NRG Vs G2 Esports Preview And Predictions – Worlds 2023

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NRG vs G2 Esports will decide of a North American or an EMEA team will advance first to the Knockout Stage.

Only 12 teams remain in the Swiss Stage of the 2023 League of Legends World Championship! Team BDS and Team Liquid already left the fray, while JD Gaming and Gen.G won themselves a short vacation after qualifying with a 3-0 record.

While the first two teams qualified are from the Eastern leagues, at least one Western team will get into the next segment, as NRG will face G2 Esports on Saturday.

NRG vs G2 Esports Preview

NRG

The 1^st seed of the LCS has surpassed all expectations by making it to the edge of the Knockout stage. After rejoining the North American tournament before the start of the Summer Split, they won it all out of nowhere. At Worlds, they faced Weibo Gaming first, and even though they didn’t win, the game had some highlights thanks to Palafox.

NRG vs G2 Esports

Afterwards they were able to beat Team Liquid with ease, FBI and IgNar played an incredible Senna-Tahm Kench lane while Palafox smurfed as usual. They continued their streak against MAD Lions, who held out until 41 minutes, but couldn’t defend themselves forever.

NRG Roster

Niship “Dhokla” Doshi
Juan “Contractz” Arturo Garcia
Cristian “Cristian” Palafox
Ian “FBI” Victor Huang
Lee “IgNar” Dong-geun

G2 Esports

G2 Esports also had a great performance so far, becoming the strongest Western of the Swiss Stage. They beat Dplus KIA in a nailbiter of a match on the first day of the Main Event, defeating Deft with the help of the 3^rd Baron and the 1^st Elder Drake. Afterwards, they did the same with Weibo Gaming – they even gifted them a Baron Nashor, just as with DK, but still managed to bounce back thanks to their great teamfighting.

NRG vs G2 Esports

Against Gen.G, they made blatant draft mistakes in both matches, followed by questionable plays on the Rift, so they didn’t move onto the Knockout Stage with a 3-0 record. But some things are inevitable.

G2 Esports Roster

Sergen “BrokenBlade” Celik
Martin “Yike” Sundelin
Rasmus “Caps” Borregaard Winther
Steven “Hans sama” Liv
Mihael “Mikyx” Mehle

NRG vs G2 Esports Predictions

G2 Esports is one of the most creative teams in the world. They can do incredible drafts, have great stats, and 5 players that can carry. While NRG had a lacklustre showing against Weibo, they proved to be better than most Western teams. The most important thing to keep in mind for G2 is to deal with Palafox in the midlane, while also trying to put NRG behind, as they tend to win their matches if they are strong early. But G2 is no stranger to getting early leads, so they should have this in the bag.

Where to watch NRG vs G2 Esports

The Kings of Europe will face the Biggest Surprise of the LCS on Saturday at 09:00 CEST. Follow the matches on lolesports.com, the LoL Esports YouTube channel and the Riot Games Twitch channel – as well as ESTNN for the latest Worlds and League of Legends news!