Match Prediction: Vitality - NiP | CS2 (CS:GO)
ESL Pro League Season 18Let's move on to the clash between Team Vitality and Ninjas in Pyjamas in the semi-finals of the top set of Group A at the ESL Pro League Season 18 tournament. Two prominent European teams will fight for a place in the final winner, and the loser will go to the middle set of the group. The format of the match is bo3. Which team will make it to the play-offs? 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 played their previous professional tournament, as well as how this match will end.
Team Vitality uniforms
Team Vitality have not had the best start to the season. The European team started this year with 1-3rd place at BLAST Premier: Spring Groups 2023, followed by 5th-8th place at Intel Extreme Masters Katowice 2023 and ESL Pro League Season 17. But then ZywOo and his teammates were able to pick up their form and win the Intel Extreme Masters Rio 2023 and BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023, earning a combined $600,000 in prize money at those two events. In BLAST Premier: Spring Final 2023, Team Vitality finished in second place at the tournament and won $85,000. BLAST Premier: Fall Groups 2023 finished in 4th-6th place for Vitality, which earned them $17,500 in prize money and a slot in BLAST Premier: Fall Final 2023. ZywOo and his team also competed in the Intel Extreme Masters Cologne 2023 where they finished in 3rd-4th place and won $80,000.
The last championship where Team Vitality competed was Gamers8 2023, a LAN event in Saudi Arabia. The tournament organisers invited Team Vitality to compete in the $1,000,000 event. The draw determined the first opponent for ZywOo and the Brazilian team from MIBR. The Brazilian team could not oppose the European club. The victory with the score 2:0 (Anubis - 16-7, Inferno - 16-8) took Team Vitality to the quarter-finals of the championship. After defeating Natus Vincere on two maps in a row (Mirage - 16-2, Nuke - 16-11), the European club advanced to the semi-finals. The full bo3 series against G2 Esports ended with Vitality's victory. Team Vitality outplayed ENCE 2-1 (Anubis - 7-16, Mirage - 16-12, Nuke - 16-9) in the decisive confrontation of the tournament. The win at Gamers8 2023 earned Vitality $400,000 in prize money.
As a result of the seeding of the group stage of ESL Pro League Season 18, Team Vitality was placed in Group A. ZywOo and team won their first match in the quarter-finals of the top set against Polish mix ORKS with a score of 2-0.
Team Vitality's recent results stats:
- Victory over ORKS with a score of 2-0
- Victory over ENCE with the score 2:1
- Defeated G2 Esports 2:1
- 2:0 win over Natus Vincere
- 2:0 win over MIBR
Ninjas in Pyjamas uniforms
Cybersport club Ninjas in Pyjamas is not having the best season so far. The team has not recorded any major achievements at any major tournaments this year. At the Intel Extreme Masters Katowice 2023 NiP finished in 13-16th place and earned $10,000, ESL Pro League Season 17 the team was limited to 17th-20th place, which is quite sad. Ninjas in Pyjamas' participation in Intel Extreme Masters Rio 2023 earned them 7th-8th place and $6,000 in prize money. The main tournament at the moment BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023 ended with hampus and his teammates finishing in 9th-11th place. The teammate failed to qualify for the Legends stage and received a $20,000 consolation prize. NiP's qualification for Gamers8 2023 ended in the quarterfinals after failing to qualify. At BLAST Premier: Fall Groups 2023, Ninjas in Pyjamas had a great performance, finishing in the top 3 of the championship. As a reward, the team earned $27,500 in prize money and a slot in BLAST Premier: Fall Final 2023. 13-16th place at Intel Extreme Masters Cologne 2023 can hardly be called a good result, for which the players received a consolation prize of $10,000.
The last professional event in which Ninjas in Pyjamas took part was Intel Extreme Masters Sydney 2023: European Qualifier. The organisers, ESL, invited the team directly to the closed part of the qualifiers. In the quarter-finals of the top grid hampus and his teammates defeated 1win 2:1 (Nuke - 13-16, Ancient - 16-12, Overpass - 28-24). The defeat of 9INE on two maps in a row sent NiP to the losers' net. There, the Swedish club outplayed OG 2-1 (Inferno - 19-15, Mirage - 5-16, Ancient - 16-14) and advanced to the semi-finals of the lower set. BetBoom Team proved to be too tough a test for the Swedes. After losing 0-2, Ninjas in Pyjamas finished their participation in qualification in fourth place.
At ESL Pro League Season 18, Ninjas in Pyjamas made it to Group A. The victory over Astralis on two maps in a row allowed them to pass to the semi-finals of the upper grid.
Statistics of the last results of Ninjas in Pyjamas:
- A 2-0 win over Astralis
- 0:2 defeat to BetBoom Team
- A 2-1 win over OG
- 0:2 defeat of 9INE
- 2:1 win over 1win
Team Vitality - Ninjas in Pyjamas Match History
Since the beginning of this year, the participants of this match have played against each other three times. Team Vitality won twice. In turn, in the last match between these teams, which took place in the Grand Final of BLAST Premier Group A: Fall Groups 2023, Ninjas in Pyjamas won with a score of 2:0 (Mirage - 16-13, Overpass - 16-14).
Predicted result of the match Team Vitality - Ninjas in Pyjamas
Team Vitality are in great form right now and despite the recent defeat to Ninjas in Pyjamas, they have a better chance of success in this match. Let's bet on Team Vitality to win.
Bookmakers & Statistics
Vitality are listed as the favorites of the match in the majority of bookmakers and odds on them are equal to 1.181. NiP, in turn, are the outsiders of the match. Odds on their victory are about 6.004.
Team statistics in recent matches
Last Matches | Vitality | NiP |
5 matches (wins) | 5 | 3 |
10 matches (wins) | 8 | 5 |
The statistics of personal battles between teams is also important for successful bets. The competitors have held 26 matches. And Vitality won 16 times while NiP correspondingly became the winner 9 times.