Match Prediction: NaVi - Apeks | CS2 (CS:GO)
IEM Katowice 2024Let's move on to the Group A elimination clash at the Intel Extreme Masters Katowice 2024, where the Ukrainian team Natus Vincere will play against the European club Apeks. The winner will move further up the loster grid, while the loser will finish his participation in the tournament, take 13th-16th place and earn $10,000 in prize money. The format of the match is bo3. Which of the participants will be stronger at the end of this confrontation? We will find out very soon.
In this betting thread you will find out how the participants of this match performed during the previous year, how they played in their previous professional tournament, and how this match will end.
Natus Vincere's form
Overall, Natus Vincere has seen a slight downturn in the quality of play in the previous year due to lineup changes and the departure of s1mple. Since the beginning of the previous season, Born to Win took 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. The Ukrainian team qualified for the Paris Major thanks to their victory at BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023: European RMR A. At the BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023 NAVI did not show much success, finishing in 9-11th 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. Gamers8 2023 ended for the Ukrainian team with 5-8th place in the standings and $35,000 in prize money. In ESL Pro League Season 18, Natus Vincere won silver, for which they received $90,000. The trip to the Intel Extreme Masters Sydney 2023 was not so successful, where the Ukrainian club could not get out of the group, took 9-12th place and had to settle for $5,000. The 5th-6th place at BLAST Premier: Fall Final 2023 brought the players $20,000. And the year ended with NAVI finishing in the top 4 of BLAST Premier: World Final 2023, giving Born to Win $85,000 in rewards. Natus Vincere have already started the 2024 year with a win at PGL Major Copenhagen 2024: European Qualifier A, which secured the players a trip to the RMR tournament.
The previous professional tournament for NAVI was BLAST Premier: Spring Groups 2024. Natus Vincere debuted in Group C with a 2-0 win over Complexity Gaming (Overpass - 16-14, Anubis - 13-8). Thus, the Ukrainian team advanced further down the grid. Having outplayed G2 Esports in a full bo3 series (Overpass - 16-12, Inferno - 10-13, Anubis - 13-9), NAVI advanced to the grand final of their group. There the Ukrainian club defeated G2 Esports on two maps in a row (Inferno - 13-9, Mirage - 13-5) without any problems. NAVI thus earned themselves a trip to BLAST Premier: Spring Final 2024 and $22,500 in prize money.
Natus Vincere started Intel Extreme Masters Katowice 2024 in Group A with a loss to Team Spirit in a full bo3 series. Thus, the team fell to the bottom of the grid and lost the right to make a mistake.
Statistics of the latest results of Natus Vincere:
- Defeat by Team Spirit with the score 1:2
- 2-0 win over G2 Esports
- 2:1 win over G2 Esports
- 2:0 win over Complexity Gaming
- 2:0 win over Virtus.pro
Apeks form
Apeks have had quite a history of appearances at various championships over the past year, although they have not always been successful. Apeks started last season with a run through BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023: European RMR Qualifier B and ESL Challenger at DreamHack Melbourne 2023: European Open Qualifier. A top-4 finish at CCT West Europe Series #1 provided players with their first $5,000 in prize money for the year. At the next tournament in the series, CCT West Europe Series #2, Apeks claimed silver and won $10,000. In the next qualifier for the last and only Major CS:GO tournament, BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023: European RMR A, Apeks reached sixth place and received an invitation to the main event. At the BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023 sense and his teammates managed to surprise many and took 3-4th place in the standings, which brought a record $80,000 in prize money for the team. Apeks also won ESL Challenger League Season 45: Europe and earned another $20,000. The championship at the Elisa Invitational Spring 2023 allowed the team to head to the final tournament from Elisa. Participation at the iconic Intel Extreme Masters Cologne 2023 did not yield the desired results, as Apeks finished in 17th-20th place there. At the Arabian Gamers8 2023, the team finished their participation after the first match, earning $15,000. The players then successfully qualified for the Intel Extreme Masters Sydney 2023. As with Gamers8, Apeks failed to deliver a solid performance at ESL Pro League Season 18. The trip to Intel Extreme Masters Sydney 2023 ended in 9th-12th place and earned the team $5,000. Apeks ended the gaming year on a fairly Major note. The team won silver at Elisa Masters Espoo 2023 and ESL Challenger at DreamHack Atlanta 2023, earning a total of $60,000.
Before travelling to Katowice, Apeks participated in Intel Extreme Masters Chengdu 2024: European Open Qualifier #1. The qualifier started for sense and his teammates with a 13-5 win over EC BANGA on the Ancient map. But FTW Esports Apeks failed, winning only three rounds. Thus, the team left the first open qualification.
The debut at Intel Extreme Masters Katowice 2024 was just terrible for Apeks. The team failed to win a round against Team Spirit in the first match of the Play-In stage. After that, Apeks defeated FURIA Esports 2-1 (Inferno - 13-9, Mirage - 10-13, Ancient - 13-11), and in the deciding game they defeated BIG with a similar score (Inferno - 7-13, Vertigo - 13-10, Ancient - 16-14). Thus, the team managed to reach the group stage of the championship.
Statistics of the last matches of Apeks:
- Victory over BIG with a score of 2:1
- Victory over FURIA Esports with the score 2:1
- 0-13 loss to Team Spirit
- 3-13 loss to FTW Esports
- A 13-5 win over EC BANGA.
Match History of Natus Vincere vs Apeks
Recently, the participants of this confrontation have played against each other twice. Both fights ended with the victory of the team Natus Vincere.
Predicted result of the match Natus Vincere - Apeks
NAVI had a great start to the current year and showed their superiority over the opponent. Let's bet on the victory of the team Natus Vincere.
Bookmakers & Statistics
All bookmakers have agreed that NaVi is the favorite. This can be noticed because odds on them are 1.193. This number in the favor of Apeks amounts 4.787. Respectively, the last ones are the underdogs of the upcoming match.
What the team performance statistics say
Last Matches | NaVi | Apeks |
5 matches (wins) | 4 | 2 |
10 matches (wins) | 8 | 6 |
Gamblers will definitely be interested in the statistics of personal meetings between the teams. The teams played 2 matches with each other before. In these battles NaVi got 1 victories while Apeks managed to take 1 matches.