Team GO and Karmine Corp are set to lock horns on Friday, September 1, in the semifinals of EMEA Masters 2023 Summer. It’ll mark their first meeting since Week 7 of the La Ligue Fran?aise (LFL) 2023 Summer regular season, when Karmine Corp won 1-0.
Following a ninth-place finish at LFL 2023 Spring, Karmine Corp overhauled their roster. The French LoL esports team signed three new players in jungler Jakub “Cinkrof” Rokicki, ADC Caliste “Caliste” Henry-Hennebert, and support Rapha?l “Targamas” Crabbé, who immediately put KC back on track.
With a new roster, Karmine Corp crushed the LFL Summer, won the regular season and claimed their second LFL trophy with a 3-0 sweep of BK ROG Esports. At EMEA Masters 2023 Summer, KC had a slow start and finished the group stage with a 3-3 record, but they bounced back with a commanding 3-0 sweep of DenizBank ?stanbul Wildcats in the first round of the knockout stage.
So even though KC have had their ups and downs this season, they looked like their former selves on Tuesday, and if they can keep playing at this level, there’s no reason to believe Karmine Corp can’t win their fourth EMEA Masters title on Friday.
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Team GO (formerly GamersOrigin) have been far more consistent than KC but haven’t won a single trophy. Still, a silver medal from the LFL 2023 Spring and a third-place finish at LFL 2023 Summer command some respect, although it’s not like Team GO lack talent.
The LFL’s third seed played well in the group stage and truly put themselves on the map with a 3-2 reverse sweep against SK Gaming Prime on Tuesday. One good game doesn’t mean much, but this was just one of many excellent performances Team GO have produced this split.
On paper, Karmine Corp look like the better team, mainly because they have a much stronger top side. Still, Onurcan “Ragner” Aslan is a solid weak side player, so this shouldn’t affect Team GO too much.
Elsewhere, there’s not much to separate the two LFL rivals, so it’s fair to say that Karmine Corp shouldn’t be priced at just $1.44. KC should probably win, but at $2.62, we’re getting more value on Team GO.
Movistar Riders and Macko Esports will meet on Thursday, August 31, in the semifinals of EMEA Masters 2023 Summer. According to the latest LoL esports betting odds, Movistar Riders are expected to win comfortably.
Movistar Riders had a rough start to the EMEA Masters 2023 Summer. They barely made it through the group stage due to their abysmal performances against NASR eSports Turkey, who beat them twice as $3.08 underdogs.
The shaky performances during the group stage put a huge question mark above Movistar Riders. However, the Spanish squad crushed BK ROGH Esports 3-0 on Monday as $2.38 outsiders, with strong individual performances of jungler Isma?l “Isma” Boualem and mid laner Bart?omiej “Fresskowy” Przewo?nik, who ended the series with a 13.3 KDA.
Unlike Movistar Riders, Macko Esports proved very early that they’re the real deal and won Group C with a perfect 6-0 record, with wins against Anorthosis Famagusta Esports, Nativz, and the three-time EMEA Masters champions, Karmine Corp.
Even in the first round of the knockout stage, Macko Esports didn’t disappoint and swept GTZ Esports (3-0) to keep their perfect record alive. However, despite Macko’s remarkable run, they’re priced as heavy underdogs for this match.
Considering what the two teams have shown so far, the offered betting odds don’t make much sense, and they likely have to do with the public’s perception of Macko Esports as a weak team. Macko entered EMEA Masters 2023 Summer as $41.00 underdogs on the outright betting markets, and that tag seems to have stuck despite their form.
Macko have some of the best performance stats at the tournament, including +1987 gold differential at 15 minutes (1st), 87% Baron control (1st), 72.2% Herald control (2nd), and 72.4% Dragon control (2nd). Movistar Riders aren’t far behind, but the stats and the eye test alike suggest this is a 50-50 match at best, so how can you not back the outsiders?