LEC Spring Match of the Week: G2 Esports vs. Fnatic

The seventh week of the LEC Spring split is upon them this weekend and with it comes a multitude of exciting matchups that could determine where the teams finish at the end of the split.

Origen faces off against G2 Esports in the last game of the day on March 6, and on March 7, Rogue is out for revenge against the increasingly impressive rookies of MAD Lions, followed by another top of the table clash for Origen against Misfits Gaming.

Finally, in the most important match of week seven and Level Push’s Match of the Week, Fnatic takes on G2 Esports to decide who will take home all the marbles and undoubtedly be named Europe’s best team until the end of the split.

G2 Esports vs. Fnatic

What is now known as the new age European derby never fails to deliver.

In 2019, Christmas came early not once, but twice for LEC fans, as G2 Esports and Fnatic boxed it out ten times in two best-of-five series’ in Summer.

the team cannot forget the regular-season matches as well that still appear in highlight reels across the globe. In one of the most dramatic endings to a G2 Esports vs Fnatic derby, the 2019 LEC Spring split match featured an ending that definitely hurt Carlos “ocelote” Rodríguez Santiago the most as Fnatic love pulling off a backdoor against ocelote.

The story for G2 Esports and Fnatic this year, however, differs from many of their historic, solo-dominance years as the LEC has undisputedly leveled up towards the top half of the League as every team is capable of beating each other.

Fnatic is currently on a four-game win streak and looking like the best team in the league, beating Origen, Misfits, and Rogue in three of their four last games. G2, on the other hand, is sitting on a two-win streak after a shock defeat to Schalke 04 and getting stomped by Misfits in week four. It’s safe to say that based on current form, Fnatic is looking like the better team heading in the Match of the Week, but considering all three of Fnatic’s loses are to teams at the top of the table (G2 Esports, Origen, and MAD Lions), G2 Esports can also be considered the favorite to win the match of the week.