Match Prediction: NaVi - FaZe Clan | CS2 (CS:GO)

FaZe Clan and Natus Vincere will face each other in the final of the top grid of Group C at ESL Pro League Season 18. Both teams have already earned a place in the play-offs, and the match will determine only the seeding for the final stage of the championship. The format of the match is bo3. Will the renewed NAVI squad be able to do something against karrigan and his team? We will find out very soon.

In this betting tipNNEW you will find out how the participants of this match perform during the current year, how they spent their previous professional tournament, as well as how this match will end.

FaZe Clan uniforms

FaZe Clan are having a generally successful season, primarily financially, although they have slipped a little bit recently. They started the season with a 1st-3rd place finish at BLAST Premier: Spring Groups 2023 and $27,500. Their performance at Intel Extreme Masters Katowice 2023 ended with 7th-8th place and $24,000 in prize money. The main achievement this year for FaZe Clan team can already be confidently called the championship at ESL Pro League Season 17, which brought not only $200,000, but also the victory in the fourth season of Intel Grand Slam, and this is an additional $1,000,000 in prize money. Among the big events, BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023 is also worth mentioning. There FaZe Clan took the 5th-8th places and earned $45,000. Then Intel Extreme Masters Dallas 2023 ended for karrigan and his teammates on 3-4th place, this result brought $20,000. At BLAST Premier: Spring Final 2023, FaZe Clan finished in 5th-6th place in the standings and earned an additional $20,000 in prize money. The European club travelled to BLAST Premier: Fall Groups 2023 where they finished in 1st-3rd place, earned $27,500 and received a slot in BLAST Premier: Fall Final 2023. FaZe Clan also took part in the Intel Extreme Masters Cologne 2023. There the team took 9th-12th place and received a consolation prize of $16,000 in prize money.

The previous professional championship where FaZe Clan players played was Gamers8 2023, a LAN-tournament with a prize fund of $1,000,000. The organisers of the championship in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, invited FaZe Clan directly. The tournament was held in Single-Elimination format. The first and the last opponent of karrigan and his teammates was the Russian team Virtus.pro. Having lost an extremely competitive match with the score 1:2 (Mirage - 16-11, Inferno - 14-16, Overpass - 14-16), FaZe Clan finished their participation at Gamers8 2023. The European team earned $15,000 for 9th-16th place in the standings.

The legendary FaZe Clan team started their journey at ESL Pro League Season 18 in Group C. Their first opponent was 9z Team. A 2:0 victory secured karrigan and his teammates a place in the semifinals of the winners. There in full bo3 series FaZe Clan defeated Fnatic and guaranteed their place in play-offs.

Statistics of FaZe Clan's last results:

• Victory over Fnatic with the score 2:1
• Victory over 9z Team with the score 2:0
• Defeat by Virtus.pro with the score 1:2
• 0:2 loss to Natus Vincere
• 0:2 defeat by G2 Esports

Natus Vincere's form

Overall this year Natus Vincere has seen some decline in the quality of play. Since the beginning of the current season Born to Win have taken 3-4th places at Intel Extreme Masters Katowice 2023, ESL Pro League Season 17 and Intel Extreme Masters Rio 2023. In Katowice the team earned $80,000. At the Paris Major s1mple and the team qualified thanks to their victory at BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023: European RMR A. At BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023 NAVI did not show much success, finishing in 9th-11th place and earning $20,000. At BLAST Premier: Fall Groups 2023, the Ukrainian team took 4-6th place in the standings and received $17,500 in prize money and a trip to BLAST Premier: Fall Final 2023. Intel Extreme Masters Cologne 2023 went relatively well for Natus Vincere, but the team failed to qualify for the play-offs. NAVI Ledge defeated Astralis 1:2 in the lower finals. The 7th-8th place at IEM Cologne 2023 provided NAVI with $24,000 in prize money.

The previous professional championship for the Ukrainian team was Gamers8 2023, a LAN-tournament in the capital of Saudi Arabia, Riyadh, with a prize pool of $1,000,000. Natus Vincere made it to Gamers8 2023 thanks to a direct invitation from the tournament organisers, ESL and Saudi Esports Federation. As a result of the draw, the first opponent of Born to Win was FURIA Esports. Having demonstrated not the most confident game, the Ukrainian club defeated the Brazilians with the score 2:1 (Nuke - 11-16, Mirage - 16-13, Ancient - 16-4). Team Vitality were too tough a test for the current NAVI squad. The 0:2 defeat ended the Ukrainian team's participation at Gamers8 2023. The 5th-8th place in the standings provided Aleksib and his teammates with $35,000 in prize money.

At ESL Pro League Season 18 the Ukrainian club got into Group C. According to the results of the draw their first opponent was the Chinese squad 5yclone, which NAVI defeated with a score of 2:0. With a similar score Born to Win defeated Apeks, which allowed them to qualify for the finals of the top set.

Statistics of the last results of Natus Vincere:

• A 2-0 win over Apeks
• A 2-0 win over 5yclone.
• 0:2 defeat to Team Vitality
• 2:1 win over FURIA Esports
• Defeat by Astralis with the score 1:2

History of FaZe Clan - Natus Vincere matches

Participants of this confrontation in the current year played against each other four times. FaZe Clan players won two victories, and Natus Vincere also celebrated victory twice.

Predicted result of the match FaZe Clan - Natus Vincere

Both teams have a rich history of performances this year and have played against each other several times. Let's bet on the total of cards more than 2.5.