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Team Liquid will have their eyes firmly planted at the top of the table as they head into this weekend in joint-second with 100 Thieves. Their opponents, Golden Guardians, are sitting in 7th and haven’t shown their complete best yet. They have healthy – and positive metrics – for gold differential at 15 minutes (+133), win rate when ahead at 15 minutes (+75%), and first tower and first blood (both 57.1%) and would be one of the better teams in the league in any other season. This time around though, things are tight, and there is very little room for error.
Team Liquid vs Golden Guardians Match Prediction
Team Liquid
Like many of the teams in the LCS, Evil Geniuses were too strong for Team Liquid in the playoffs last season but that doesn’t do anything to diminish their status in the game. They remain one of the strongest sides in the league and finished the round robin stage last season with 14 wins and four losses. They were firmly at the top and they’re pretty close to that position at the moment as well with five wins from seven games. They’re tied for the highest KD ratio at the moment as well with 1.78.
If Team Liquid are going to continue being one of the best sides in the LCS, Hans Sama has to lead the way. He has averaged 3.91 kills, 1.91 deaths, 5.45 assists and a KDA of 4.89.
Golden Guardians
Golden Guardians seem to be hovering in mid table forever. Last season, they managed nine wins and nine losses, which was enough to get them a playoff spot. This was not very impressive but it wasn’t very disappointing either. Their playoff dream ended quickly though, losing their first match against Cloud9.
They’ll head into this match as the underdogs but will be aware of the fact that they beat Team Liquid in one of their league games last season and will be hoping to pull off a similar performance this time. So far, they’ve won three of their seven games. They’ve also got a KD of only 0.86, which isn’t the most encouraging. Ablazeolive and co will have to step up their efforts. The mid laner has averaged 2.52 kills, 3 deaths, 4.41 assists and 2.31 KDA.
Team Liquid vs Golden Guardians Betting Prediction
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There isn’t a strong enough case to be made for Golden Guardians here. They have the potential to cause an upset but it’d take something very unlikely from Team Liquid for that to occur. Stick with the favorites for this one.
