Match Prediction: NaVi - Cloud9 | CS2 (CS:GO)

Natus Vincere and Cloud9 will meet in the first round of ESL Pro League Season 13. Born to Win have been preparing for the championship for almost a month. And I want to believe that the first pancake will not come out lumpy, since Cloud9 is a very weak team.

Natus Vincere uniform

The first team in the world rankings took only 5-6 place in the IEM Katowice 2021, holding their heads too high after a series of victories. However, we can still talk about the team's good shape at the start of the season, since before that NAVI won BLAST Premier Global Final 2020 and BLAST Premier Spring Groups 2021. Nevertheless, each new tournament is fraught with a lot of interesting things.

The latest results of the team:

• Victory over FaZe Clan with a score of 2: 0.
• Victory over Virtus.pro with a score of 2: 0.
• Victory over FURIA with a score of 2: 0.
• Defeat against Team Liquid with a score of 1: 2.
• Lost at Gambit with a score of 0: 2.

Best Natus Vincere cards:

• Dust 2 - 100% wins.
• Nuke - 78% wins.
• Mirage - 75% wins.
• Inferno - 57% wins.
• Train - 50% wins.

Interestingly, the team has big problems with the Overpass map, which the opponent will rely on. Nevertheless, I had to prepare for a specific opponent, paying a little more attention to Overpass.

Cloud9 form

The 26th team in the world ranking did not make it to IEM Katowice 2021 at all, having lost two matches out of three. After that, the team went to conquer the qualifications for DreamHack Masters Spring 2021 Europe, with which they also failed. Well, the curtain of Cloud9's failures was the departure with Snow Sweet Snow 2 in the quarterfinals, where the team was so carefully invited by the organizers.

The latest results of the team:

• Victory over K23 with a score of 2: 1.
• Defeat against Heroic with a score of 0: 2.
• Victory over Movistar Riders with a score of 2: 0.
• Lost to VOYVODA with a score of 1: 2.
• Defeat to Winstrike 1: 2.

Best Cloud9 Cards:

• Overpass - 88% wins.

However, on other maps, the team cannot boast of something good. Plus, Cloud9 will definitely not qualify for Mirage.

Personal meetings statistics

The teams have not met before.

Forecast for the match NAVI - Cloud9

I think the match will end with a definite result. No matter how NAVI starts the championships, you shouldn't exclude the factor of the terrible Cloud9 game. At the same time, Born to Win were definitely preparing for the championship, since two failures will definitely throw the team far and for a long time. Therefore, here I propose to bet on NAVI to win with a score of 2: 0, counting on precise preparation for Overpass.