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We continue with the main stage of the Mid-Season Invitational (MSI) 2024, the first international League of Legends tournament of the 14th professional season.
Bilibili Gaming and PSG Talon will play for passage to the next round of the upper grid. The form of the meeting, as before, bo5.
We will see if PSG Talon has a chance against such a formidable opponent and if the PCS residents will be able to put up a fight.
Let's go.
BLG uniforms
Let's open the match analysis with the analysis of Bilibili Gaming's form. In this match they play the first number one with odds to win around 1.1.
Last season, BLG broke into the top 2 of the Chinese region with lightning speed, thereby clawing their way to the Mid-Season Invitational 2023. Another sensation happened at the international event: BLG made it to the grand finals, only to lose to JD Gaming.
Another plus for BLG is the roster renewed at Long Conference 2023. The club managed to assemble a top company.
- BLG roster: Bin, XUN, knight, Elk, ON.
After a really triumphant half-year, Bilibili Gaming has not slowed down at all. The team was the first to reach the play-offs of LPL Summer 2023, and also set a local record: the only one in the history of the series finished the group stage with one defeat.
In the first match of the play-offs, TES faced off. The game was played under the dictation of vice-champions LPL Spring 2023 and BLG beat TES very confidently with a score of 3-1.
In the final of the upper grid Bilibili Gaming played against their principal rival - JD Gaming team. The reigning LPL champions left their colleagues no chance and shut down BLG with a score of 3-0.
Unlike the spring split, BLG had a slightly less confident performance in the summer. The vice-champions of the Mid-Season Invitational 2023 ended the summer split in third place, Ledgeiv in the match to advance to the LNG Esports Grand Final with a 1-3 score.
Bilibili Gaming got a pretty serious opponent in their first match at Worlds 2023. Yagao and company played against South Korea's top 3, KT Rolster, and in a 45 minute battle they were stronger.
Next up was JD Gaming and there was no way to win. However, Ledge and the first team of China, BLG got a "free" round against Fnatic, thus making the score 2-1.
BLG ran into T1 in a 2-1 basket and it didn't bode well for the Chinese club. T1 won and went on to advance, while Bilibili Gaming travelled to the net 2-2.
In the final Swiss clash, they met G2 Esports. Bilibili won 2-1, sending the first team in Europe home.
In the first round of play-offs Bilibili Gaming met Gen.G. After a rather easy 2-0, the Korean Grand equalised at 2-2, and everything was decided on the 5th map. It was decided in favour of BLG, who caught Chovy several times on Akali, and eventually sent Gen.G home empty-handed.
However, after defeating Gen.G, Bilibili Gaming failed to beat their compatriots from WBG in the match to qualify for the Worlds 2023 Grand Final.
BLG faced Royal Never Give Up in their opening match already at Demacia Cup 2023. One of the brightest teams of the group stage failed to do anything against a stronger opponent and eventually left the championship, while BLG celebrated a 3-1 victory. Ninjas in Pyjamas didn't feel Ninjas in Pyjamas in the match to reach the grand finals. Neither did they feel JD Gaming in the final itself.
BLG arrived at the Mid-Season Invitational (MSI) 2024 as the LPL Spring 2024 champions. They got it by outplaying TES in the grand finals by a score of 3-1.
Most Popular BLG Characters
The most popular characters in the TOP remain: Gnar (3 matches, 66% wins), Gwen (2 matches, 0% wins), Camile (2 fights, 50% wins), Renekton (2 games, 0% wins), KSante (2 matches, 0% wins).
Jungle is dominated by VI with 6 matches and 66% wins. Also peaking are Wukong (4 games, 0% wins), Nidalee (3 games, 33% wins).
Azir (3 matches, 0% wins), Ahri (2 games, 0 wins), Galio (2 matches, 2 wins), Sylas (2 matches, 50% wins) appear in the mid.
Lucian (7 matches, 57% wins), Varus (3 matches, 33% wins), Zeri (2 matches, 0 wins) pick on shooters.
The most popular support in combination with Lucian is Nami (7 matches, 57% wins), Karma (2 games, 50% wins).
Form PSG Talon
We continue the match analysis with the analysis of PSG Talon's form. Top 2 team of Group A Play-In MSI 2024 will play in the status of a clear outsider with the odds of victory around 14.5.
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, they 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 Mid-Season Invitational, PSG Talon Long Sogpeg started off with a very unexpected loss against FlyQuest. Already in the bottom of the bracket, they beat Estral Esports 2-0. In the Bracket Stage match they beat FlyQuest 2-0.
The 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.
History of head-to-head meetings Bilibili Gaming - PSG Talon
Previously, the teams in these squads have not played each other in official matches.
Predicted result of the match PSG Talon - Bilibili Gaming at MSI 2024
PSG Talon has no chances to win. The question is whether they can take a card or two, and I doubt it. I think it will be a solid 3-0 in BLG's favour here.
Bottom line: 3-0 in favour of BLG.
