Match Prediction: Eternal Fire - NaVi | CS2 (CS:GO)

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The celebration of Counter-Strike 2 called PGL CS 2 Copenhagen Major 2024 continues and is only gaining momentum. We are getting ready to visit the Royal Arena in Copenhagen, where the play-offs of the first ever CS2 Major tournament will take place.

Battles will be held in Bo3 format, on Single-Elimination system. 8 teams will fight for the world title, including Eternal Fire with Natus Vincere.

Let's try to figure out which of the very unlikely pair will make it to the next stage of PGL CS 2 Copenhagen Major 2024, and who will have to say goodbye to the prospects of lifting the championship trophy over their heads.

Let's go.

Natus Vincere's form

We open the match analysis with the analysis of NaVi's game form. In this match, the Ukrainian club plays with odds to win at around 1.85.

NaVi had a series of good tournaments last season, while still in the previous squad. In almost every one they took high places.

They started with a top 6 at BLAST Premier: Spring Groups 2023. Then top-3 at IEM Katowice 2023 and a similar result at ESL Pro League Season 17.

NaVi took BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023: European RMR A without any problems and qualified for the Major in Paris. Before the only Major of the season, Natus Vincere took the top 4 at the IEM Masters Rio 2023.

The Paris tournament turned out to be a failure for NaVi. Top-11 is hardly a decent result for a team of Natus Vincere's status.

• NaVi roster: w0nderful, b1t, Aleksib, jL, iM.

Before the Long Conner IEM Cologne NaVi made a global Reshuffle, translating the roster into English. In addition to electroNic, Perfecto and npl who left, jL with Apeks, iM with GamerLegion and Aleksib, who previously played for Ninjas in Pyjamas, joined the team.

With the new lineup, NaVi made their debut at BLAST Premier: Fall Groups 2023. "Born to Win" managed to earn a place in the autumn finals by finishing in the top 4-6.

At IEM Cologne 2023 Natus Vincere played two matches. First, they lost to MOUZ with a score of 0-2, and then defeated OG in Bo3. At the end of the top championship NaVi reached the top 8, which is a good result for the then renewed roster.

Then there were a number of appearances at major events with very good results. NaVi entered the top 8 at Gamers8 and took the top 2 at ESL Pro Legue Season 18.

The key tournament of the season for "yellow-black" can be called IEM Sydney 2023. There NaVi for the first time in a long time played without their main headliner S1mple, whose place was temporarily taken by coach B1ad3. Andrew tried, but NaVi could not jump above the top-12.

After S1mple left the active roster, NaVi started the game with w0nderful. He made his debut for the Yellow-Blacks at BLAST Premier: World Final 2023. Natus Vincere played him very well, reaching the top 4. In the match for the Grand Final Ledgeili future tournament champions and the best team in the world Vitality.

The year 2024 started on a high note. First they were the best at PGL Major Copenhagen 2024: European Qualifier A, and then earned a place at BLAST Premier: Spring Final, finishing on top-1 in their group at BLAST Premier: Spring Groups 2024.

NaVi debuted at IEM Katowice 2024 with a 1-2 loss to Team Spirit. Next were Apeks, who made Natus Vincere fans nervous, but in the end they couldn't beat "born to win" and left the championship. Then NaVi had no trouble with Eternal Fire (2-1). In the decisive match NaVi played against Falcons. It became decisive because of the loss of "born to win".

As a result of IEM Katowice 2024 NaVi for the first time in many years did not go to the play-offs. Natus Vincere finished in the top 8. The last tournament just before PGL Major 2024 was the European RMR, where "Born to Win" took the top 5, which was enough to get into the Elimination Stage.

After getting to the first ever Counter-Strike 2 Major Natus Vincere started their way to the play-offs very confidently: they defeated The MongolZ, though not easily, and then beat G2 Esports in a close game.

In the first game for the play-offs NaVi faced Spirit. The close game ended with a score of 2-1 in favour of the IEM Katowice 2024 champions.

NaVi's next opponent for the play-offs was C9. After exchanging peaks, NaVi lost on Overpass with a score of 2-13, which sent them to 1-2.

The last attempt, a game against paiN, proved successful. Born to Win won 2-0, thus earning themselves a slot in the play-offs.

NaVi Mappool

NaVi's best map in 3 months is Inferno. The team played there 5 times with a winrate of 60 per cent.

