ESB returns with another set of free esports betting predictions for the second week of League of Legends Pro League (LPL) 2021 Spring. Today, we focus on a clash between Team WE and Victory Five, as well as LNG Esports’ first match of the split against Invictus Gaming.

Team WE got off to an excellent start of the season, having reached the grand finals of the League of Legends Demacia Cup in December to which they added a clean 2-0 victory against Rogue Warriors on Sunday. Victory Five, on the other hand, have yet to play a single match this split, but it’s hard to look past their quarter-finals run at the Demacia Cup.

Quality-wise, Team WE are a more stacked team, but V5 are not to be ignored, largely due to their talented jungle-mid duo in Wei “Weiwei” Bo-Han and Li “Mole” Hao-Yan.

We can’t say for sure how high V5 can fly, but with so many talented players on the team, their ceiling is much higher than it may seem. We expect Team WE to come out ahead, but this won’t be a one-sided affair.

LNG Esports have yet to make any noise in the LPL since their debut in 2019 and we don’t expect that to change this split. The only positive we can say about LNG is their talented bottom lane duo in ADC Wang “Light” Guang-Yu and Liao “Iwandy” Ding-Yang, but outside of that, LNG simply can’t compare to the LPL’s top dogs.

Another big offseason story was the signing of a veteran jungler jungler Lee “Tarzan” Seung-yong, but he’s past his prime so it’s hard to view him as a major upgrade.

Invictus Gaming tore apart the LPL 2020 Spring champions JD Gaming in their season opener thanks to a phenomenal performance from their mid laner Song “Rookie” Eui-jin and jungler Peng “XUN” Li-Xun. That, however, was only a taste of what IG are capable of and while it’s unclear how far they can go this year, one thing is for certain – IG should not struggle against LNG.