Match Prediction: NaVi - KOI | CS2 (CS:GO)
PGL CS2 Major Copenhagen 2024 Europe RMRPGL CS 2 Major Copenhagen 2024 Europe RMR is gaining momentum. We are watching the second round of the Swiss tournament.
NaVi and KOI will close the next stage of the qualifying tournament for the first ever Counter-Strike 2 tournament. The match is very interesting, because NaVi is a well-known brand in CS, and KOI are the favourites of Europe, who just got their representation in the shooter from Valve.
Let's try to find out how this bo1 clash will end and who will take the first victory in the long qualifying tournament, and who will be sent to the basket 0-1.
Let's go.
NaVi Form
Let's open the match with an analysis of NaVi's form. In this match they will play as favourites with odds to win at 1.22.
NaVi played a series of good tournaments last season while still in the previous squad. They placed high in almost every one.
They started with a top 6 at BLAST Premier: Spring Groups 2023. Then top-3 at IEM Katowice 2023 and a similar result at ESL Pro League Season 17.
NaVi took BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023: European RMR A without any problems and qualified for the Major in Paris. Before the only Major of the season, Natus Vincere took the top 4 at the IEM Masters Rio 2023.
The Paris tournament turned out to be a failure for NaVi. Top-11 is hardly a decent result for a team of Natus Vincere's status.
- NaVi roster: w0nderful, b1t, Aleksib, jL, iM.
Before the Long Conner IEM Cologne NaVi made a global Reshuffle, translating the roster into English. In addition to electroNic, Perfecto and npl who left, jL with Apeks, iM with GamerLegion and Aleksib, who previously played for Ninjas in Pyjamas, joined the team.
With the new lineup, NaVi made their debut at BLAST Premier: Fall Groups 2023. "Born to Win" managed to earn a place in the autumn finals by finishing in the top 4-6.
At IEM Cologne 2023 Natus Vincere played two matches. First, they lost to MOUZ with a score of 0-2, and then defeated OG in Bo3. At the end of the top championship NaVi reached the top 8, which is a good result for the then renewed roster.
Then there were a number of appearances at major events with very good results. NaVi entered the top 8 at Gamers8 and took the top 2 at ESL Pro Legue Season 18.
The key tournament of the season for "yellow-black" can be called IEM Sydney 2023. There NaVi for the first time in a long time played without their main headliner S1mple, whose place was temporarily taken by coach B1ad3. Andrew tried, but NaVi could not jump above the top-12.
After S1mple left the active roster, NaVi started the game with w0nderful. He made his debut for the Yellow-Blacks at BLAST Premier: World Final 2023. Natus Vincere played him very well, reaching the top 4. In the match for the Grand Final Ledgeili future tournament champions and the best team in the world Vitality.
The year 2024 started on a high note. First they were the best at PGL Major Copenhagen 2024: European Qualifier A, and then earned a place at BLAST Premier: Spring Final, finishing on top-1 in their group at BLAST Premier: Spring Groups 2024.
NaVi debuted at IEM Katowice 2024 with a 1-2 loss to Team Spirit. Next were Apeks, who made Natus Vincere fans nervous, but in the end they couldn't beat "born to win" and left the championship. Then NaVi had no trouble with Eternal Fire (2-1). In the decisive match NaVi played against Falcons. It became decisive because of the loss of "born to win".
As a result of IEM Katowice 2024 NaVi for the first time in many years did not go to the play-offs. Natus Vincere finished in the top 8.
NaVi Mappool
The best NaVi map for 3 months is Inferno. The team played there 5 times with a winrate of 60 per cent.
On Mirage, Ancient. Nuker, Overpass and Anubis NaVi has 50% wins. On Ancient and Nuke the team played 4 matches each, on the others - 2.
Vertigo is not playing.
KOI Form
We continue the match analysis with KOI form. In this match KOI are playing as the number two, with odds to win around 3.6.
KOI appeared on the CS2 scene after the takeover of the CS division of Movistar Riders. In essence, they are still them, but under a different name and with minimal changes in the roster.
Among many events KOI mostly attended small championships with a very dubious pool of participants, but there were also quite prestigious events. Among those worth mentioning are CCT Central Europe Malta Finals, where MR took the top 4 and Elisa Invitational Winter 2023, where they also finished in the top four.
When it comes to the top events, the last season of ESL Pro League was definitely one of them. At the ESL Pro League Season 17 KOI finished in the top 16 and they have already repeated this result, and to break it it is enough to win the only Bo3.
