by ESB’s free League of Legends betting picks for Thursday, July 28, focus on two LoL Pro League (LPL) 2022 Summer matches. Here are our selections for Ultra Prime vs Invictus Gaming and Bilibili Gaming vs FunPlus Phoenix, with top esports betting odds courtesy of BetOnline.
ULTRA PRIME vs INVICTUS GAMING LoL BETTING & MATCH DETAILS |
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| Best Odds: | UP -175.44 at BetOnline | IG +125 at BetOnline |
| When: | July 28, 2022 | 17:00 CST |
| Watch Live: | Lolesports, Twitch |
Ultra Prime are 3-8, which isn’t great, albeit it keeps the team in the race for the LPL 2022 Summer playoffs. Still, the eye test would confirm that Ultra Prime are even worse than their record suggests. Their only victories came against OMG (2-0) in Week 1, Rare Atom (2-1) in Week 3, and LGD Gaming (2-1) in Week 6, yet not once did Ultra Prime impress with their performance.
Invictus Gaming are 2-9, but despite their terrible record, they are at least somewhat competitive. They’ve picked up some good wins and are playing with a lot of confidence for a team that has won just two games. They might not be very good, but Invictus Gaming are better than the market suggests.
This is a clash between two of the league’s weakest teams, but out of the two, we like Invictus Gaming better. So at the offered LoL betting odds, we don’t have to think twice before siding with the outsiders to pick up their third win of the split.
Invictus Gaming to win
BILIBILI GAMING vs FUNPLUS PHOENIX LoL BETTING & MATCH DETAILS |
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| Best Odds: | Bilibili +110 at BetOnline | FPX -151.52 at BetOnline |
| When: | July 28, 2022 | 19:00 CST |
| Watch Live: | Lolesports, Twitch |
Bilibili Gaming enter Week 8 of LPL 2022 Summer with a rough schedule behind them, having to face Royal Never Give Up (0-2) and JD Gaming (1-2). Losing two games in a row isn’t a good look, and they might struggle to find stability until BLG figure out their mid lane situation. Still, Bilibili Gaming are playing with more confidence and are far more aggressive, which helped them win a map against the current LPL leaders, so we have to give them props.
FunPlus Phoenix lost against ThunderTalk Gaming (1-2) on Monday, which isn’t too shocking even though FunPlus Phoenix field much more talented players than TT. However, talent does not always win you games – as seen in many of FPX’s games over the split.
Talent-wise, Bilibili Gaming and FunPlus Phoenix look equally matched, and there is nothing that would suggest one team is stronger than the other. Bilibili Gaming have side selection for this match, which is the only real angle for us in this contest, but a good enough reason to pick Bilibili Gaming over FunPlus Phoenix at plus money.
