Hanwha Life Esports vs Bilibili Gaming Betting Tips – MSI 2026 Upper Bracket Final

Hanwha Life Esports and Bilibili Gaming are set to cross swords on Thursday, July 9, in the upper bracket final of the League of Legends Mid-Season Invitational 2026, in their first meeting since LoL World Championship 2024, when BLG won 3-1.

The rematch is expected to be a competitive affair; however, according to the top-rated esports bookmakers, Hanwha Life Esports enter the fixture as favourites, priced at $1.53. This gives them a 65.4% implied probability of winning the series and securing a spot in the grand final.

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Hanwha Life Esports are 6-0 at MSI 2026, with two 3-0 sweeps of FURIA and G2 Esports. Beating FURIA is hardly something to write home about, and G2 Esports did not perform well on the day, but it is still very evident that HLE’s individual talent is ahead of most other teams at MSI.

Fielding some of the best players in their respective roles, Hanwha Life Esports can count on not falling too far behind in the laning phase. Even their macro is not bad, but HLE have become known to blunder some mid-to-late game situations, which is something to keep an eye on.

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They are a strong team with some flaws. The real question is how much better Hanwha Life Esports are compared to Bilibili Gaming.

Bilibili Gaming started the tournament with a big 3-2 victory against T1, largely thanks to better drafting and an explosive early game.

Notably, most of the maps in that series were blowouts, and BLG’s losses were mostly due to the Chinese squad not getting far enough ahead early.

This appears to be Bilibili Gaming’s biggest weakness. They have become used to playing from ahead due to the exceptional quality of their individual players, but that creates a situation where BLG can stumble when they enter the mid-to-late game without a sizeable lead.

Bilibili Gaming’s macro is not good enough to consistently find openings and build momentum from neutral positions, so there is a clear blueprint on how to beat them.

The big question is how much Hanwha Life Esports can be trusted to contain BLG early and avoid making the usual errors later in the game. They have looked solid so far, but that came against a weak team and a G2 side that had a shaky showing against Korea’s number one seed.

Both teams still have more to prove, suggesting we are in for a closer, competitive game on Thursday.