Team Vitality vs Excel Prediction: Vitality to Take the Hard-Fought First Place

Friday, July 29, will be the first day of Week 6 of the League of Legends European Championship 2022 Summer tournament. Team Vitality and Excel will clash in this match.

League of Legends European Championship 2022 Summer (LEC 2022 Summer) is the second split in the fourth year of the rebranded League of Legends European Professional League. Ten teams will compete in the group stage for the right to enter the playoffs, where a prize fund of €200,000 and a ticket to Worlds 2022 will be awarded. This split takes place from June 17 to August 14, 2022.  

This split started quite well for Team Vitality. After losing the opening match against MAD Lions, Team Vitality got into the game, beating Misfits Gaming on the second game day. The third game day ended with a tense win against Team BDS. Thus Team Vitality went 2-1. The second week the guys started less fortunate. Disappointingly losing to Excel, Team Vitality got on a score of 2-2. Then, no matter how hard Perkz and the guys tried, G2 Esports beat Team Vitality without much trouble, 2-3. The third week started with a solid win against SK Gaming. At the end of the week, the guys also beat Astralis, 4-3. Week 4 began with a loss from Rogue, which sent them to fifth place, 4-4. At the end of the week, Team Vitality defeated Fnatic, going 4-5, which kept the guys in third place. The start of week 5 was not very good. A failure against MAD Lions dropped the guys to fourth place. Even winning the match against Misfits Gaming did not help the guys climb back to third place. Today Team Vitality will meet Excel, which currently holds the fourth line.

Team Vitality formed their League of Legends team in December 2015 as their first expansion in PC gaming, acquiring the Gambit Gaming EU LCS Spring 2016 slot. Their first player signed at the announcement was former H2k team snapper kaSing. Five days later, Vitality added former Gambit player Cabochard, former CW jungler Shook, former ROCCAT mid Nukeduck, and former kaSing teammate Hjarnan to their roster. Former Gambit coach Shaunz was signed to the Vitality coaching staff.

They have always been in the middle throughout Team Vitality's existence in the LEC. The organization's record was second place in the EU LCS 2018 Summer. Team Vitality also competed at Worlds in 2018, but then the 9-12th place was their maximum.

Team Vitality signed three new players for this season, leaving only Labrov and Selfmade.

Alphari is a British toplaner who has played in the LEC for various teams since 2017 and played in the LCS for Team Liquid in the 2021 season, where he reached Worlds but finished only 12th-13th there.

Perkz is a Croatian midfielder who has played his entire career in LEC for G2 Eaports, but played for Cloud9 in LCS last season.

Carzzy is a Czech botlaner who played in the German league for a long time until he was spotted by the MAD Lions, with whom he split LEC.

The spring split for Team Vitality was good but not too successful. Finishing the season in sixth place, with a score of 9-9, the guys made the playoffs. Excel could do nothing in the first round of the lower grid, losing to Team Vitality 3-2. G2 Esports blew the guys out 3-0 on the maps in the second round. Before the summer split, the organization did not change the lineup.

This Excel split started with the smashing of Misfits Gaming, which gave the guys stamina. It helped them in the match against Fnatic. The third game of the day ended not the most successful result against G2 Esports. At the moment, Excel goes 2-1 in the overall standings. The start of the second week turned out to be a tense one. In a very close encounter, Excel picked up a win from Team Vitality, 3-1. At the end of the week, Excel demolished the MAD Lions, 4-1, and shared first place with G2 Esports. At the beginning of the third week, Excel lost to Rogue in a very close encounter. Thus the guys couldn't secure the first place and now share it with four other teams. At the end of the third week, Excel easily defeated Team BDS, but they still didn't get the lead. Week 4 began with a very disappointing loss. Lagging by 10,000 gold, Astralis claimed the most crucial battle for 42 minutes and then turned the tide, winning over Excel. At the end of the week, the guys unexpectedly lost to SK Gaming, falling to third place. Week 5 began with a solid victory over Misfits Gaming. In a great mood, Excel went to the second match of the fifth week and beat Fnatic, moving up to third place in the overall standings. Today Excel will face Team VItality, who are in fourth place in the overall standings.

Excel began competing in 2015, but then only in the British leagues. In 2018, after it became known that negotiations with other organizations were unsuccessful, there were rumors that exceL was joining the EU LCS as part of the 2019 European franchise. On November 20, Riot Games confirmed that exceL Esports would be one of ten partner teams for the 2019 LEC Spring Split. In the LEC all 3 years, the results have not been the best. In the 2019 season, the team ranked 9-10, but in 20-21 the results got a little better - 7th-8th. Excel has only made replacements for their toplaner this season, but they invited Mikyx from G2 Esports before the start of week 2.

Finn is a Swedish toplaner who has played in various European teams in his career, including LEC with LCS.

Mikyx is a Slovenian toplaner who has played in LEC all the time, including from 2019 for G2 Esports, where he won a bunch of titles.

The spring split for Excel didn't turn out too well. The guys finished in 5th place, 9-9, thus advancing to the playoff stage. The playoffs weren't good at all. With a score of 2-3 on the cards, Excel lost to Team Vitality in the first round of the lower net, thus finishing sixth in the spring split. Before the summer split, the organization decided not to change anything in the lineup.

As a result, we offer the following betting options: a victory for Excel, the frags total over 24.5, and the duration of the map under 31 minutes.