Match Prediction: Ninjas in Pyjamas - FaZe | CS2 (CS:GO)
ECS Season 5 EuropeThe teams faced for the last time in the European division of ESL Pro League Season 7 and then, the victory was achieved with a score 2:0 by the Swedish team.
FaZe Clan is one of the best teams on the modern professional CS:GO scene and held the second place in the world rate by HLTv.org. In 2018, the team has managed to hold the second places at ELEAGUE Major: Boston 2018 and Intel Extreme Masters XII - World Championship, to stop on the 3rd-4th place at StarLadder & i-League StarSeries Season 4, V4 Future Sports Festival - Budapest 2018 and in the qualifiers to ESL Pro League Season 7. GuardiaN and the company even won IEM Sydney 2018, the last large tournament, which reflects their good shape at the moment.
Now, the team holds the fourth place in the division with seven won maps and five lost ones - Gambit eSports and Mousesports were beaten by NiKo and the company, a draw was made with Fnatic, G2 eSports and Virtus.Pro. Astralis was the only team to defeat the European mix. FaZe Clan chose a map de_overpass, which played 19 times in 2018 and a win rate amounts a bit more than 55% over the time.
The team Ninjas in Pyjamas has started playing much better in the recent time and already placed eighth in the rate of the best teams by HLTV.org, however, they can’t bost with any achievements in 2018 - the roster held the 7th-8th place at cs_summit 2 and the 5th-6th place at Intel Extreme Masters XII - World Championship and DreamHack Masters Marseille 2018. Recently, the team has achieved the second place in the European division of ESL Pro League Season 7, which guarantees them a slot in the LAN.
In the European division of ECS Season 5, the roster holds the fifth place and has 21 points as FaZe Clan, however, is a bit lower due to a difference of won rounds. NiP managed to beat Gambit eSports, Mousesports and GODSENT and the guys were not able to resist and lost in the matches against Astralis and Fnatic. The only draw was made in the match against Team EnVyUs and the match against Virtus.pro was postponed due to Internet issues of the last team. The Swedes chose a map de_inferno, on which they played 18 times and won 14 times in 2018..
Bookmakers consider FaZe Clan to be a favorite in both matches and offer odds in the sum of 1.5 for their victory, while NiP’s triumph is evaluated as 2.3. We think that FaZe Clan has a lot more chances to win the match on their map and NiP will have to win their pick, so we will bet on a draw.