only team not to lose a single map at the Play-In.
In the match for the next round PSG Talon played against BDS and after leading 2-0, lost 2-3, thus falling out of favour at Worlds 2023.
In the 2024 season, PSG Talon first finished top-2 in the PCS Spring Regular Season and then triumphed in the play-offs, shutting out HAWKS 3-0 in the grand finals.
At the 2024 PSG Talon Long Invitational Mid-Season Invitational, PSG Talon Long Sogpeg came away with a very surprising loss against FlyQuest.
Most Popular PSG Talon Champions
The most popular and successful top line champion remains Gragas (3 matches, 100% wins) and also Kennen (3 matches, 66% wins).
Wukong (6 games, 33% wins) and Sejuani (4 matches, 100% wins) play in the forest.
The centre line is played with Ahri (4 matches, 0% wins), Tristana (3 matches, 100% wins) and Syndra (3 matches, 100% wins).
The ADC position is most often occupied by Lucian (4 matches. 50% wins), Aphelios (4 matches, 75% wins).
Nami (3 games, 66% wins), Thresh (3 matches, 100% wins) are often paired with shooters.
Estral Esports uniforms
We continue the match analysis with the analysis of the game form of Argentinian club Estral Esports. In this match, they will play as an outsider with win odds around 5.
Estral Esports is a fairly new name to the international LoL scene, but not to the League as an esports discipline. Estral Esports have started their march on the LoL scene in 2019.
Performing in the Latin American region in their debut year won two local tournaments: the Division de Honor Closing 2019 and Supercopa Norte 2019. The LLA began their regional league appearances in 2021: they debuted with a top-5 finish at LLA Opening 2021 and then finished top-2 at LLA Closing 2021.
The 2022 season is remembered for two Top-2s, while 2023 saw two Top-3s and a Top-2. All in all, Estral Esport hung on tight at the top of their domestic league, but there was no way they could finish top. Not until 2024.
- Estral Esports roster: Zothve, Josedeodo, coby, Snaker, Ackerman.
In 2024, Estral Esports took the top 1 spot at LLA Opening 2024 for the first time in the club's history. With their win over Rainbow 7 in the grand finals, Estral Esports earned a trip to their first ever international tournament.
In their first match at the club's first ever international tournament, Estral Esports gained experience against T1. Obviously, they lost 0-2.
Estral Esports' most popular champions
Fiora (5 matches, 60% wins) was the most often sent to the top line. There was also Jax (3 games, 100% wins), Camile (2 matches, 100% wins), Irelia (2 matches, 100% wins).
In the forest Maokai (7 matches, 85% wins), Sejuani (4 games, 75% wins), Viego (2 matches, 100% wins).
The centre line was occupied by Azir (5 matches, 80% wins), Sylas (3 games, 66% wins), Kassadin (2 matches, 100% wins), Ryze (2 games, 50% wins).
Shooters set is standard: Varus (4 games, 50% wins), Lucian (4 games, 100% wins).
Sapports are diverse: Nami (3 games, 100% wins), Ashe (3 games, 0 wins), Varus (2 games, 100% wins), Miss Fortune (2 games, 100% wins).
History of PSG Talon - Estral Esports head-to-head meetings
Previously, the teams have not played each other in official matches.
Predicted result of Estral Esports vs PSG Talon at Mid-Season Invitational 2024
I expect PSG Talon to win this match. Despite their failure in the first match, it doesn't change the fact that they are a few goals above Estral Esports.
Bottom line: 2-0 win for PSG Talon.
