Only one spot is still available in the MSI 2025 bracket stage, and the match between G2 Esports and GAM will determine which team gets it. Both teams defeated FURIA with the same score to reach this point, and GAM may have upset potential against the more popular G2.
| Match | G2 Esports vs GAM – MSI 2025 |
|---|---|
| Kick-off | June 29, 2025, at 8 pm ET |
| Top Pick | G2 to win, over 3.5 maps |
| Best Price | GG.BET live odds |
| Betting favorite | G2 Esports |
BLG’s presence in the ongoing MSI’s play-in stage meant there would likely only be room for only one other team to qualify for the bracket stage. Based on both teams’ recent performance, the match between G2 and GAM will likely be close, and G2 may only have a slight advantage at best despite expectations it would move through to the next stage.
Betting tip: While G2 has more achievements under its belt, GAM’s recent performance against FURIA suggests it may have what it takes to win.
G2 Esports is known as one of the most consistently inconsistent League of Legends teams at the international level, and the current tournament hasn’t given fans any reason to doubt that’s still true. In particular, BrokenBlade is the team’s most questionable player, as his performance is always unreliable and often ensures that strong enemy top laners can get strong enough in the laning phase to become threats for the entire G2 team in the mid and late game stages.
Fortunately, not all is bad. Hans Sama is an excellent ADC who has proven multiple times that he has high carry potential. While G2’s support isn’t the best, playing around Hans Sama may help G2 walk away with the win.
Caps has a bad habit of running it down when things aren’t going his way, though he’s a great mid laner when he keeps his cool, suggesting that he may have more than enough to handle GAM’s Aress and Emo, who both lost to FURIA mid laner Tutsz in every laning phase of their match.
Speaking of GAM, the team’s jungler Levi has excellent objective acquisition and ganking abilities. GAM’s best shot at winning against G2 would likely be to ensure the draft is built around Levi and Kiaya. Kiaya is GAM’s top laner and shows up in every match, and he should comfortably win the laning phase versus G2’s BB, turning into a late-game carry if things go well for GAM.
Artemis has done well enough, and Elio ironically stands out more as an extremely impactful initiator support. His plays with champions like Bard and Braum set up opportunities for the rest of the team, but he also has the strategic thinking required to get out of danger when he seems to be caught. This is the exact opposite of how G2’s Labrov plays, often throwing himself into danger, and it will definitely impact how the laning phase goes.
| G2 Esports | GAM |
|---|---|
| BrokenBlade – Top | Kiaya – Top |
| SkewMond – Jungler | Levi – Jungler |
| Caps – Mid | Aress – Mid |
| Hans Sama – ADC | Artemis – ADC |
| Labrov – Support | Elio – Support |
| Metric | G2 Esports | GAM | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|
| Map winrate | 55% | 55% | Draw |
| First blood | 50% | 59.1% | GAM |
| First Tower | 61.9% | 50% | G2 Esports |
GAM and G2 Esports haven’t ever played against each other before despite their many combined international appearances, in part because of GAM’s lack of presence and longevity in most international tournaments.
G2 is coming off a disastrous loss against BLG, and its other matches have also been fairly close.
GAM got a close but impressive win against FURIA to make it to the stage’s next round, though the team was coming off two losses prior to that.
| Market | Odds |
|---|---|
| G2 Esports to win | 1.31 |
| GAM to win | 3.26 |
| Total maps over 3.5 | 1.44 |
Odds via GG.BET, 02:05 am ET June 29, 2025.
G2 Esports and GAM have both worked hard to make it here, but GAM looks more impressive now. The team’s early game plays against FURIA were great, ensuring that the right players were able to get fed. On the other hand, G2 doesn’t seem to have the teamwork required to set up such plays. From what was seen against BLG, the team just goes with the flow. SkewMond is usually too busy ensuring that top lane isn’t feeding, and thus isn’t able to prioritize ganks and objectives elsewhere, which could give GAM the edge it needs to win.
Our G2 Esports vs GAM pick: GAM as the match winner 3-2 at 3.26 odds at GG.BET.
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