G2 Esports vs BLG MSI 2025 betting tip, match prediction

Luke Warr Published June 28, 2025

The second round of the play-in stage of 2025’s Mid-Season Invitational will see G2 Esports face BLG. With a ticket to the bracket stage on the line, smart betters may wonder whether G2 can defeat the favorite Bilibili Gaming.

The current MSI event’s first round went exactly how most expected, with BLG and G2 winning their respective matches, though the two wins came in very different fashion. Now both winning teams are slated to face off. The winner will move on to the bracket stage, and the loser will get another chance to proceed, though the odds may be significantly stacked against G2.

G2 Esports vs BLG match overview

• Tournament: MSI 2025
• Stage: Play-In Stage
• Game: League of Legends
• Format: Best-of-five

Betting tip: BLG has showcased much more impressive play and higher skill ceiling, though G2 may have upset potential.

G2 Esports vs BLG match analysis

BrokenBlade continues to be G2’s anomaly, with the recent match against South American representative Furia being the best example of this. BrokenBlade went 1-9-3 and 0-5-1 in two of the series’ matches, ensuring his presence was barely felt in the match, but dominated in the laning phase in others. Considering BLG’s top laner is in a similar boat, BrokenBlade can positively influence the match for his team by performing well.

Hans Sama and Labrov continue to show up big in every match. Labrov’s preference for picking tanky supports, often those with pulls or other initiation abilities, works well for the aggressive Hans Sama. The team’s jungler will want to step up his objective acquisition game, since prioritizing kills like he did against Furia may end poorly versus BLG. On the other hand, Caps may want to play more passively, considering BLG mid laner Knight has a history of snowballing into a dangerous carry for BLG.

Speaking of Knight, he continues to deliver in every game he plays, with constant pressure into his lane opponent and quick support for objective acquisition whenever required. Bin sometimes plays too passively in the laning phase, but he makes up for it with his picks’ tankiness being key for team fights and lane pressuring.

Elk and ON have excellent bot lane chemistry, even when ON picks a mage support like Karma. Elk knows when to be aggressive and when to back out, which is why the player’s presence and K/D are both frequently high. Then there’s Beichuan. Often brought up in conversations revolving around the best League of Legends junglers, Beichuan is proficient in sneaking away with jungle objectives and camps to get a good advantage for his team. The player’s most prominent weakness is his tendency to die a lot, which G2 will want to capitalize on at the right time to then create plays in his absence.

Roster and roles

Champion pool

• G2 continues to go for the same limited champion pool it has prioritized since the LEC. The pool includes Gnar, Renekton, Dr. Mundo, Maokai, Akali, Hwei, Taliyah, Kai’Sa, Ashe, Varus, Rell, Nautilus, and Alistar.
• It wouldn’t be a surprise if fans see BLG pick champions like Vi, Alistar, Yorick, Ezreal, Poppy, Skarner, Jayce, Ambessa, Yone, Rell, Lillia, and Jhin, since they seem to be this team’s bread and butter.

Key stats

G2 Esports vs BLG head-to-head records

BLG and G2 have faced off three times, with the most recent being in 2024’s World Championship. BLG has won every match, though G2 has gotten one game in every series.

G2 Esports and BLG match history

G2 Esports came into this tournament directly after losing to KOI in the LEC final, though the team’s match history is otherwise excellent.

• G2 Esports vs Furia – 3-2
• G2 Esports vs KOI – 1-3
• G2 Esports vs KOI – 3-1
• G2 Esports vs Fnatic – 3-1
• G2 Esports vs Karmine Corp – 1-2

BLG may have lost twice to Anyone’s Legend recently, but its domination of GAM does wonders for the team’s recent match history.

• BLG vs GAM – 3-0
• BLG vs Anyone’s Legend – 1-3
• BLG vs Invictus Gaming – 3-1
• BLG vs Anyone’s Legend – 2-3
• BLG vs Top Esports – 3-0

G2 Esports vs BLG betting odds snapshot

Odds via , 02:35 am ET June 27, 2025.

G2 Esports vs BLG betting picks and predictions

G2 Esports and BLG both did well to win their first matches, though BLG overall looked much stronger as G2 struggled prior to the series’ fifth game. While G2’s tendency to be more aggressive in the early game to get kills and gain a strong gold advantage while sacrificing early objectives is good, the team will want to tweak it and play more safely against a strong team like BLG. Giving BLG enough early objectives will likely snowball into a definitive victory for the LPL representative.

Best picks

• Total maps over 3.5 @ 1.83: BLG tends to get overconfident when the team has a significant lead and makes overly risky plays. This may ensure G2 capitalizes on the opportunity and get at least one game.
• G2 gets first blood @ 2.05: G2 has a proven history of being the more aggressive team early, so it wouldn’t be a surprise if it finds first blood.

G2 Esports vs BLG prediction

Our G2 Esports vs BLG prediction: Bilibili Gaming as the match winner 3-1 at .