Match Prediction: NiP - Heroic | CS2 (CS:GO)
IEM Cologne 2022NIP and Heroic will meet in the group stage of IEM Cologne 2022. Once again I look at the Swedes and do not see them as favorites, although the guys should go to the playoffs.
In turn, the Danish team has already managed to warm up in Cologne, performing well in the Play-In stage. Of course, you shouldn't have lost the MOUZ map, but overall Heroic looks great.
If we consider a specific meeting, then I am inclined in favor of the Danish team, which, at least, has already played out. At the same time, NIP played without a captain for almost a month, which will certainly affect the team's prospects at a distance.
Form N.I.P.
The seventh team in the world rankings failed at IEM Dallas 2022, where they did not even make the playoffs, having obtained only one victory over the poor fellows from Complexity in the group stage.
Then the Swedish team went to the Global Esports Tour Dubai 2022, which eventually won. It is clear that at that time NIP played without hampus, but the Swedes looked too mediocre in the game, as evidenced by the given cards NASR and MOUZ.
As for the upcoming IEM Dallas 2022, as I said above, it's hard for me to take NIP as a favorite. It is clear that the team will close some matches, but I doubt that the Swedes will be enough to play with Heroic.
Latest NIP results:
- Victory over Complexity with a score of 2:0.
- Defeated by Cloud9 with a score of 0:2.
- 2:1 victory over NASR.
- Victory over OG with a score of 2:0.
- Victory over MOUZ with a score of 2:0.
Best NIP cards:
- Inferno - 75% of wins.
- Overpass - 70% of wins.
- Ancient - 57% of wins.
- Mirage - 50% of wins.
At the same time, the Swedish team continues to refuse the Dust 2 map.
Form Heroic
The tenth team in the world ranking from the last one became the winner of the Pinnacle Cup Championship 2022, losing only fnatic in that championship. However, then the Danes finally untwisted, having obtained the first victory in a long time.
Then there was the transfer of jabbi from Copenhagen Flames, who was replaced in the line-up by refrezh. At a distance, Heroic definitely didn’t make things worse for herself, but I wouldn’t expect anything special either.
Nevertheless, the Danish team got off to a good start at IEM Cologne 2022 Play-In, getting two wins over Sprout and MOUZ. Of course, you should forget about Inferno with mice, but this map made me wary.
Heroic's latest results:
- Victory over Finest with a score of 2:1.
- Victory over BIG with a score of 2:0.
- Victory over Astralis with a score of 2:0.
- Victory over Sprout with a score of 16:3.
- Victory over MOUZ with a score of 2:1.
Best Heroic Maps:
- Overpass - 89% of wins.
- Inferno - 75% of wins.
- Vertigo - 67% of wins.
- Mirage - 62% of wins.
- Nuke - 50% win rate.
- Ancient - 50% win rate.
Interestingly, the Danish team does not play on the Dust 2 map either.
NIP meeting statistics - Heroic
During the last season, the teams held three meetings:
- Heroic's victory in the ESL Pro League Season 13 with a score of 2:0.
- NIP win at Flashpoint 3 with a score of 2:1.
- NIP victory at IEM Summer 2021 with a score of 2:0.
However, this was all too long ago.
Prediction for the match NIP — Heroic
It seems to me that the Swedish team will ban Nuke or Vertigo, since Heroic is clearly weaker there. In turn, the Danes are generally more interesting in terms of map selection, having a great feel for Overpass, the signature of NIP.
In addition, the Swedes did not appear on the server for too long, and when they did, they played with ztr. On the plus side, I'm traditionally skeptical about NIP, because this team has never won anything. Well, for the Danes in this line-up is still interesting to watch.
Therefore, here I would recommend betting on the victory of the Heroic team.
Bookmakers & Statistics
According to leading bookmakers predictions, the team NiP are the favorite with average odds 2.067 at the moment. Respectively, bookmakers consider Heroic to be the outsider of the match with odds on a victory in the sum of about 3.627.
What the team performance statistics say
Last Matches | NiP | Heroic |
5 matches (wins) | 4 | 5 |
10 matches (wins) | 6 | 8 |
Also it makes sense to remember the statistics of the matches between the teams. The teams played 21 matches with each other before. In these battles NiP got 11 victories while Heroic managed to take 10 matches.