PSG Talon vs Deep Cross Gaming Prediction: Bet on PSG Talon

Friday, September 2 will see round three of the 2022 Summer Pacific Championship Series play-off stage, featuring a match between PSG Talon and Deep Cross Gaming.

The Pacific Championship Series 2022 Summer (PCS 2022 Summer) is the sixth season of the new League of Legends, a fully professional league played in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau and Southeast Asia. Ten teams compete in a group stage for the right to reach the playoffs, with a prize pool of $76,000 and a ticket to Worlds 2022. This split runs from July 1 to September 4, 2022.   

PSG Talon: time to wake up

Roster:

• Azhi — Huang Shang-Chih (Top Laner);
• Hanabi — Su Chia-Hsiang (Top Laner);
• Burry — Jeong Seung-hwan (Jungler);
• Gori — Kim Tae-woo (Mid Laner);
• Unified — Wong Chun Kit (Bot Laner);
• Kaiwing — Ling Kai Wing (Support).

PSG Talon got off to a great start in this split. In the whole group stage, the organization lost only four times, which did not affect the results, and PSG Talon reached the playoff stage from first place. The guys' first opponent were CTBC Flying Oyster, who avenged the last-year final by beating the opponent 3-2 on the maps. In the lower bracket, the guys were quick to beat J Team 3-0, thus advancing to the third round of the playoffs stage. The next opponent will be Deep Cross Gaming, who got off to a bad start.

PSG Talon (formerly Talon Esports) is a professional eSports organization created in partnership with Paris Saint-Germain eSports. In 2019, Talon Esports was announced as one of 10 teams participating in the PCS. Their roster was announced in 2020 and consisted of Hanabi, River, Candy, Unified, and Kaiwing, and they won their debut season by defeating Machi Esports 3-2 in the spring finals. Unfortunately, MSI 2020 was canceled, which meant the team had no meaningful international debut. Despite this, they met the Vietnamese teams at the Mid-Season Showdown and won the title, defeating Team Flash 3-1 in the final. Ahead of the summer season, they teamed up with Paris Saint-Germain eSports to rebrand themselves as PSG Talon. They finished second after a 0: 3 loss to Machi Esports in that split. At Worlds 2020, PSG Talon finished 9-12 after a 2/4 record in their group. In 2021, PSG Talon signed Maple. They went 17-1 in the regular season and beat J Team and Beyond Gaming to win the title and qualify for MSI 2021. At MSI 2021 itself, the guys finished 4th, securing a spot in the first pool for their region at Worlds 2021. PSG Talon went undefeated in the summer of 2021 but lost a game to Beyond Gaming in the playoffs, ending their streak. Despite this, they won the split, beating Beyond Gaming 3-2 in the finals. This led to them qualifying directly for Worlds 2021. They started their first week well, going 2-1 with wins over Hanwha Life Esports and Fnatic, but the team lost the second week and dropped to 9th-12th place with a 3/3 record, behind Royal Never Give Up and Hanwha Life Esports. After Worlds, the lineup suffered several replacements, with which they advanced to the new season.

2022 began with a group stage that PSG Talon finished in first place with a 16-2 statistic, but in the playoffs, initially, CTBC Flying Oyster sent PSG Talon 3-1 to the lower bracket, from which the guys made it to the grand final and there beat the same CTBC Flying Oyster 3-2, thus making it to MSI 2022. The Mid-Season Invitational itself got off to a terrible start for PSG Talon. In the opening match, the guys lost to the Brazilians of the RED Canids without a single kill. In the second match, where the Chinese from Royal Never Give Up were waiting for them, PSG Talon changed their mid and let Azhi play. This did not yield any success at the end of the match, but the guys looked more confident than in the first meeting. In the third match, the Turks from İstanbul Wildcats were waiting for them, who lost to the guys from PSG Talon in 23 minutes. On the final day of the group stage, when the guys had to play three matches, PSG Talon took a victory in a fundamental meeting against RED Canids, with a score of 3-3 from the group to the Rumble stage. This stage will not be good for them. PSG Talon, Evil Geniuses, and Saigon Buffalo are the two teams to leave the tournament. In the first match, PSG Talon met Saigon Buffalo, where they won quite easily but then were defeated by T1. The second day brought a loss to Royan Never Give Up and Evil Geniuses, but on the third day, PSG Talon beat G2 Esports, leaving them with a chance to make the playoffs. Week 4 also went on a winning note, but not too high. After beating G2 Esports, PSG Talon lost the remaining stages of the Rumble stage, thus leaving MSI. Before the summer split, the organization replaced the jungler and mid.

Deep Cross Gaming: too bad a start

Roster:

• Leaky — Chang Tsu-Chia (Top Laner);
• Hana — Chen Chih-Hao (Jungler);
• Nestea — Hsu Chia-Lun (Mid Laner);
• Cryscata — Chang Che-Lin (Bot Laner);
• Woody — Lin Yu-En (Support).

The performance of Deep Cross Gaming on this split can be called very good. After the first two losses at the beginning, the team was able to take six wins in a row, which put the guys in the top 3 of the overall standings. After knocking off a winning streak, Deep Cross Gaming put up another win streak, but this time it lasted until the last game week. The guys lost their last two games, which took them to a 13-5 statistic that guaranteed a playoff berth, but it wasn't clear from second or third place. Deep Cross Gaming had to play a tiebreaker with J Team for second place, which the guys won without any problems. Deep Cross Gaming's first opponent was Beyond Gaming, who very easily beat the guys 3-0 on the maps, thus sending Deep Cross Gaming to the lower breacket. There, the guys beat Frank Esports 3-0 on the maps, thus moving on. The next opponent will be PSG Talon, who will be very difficult to beat.

Deep Cross Gaming is a Taiwanese organization that emerged at the beginning of the 2022 season when BOOM Esports, Liyab Esports and Machi Esports gave up their spots in the league. The roster was assembled from a backbone of three players who had previously played for J Team and two young talents who had not previously played in the league.

The organization finished fourth in the group stage last split, finishing 13-5. In the playoff stage, the boys beat Beyond Gaming 3-1, but lost to PSG Talon 3-0 in the next round, thereby falling to the lower bracket. After winning another meeting, Deep Cross Gaming lost 3-0 against J Team, thus ending the spring split in fourth place. Before the summer split, the organization made no substitutions.

Head-to-head encounters

These teams have met each other five times. PSG Talon leads with a score of 4-1 in the series and 5-1 on the maps . In this split, the teams faced off twice, 1-1.

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