- KOI roster: mopoz, dav1g, JUST, adamS, stadodo.
Prior to the ESL Pro League Season 18, KOI played a number of small events like CCT Online Finals #2 and qualifiers for IEM Masters Sydney, where they didn't find success. KOI won the RTP Arena Cup 2023, boosting morale before the Long Sogpeg of the big ESL Pro League Season 18.
The Pro League itself is going extremely well. KOI made it to the second round of play-offs by advancing to the final of the top set in Group A: they beat FURIA and GamerLegion 2-0, but Ledge and Vitality 0-2.
In their first match KOI faced 9Z Team. The equal match ended logically, on the 3rd map, but in favour of the Spaniards from MR.
The next and last match of MR at ESL Pro League Season 18 was a match against ENCE. The Finnish top club slammed the Spaniards without much difficulty and as a result KOI left the championship in the top 8.
Prior to the Long Conpega Roobet Cup MR played at the BLAST Premier: Fall European Showdown, where they didn't reach any great heights. Departure in the top 8, with 8 participating teams - you can understand.
There was also ESL Challenger at DreamHack 2023: European Qualifier, where in the match for the grand finals MR Ledge and Frenchmen from Looking4Org.
At the Roobet Cup they debuted with a victory. MR Ledge defeated 9z Team 2-1. Later MR lost to Vp, and in the play-offs Roobet Cup came after the victory over 9z Team in the decisive match of Group B.
However, they failed to go far in the Roobet Cup. KOI finished in the top 8 after losing to Monte.
ESL Challenger League Season 46 was quite difficult for MR. The team had a lot of trouble in the first group stage, finishing 2-3, losing to 9INE, 1WIN and Betera.
This affected the performance in the Mid Group. There KOI lost to the same forze in a tough Bo3. As a result, then MR took the top 10 at the tournament.
In 2024, already under the auspices of KOI, the team played at 4 qualifying tournaments. It was TOP-2 at PGL Major Copenhagen 2024: European Open Qualifier, TOP-32 at IEM Chengdu, TOP-64 at IEM Katowice and TOP-3/4 at RTP Arena Cup 2024.
KOI Mapple
The most successful map for KOI is Nuke, where the Spaniards have 3 wins with 1 loss. Followed by Vertigo with a score of 2-1 and Ancient with a score of 3-2.
Neutral choices are Inferno and Anubis. Both maps have been played 4 times and on both maps the stats are 2-2.
The worst situation is on Overpass, where MR won 2 matches out of 6.
Mirage are not playing.
History of head-to-head meetings KOI - NaVi
For the tags NaVi - KOI this will be the first face-to-face match.
Predicted result of NaVi vs KOI at PGL CS 2 Major Copenhagen 2024 Europe RMR
NaVi has the edge in this match, but I wouldn't take KOI lightly. They have a good core that can surprise, especially in a bo1 match. However, I still believe in the victory of the "born to win", who had time to play their way to the top 1 of the tournament in Katowice.
Bottom line: NaVi win.
Na'Vi (#6) vs. KOI (#33)
On 14.02.2024 at 15:00 there will be a BO1 match in CS2 (CS:GO) between Natus Vincere (Ukraine) and Movistar KOI (Spain). The event takes place in the format of the Europe RMR A stage of the Major Championship PGL Copenhagen 2024 tournament. According to the list of odds for Natus Vincere vs Movistar KOI, Natus Vincere is considered the favourite and bookmakers give the team a 76% chance of winning the match. Na'Vi is slightly stronger on individual indicators. The opening match of the tournament. The teams have not met face-to-face. Against common opponents KOI team beat Spirit unlike Na'Vi.
Prediction:
In this match I think Na'Vi is overrated and if KOI can take a peak at Inferno or Vertigo they will have a chance to win, for Na'Vi the ideal match would be Mirage or. Overpass. Pre-match I give Na'Vi victory but I can change my opinion after the peaks follow the live predictions in the group.
Prediction:
Na'Vi win - 10% of the pot
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Bookmakers & Statistics
At the moment, the majority of bookmakers unanimously see the team NaVi as the favorite of the game with average odds on a victory in the sum of 1.271. KOI chances to prevail are evaluated with average odds 3.653 by bookmakers.
What the team performance statistics say
Last Matches | NaVi | KOI |
5 matches (wins) | 3 | 3 |
10 matches (wins) | 8 | 6 |
It will also be necessary to mention the history of face-to-face meetings between the opponents. The participants in the battle before the meeting played 0 matches with each other. In these battles NaVi got 0 victories while KOI managed to take 0 matches.