LEC 2022 Spring betting predictions – Friday, February 4

ESB’s free League of Legends betting picks for Friday, February 4, focus on two LoL European Championship (LEC) 2022 Spring bouts. Here are our selections for Team Vitality vs Misfits Gaming and MAD Lions vs Fnatic, with top odds courtesy of BetOnline.


Team Vitality enter Week 4 of LEC 2022 Spring with a 3-4 record, which is not where you would expect them to be, but they have been playing better over the last two weeks. Last round, they won against SK Gaming but lost to Rogue, which isn’t terrible since Rogue seem to be one of the top LEC teams this season.

Misfits Gaming are 4-3, which sits them two spots above Vitality, but that doesn’t mean much knowing they have yet to be properly tested. But even if Misfits had won against any of the top teams, the lane match-ups in this bout all heavily favour Vitality, who field better players across all five positions.

No matter how you look at it, Vitality shouldn’t be losing games like this. They’re a stronger, more well-rounded, and overall much better team than Misfits.


Fnatic’s perfect run ended last week when they lost against Rogue and G2 Esports, but we wouldn’t overreact to those defeats. Fnatic were in a winning position against G2, and they played well against Rogue, so they’re still in a decent spot.

MAD Lions went 1-1 last week with a win against Excel and a defeat against Misfits Gaming, which hardly inspires any confidence. Admittedly, we weren’t that high on MAD before, and we still see no reason why you would consider backing them in any of their games.

They can have their moments, but MAD Lions don’t seem like a team that will consistently win games, nor one that you can expect to cause an upset. If Fnatic play another scrappy game like they did against G2, this could be a close bout, but Fnatic field better players across all five roles, and we have to value talent over recent results.