On Mirage, Ancient. Nuker, Overpass and Anubis NaVi has 50% wins. On Ancient and Nuke the team played 4 matches each, on the others - 2.

Vertigo are not playing.

Form Eternal Fire

We continue the match analysis with the analysis of Eternal Fire's form. In this match the Turks, as born to win, have odds of 1.85 to win.

The 13-team world ranking team has been experiencing difficulties throughout the season. Despite a huge number of matches, achieving success has been rare.

At the beginning of the year Eternal Fire won ESL Pro League Season 17: European Conference, thus securing their place at EPL S17. The Main Event ended miserably - only top 20 and no group.

Participated in BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023: European RMR B. There they took TOP-14, which was not enough to reach the only Major of the season.

In the middle of the year, Eternal Fire showed their best form. The Turks finished in the top 4 twice, but did so at TIR-B tournaments. They broke into the top four at CCT North Europe Series #7 and Thunderpick World Championship 2023: European Series #1.

• Eternal Fire roster: XANTARES, Calyx, MAJ3R, Wicadia, woxic.

Before the ESL Pro League Season 8 Long Round, MAJ3R's team played on CCT Central Europe and Pinnacle Cup V. Both championships ended for them on top 8.

Eternal Fire played their debut match at ESL Pro League Season 18 against Cloud9. They played as the number two and got a natural result: 0-2, but with 11 and 12 rounds respectively.

In the first match of the lower grid Eternal Fire played against 9INE. The Turks were clearly on form, as they managed to run over a pretty tough competitor without much difficulty. The match ended with a score of 2-0 in favour of Eternal Fire. As a result, the ESL Pro League Season 18 run ended very well: the team barely qualified for the play-offs of the tournament, where they managed to win two series. EF left Astralis and BIG behind, but Ledge and Natus Vincere.

EF later made the Top 16 at Roobet Cup 2023, where they finished Top 16 and Top 2 at PARI, Please. In 2024, Eternal Fire attended PGL Major Copenhagen 2024: European Qualifier B, where they placed Top 2, advancing to European RMR A.

IEM Katowice 2024 started with the Play-In stage. By the way, they passed it very easily: 13-1 against BB Team and 2-0 against Rebels Gaming allowed them to get into the group stage. In the first match of the group stage they also easily defeated Falcons (13-9; 13-6), and then showed a very cheerful CS in the match against the top-2 team of the world FaZe Clan, but Ledge were defeated on three maps (1-2). At the end of IEM Katowice 2024 Eternal Fire took the top-12 position, after which they started playing at PGL Major Copenhagen 2024: European RMR A.

At the qualifying tournament, the Turks finished in the top 8, which gave them the opportunity to qualify for PGL CS 2 Major Copenhagen 2024, which is true in the first stage.

At PGL CS 2 Major Copenhagen 2024 Eternal Fire are feeling very good so far. The Turks have 2 wins and 1 loss: they beat Mongolz and Pain, but lost to Heroic 0-2 in the match for the next stage. However, they succeeded in their next attempt: they defeated GL with a score of 2-1.

Eternal Fire debuted in the legends stage with a surprise win against Vitality. However, in the second round they lost to MOUZ, which brought them to 1-1 score. And then there was a real sensation: 13-1 against FaZe Clan and 2-1 score for the Turks.

Eternal Fire got into the play-offs of the tournament after the victory over Vp. The match ended with the score 2-1.

Eternal Fire mappool

The best map is Nuke. There are 4 matches and 4 wins.

Anubis (7 matches, 85% wins), Mirage (4 matches, 75% wins) are doing very well. Vertigo - 71% wins in 7 matches, Inferno and Overpass - 3 wins in 5 matches.

History of head-to-head meetings between Eternal Fire and NaVi

The last time the teams played each other was at IEM Katowice 2024. Then NaVi won with a score of 2-1.

Predicted result of NaVi vs Eternal Fire at PGL CS2 Copenhagen Major 2024

This match, as we can see from the odds, is the closest match to the first round of the PGL CS2 Copenhagen Major 2024 play-offs. Eternal Fire, the real revelation of this championship, have already shown that they are not to be trifled with and they are ready to demonstrate the highest level of piloting further. NaVi, on the other hand, are clearly struggling, with two of their players ranked in the top ten worst performers on the Elimination Stage, which hints at their less than optimal individual form. In general - I am waiting for a full-fledged Bo3.

Bottom line: total +2.5.