LPL 2023 Spring Playoffs betting preview – RNG v Bilibili Gaming

Royal Never Give Up will take on Bilibili Gaming this Saturday in the League of Legends Pro League (LPL) 2023 Spring Playoffs, with the winner advancing to face Weibo Gaming in the third round.

RNG left quite a statement with their 3-1 victory against ThunderTalk Gaming in the opening round. But regardless of the dominant win, they still enter this match as underdogs.

Bilibili Gaming finished the regular season in fifth place, with a 10-6 record, just one win short of catching up with Weibo Gaming in fourth. Besides ending the season with a better record than Royal Never Give Up (8-8), Bilibili also defeated RNG (2-1) at the start of March.

We praised Royal Never Give Up and their high ceiling, but even in their win against ThunderTalk Gaming, it was obvious that things weren’t clicking the way they should. Although still a formidable team, defeating Bilibili Gaming might be a tall order for Chen “GALA” Wei and his crew.

Bilibili are a team with very high expectations, and even though their regular season run didn’t go as planned, the talent is still there. The team’s main strength comes from the bottom-lane duo of Luo “ON” Wen-Jun and Zhao “Elk” Jia-Hao, who is arguably one of the best and most flexible ADC players in the league.

But even if things don’t go as planned in the bottom lane, BLG still have former MSI champion and LoL World Championship finalist Chen “Bin” Ze-Bin to do damage through the top lane. This, combined with a very solid mid-jungle duo, makes Bilibili Gaming a very tough team to beat, and we haven’t seen enough from Royal Never Give Up to believe they can do it.

We’re taking Bilibili Gaming to win with at least two maps to spare, although you can’t go wrong with a moneyline bet at the offered LoL betting odds.

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