Match Prediction: OG - NiP | CS2 (CS:GO)
Skyesports Masters 2024Moving on to the clash between Ninjas in Pyjamas and OG in the semi-finals of the Skyesports Masters 2024 Top Grid. The loser will take 5th-6th place in the standings and earn $26,250 in prize money. The match format is bo3. Which of the participants will be stronger? We will find out very soon.
In this betting thread you will find out how the participants of this match performed in the previous year, how they did in their previous professional tournament, and how this match will end.
Ninjas in Pyjamas uniforms
The Ninjas in Pyjamas cyber sports club has not had the best playing season. The team didn't make any serious 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 the Intel Extreme Masters Cologne 2023 is hard to call a good result, for which the players received a consolation prize of $10,000. At Intel Extreme Masters Sydney 2023: European Qualifier NiP reached the semi-finals and finished their participation in the qualifiers on the fourth line of the standings. At ESL Pro League Season 18 the team showed nothing, taking only 21-28th place. NiP also failed to please their fans at CS Asia Championships 2023 and BLAST Premier: Fall Final 2023, where they finished in last and penultimate place, respectively. Ninjas in Pyjamas kicked off 2024 by qualifying for the Intel Extreme Masters Chengdu 2024, where the team failed to achieve the desired result. The 9th-12th place at BLAST Premier: Spring Groups 2024 secured NiP a slot in BLAST Premier: Spring Showdown 2024. The players also failed to qualify for PGL Major Copenhagen 2024: European RMR A, finishing in 15th-16th place. At BLAST Premier: Spring Showdown 2024, Ninjas in Pyjamas finished in 9th-16th place in the standings, taking home the $5,000 consolation prize.
NiP's previous event was the ESL Challenger at DreamHack Summer 2024: European Closed Qualifier, where the team qualified by winning the ESL Challenger at DreamHack Summer 2024: European Open Qualifier. Ninjas in Pyjamas started the qualifier with a win over Monte in a full bo3 series (Nuke - 3-13, Anubis - 13-9, Ancient - 13-11). In the semi-finals the team defeated Ukrainian mix BLESSED with the result 2:0 (Inferno - 13-9, Nuke - 13-9) and reached the final of the grid. There NiP Ledge and Aurora Gaming on two maps and fell to the net losers. At the second attempt the team managed to pass to the grand final of qualification, outplaying Metizport with a score of 2:1. But in the rematch Ninjas in Pyjamas lost again to Aurora Gaming with the result 0:2.
Ninjas in Pyjamas started their appearance at Skyesports Masters 2024 by defeating Indian team Gods Reign on two maps in a row (Anubis - 13-1, Ancient - 13-5). But in the semi-finals they lost 0-2 to BetBoom Team and lost the right to make a mistake.
Statistics of the latest Ninjas in Pyjamas results:
- A 0:2 defeat to BetBoom Team
- A 2-0 win over Gods Reign
- 0:2 defeat by Aurora Gaming
- 2:1 win over Metizport
- 0:2 defeat to Aurora Gaming
OG Form
The current core of the OG squad was formed in the middle of last year, and the first significant test for the team was a disappointing performance at Gamers8 2023: Last Chance Qualifier. A 10th-12th place finish at BLAST Premier: Fall Groups 2023 earned the players a $5,666 consolation prize and a slot at BLAST Premier: Fall European Showdown 2023. The trip to Intel Extreme Masters Cologne 2023 finished in 13th-16th place in the standings, with OG receiving $10,000 as their reward. The team also failed to qualify for Intel Extreme Masters Sydney 2023 and Thunderpick World Championship 2023. OG made appearances at BLAST Premier: Fall European Showdown 2023 and Roobet Cup 2023. At both tournaments, the team finished in 5th-8th place and earned a combined $10,000 in prize money. In the new year, k1to and his teammates began their journey in qualifying for PGL Major Copenhagen 2024. On their second attempt, the OGs qualified for the European open qualifiers. At PGL Major Copenhagen 2024: European Qualifier A the team took seventh place and got a slot in the European RMR tournament. 13-16th place at BLAST Premier: Spring Groups 2024 earned OG $5,000 and an invitation to BLAST Premier: Spring Showdown 2024. At PGL Major Copenhagen 2024: European RMR B, OG failed, finishing in 12th-14th place. As a result, the team did not go to Denmark for the first Major tournament.
Earlier, the European club OG played in the BLAST Premier: Spring Showdown 2024. According to the results of the draw, k1to and team first met Complexity Gaming and outplayed them in a full bo3 series (Inferno - 14-16, Anubis - 13-5, Ancient - 13-10). In the quarter-finals of the qualifier OG defeated Heroic on two maps in a row (Vertigo - 13-5, Mirage - 13-6). But in the decisive match Ledge defeated SAW 0:2 and failed to qualify for the BLAST Spring Finals, taking 3-4th place.
OG started their appearance at Skyesports Masters 2024 with a loss to Aurora Gaming on two maps in a row. The European club, as a result, went to the first round of losers. The victory in a fairly equal full bo3 encounter (Ancient - 11-13, Anubis - 13-10, Vertigo - 13-11) with ENCE allowed the team to rehabilitate and qualify for the quarter-finals of the lower grid.
OG's recent results stats:
- A 2-1 win over ENCE
- 0:2 loss to Aurora Gaming
- 0:2 defeat to SAW
- 2:0 win over Heroic
- 2:1 win over Complexity Gaming
Match History Ninjas in Pyjamas - OG
Recently the participants of this confrontation have not played against each other on the professional stage.
Predicted result of the match Ninjas in Pyjamas - OG
OG showed themselves well at the last tournament, and in the current event were able to defeat ENCE. Taking into account the current form of the two teams, let's bet on the total of cards more than 2.5.
Bookmakers & Statistics
According to leading bookmakers predictions, the team OG are the favorite with average odds 1.582 at the moment. Respectively, bookmakers consider NiP to be the outsider of the match with odds on a victory in the sum of about 3.855.
How did the participants perform in the last matches
Last Matches | OG | NiP |
5 matches (wins) | 3 | 2 |
10 matches (wins) | 4 | 5 |
Also it makes sense to remember the statistics of the matches between the teams. The teams played 15 matches with each other before. In these battles OG got 5 victories while NiP managed to take 10 matches.