?BIG enter the final round of the LoL European Masters group stage with a perfect 3-0 record. Their last fixture of the tournament happened on Saturday, when they defeated Anorthosis Esports in under 30 minutes.

That bout was pretty straightforward, but it wasn’t like BIG were that much better than their opposition. The Germans won solely due to the performance of ADC Tim “Keduii” Willers, who recorded an 8.00 KDA with a 13/2/3 score (56% of his team total kills).

Besides the mid lane, which went even, BIG finished behind in all other positions in that clash, so it doesn’t make sense to see Anorthosis Esports priced as rank outsiders. It’s not like BIG are a bad team, but they are severely overrated at this price.

The value is with Anorthosis. You might also want to take the underdogs to secure first blood at +131, as they have done so in 66.7% of games at this tournament compared to BIG’s 0% return.

K1CK eSports Club have yet to win a single match this tournament. That needs to change quickly if the Poles want to emulate their run at the European Masters Summer edition, where they reached the quarter-finals.

Mkers, meanwhile, have outperformed everyone’s expectations. They enter the final day of the group stage with a 2-1 record thanks to wins against Anorthosis Esports and K1CK, and boast the fourth-highest team KDA (1.60) of the tournament.

Mkers are better than K1CK in almost all team metrics, most notably in the early-game stats (+2640 vs -1223 GD@15). K1CK usually come online in mid/late-game, but if their performance against the Italians last time out is any indication, the Ultraliga Season 5 runners-up will struggle to come back from an early deficit.

?There isn’t much else to be said about these two teams. Anorthosis Esports are very efficient in the early game, while K1CK eSports Club are not, and that was the main reason why Anorthosis won their previous meeting.

Although it may seem that match was close since Anorthosis Esports won with only six kills to spare, the Cypriot squad walked away with a gold lead of almost 10k. K1CK showed some resistance, taking two drakes and a Herald, but that’s nothing to Anorthosis’ four drakes, one Herald and two Barons.

K1CK’s main carry, ADC ?ukasz “Puki style” Zygmunciak, failed to deliver that day, but that’s hardly an excuse for the team’s shaky performance. Anorthosis Esports might have weaker individual pieces, but they at least know how to play around their strengths.

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