Match Prediction: NaVi - G2 Esports | CS2 (CS:GO)
BLAST Premier World Final 2023After a great previous match, the Ukrainian team went to the quarter-finals of BLAST Premier: World Final 2023, where they will face G2 Esports. The winner will advance to the semi-finals, where Team Vitality will be waiting for him. And the loser will take the 5th-6th place in the standings and earn $25,000 in prize money. The format of the match is bo3. Will G2 Esports be able to outplay Aleksib and his teammates? We will find out very soon.
In this betting thread you will find out how the participants of this match perform in the current year, how they did in their previous professional tournament, as well as how this match will end.
G2 Esports uniforms
German esports organisation G2 Esports started the current year on a Major note. First, the team took 1st-3rd place at BLAST Premier: Spring Groups 2023, earning $27,500. G2 Esports' next event was the legendary tournament in Katowice, Intel Extreme Masters Katowice 2023. There, G2 Esports emerged victorious and the championship earned them $400,000 in prize money. ESL Pro League Season 17 ended for the team with 9-12th place and $25,000. At the Major event in Paris, the Katowice champions did not have much success, finishing in 12th-14th place and failing to qualify for the Legends stage. G2 Esports also competed at the Intel Extreme Masters Dallas 2023, where a 5th-6th place finish earned the team $10,000. BLAST Premier: Spring Final 2023 saw G2 Esports finish 3rd-4th in the standings to earn $40,000 in prize money. At BLAST Premier: Fall Groups 2023, 7th-9th place earned HooXi and team $8,500 and a slot at BLAST Premier: Fall European Showdown 2023. G2 Esports then went on to win at Intel Extreme Masters Cologne 2023, earning $400,000 and a slot at Intel Extreme Masters Katowice 2024. At Gamers8 2023, the European club finished in the top 4, earning $80,000 in prize money. G2 Esports also participated in ESL Pro League Season 18, where they took 5th-8th place and received $35,000. 3rd-4th place finishes at BLAST Premier: Fall European Showdown 2023 and Intel Extreme Masters Sydney 2023 provided players with an additional $27,500.
The previous professional tournament for G2 Esports was CCT Online Finals #5. The team's journey at the tournament began with a win over Fluxo in a full bo3 series (Inferno - 13-7, Nuke - 10-13, Ancient - 13-5). In the quarter-finals of the top set, G2 outplayed Sprout with a similar result (Mirage - 3-13, Overpass - 16-13, Anubis - 16-14). But the semifinal match against Aurora Gaming ended with G2 Esports losing two games in a row and falling to the bottom of the grid. G2 Esports Ledge and Guild Eagles with the result 1:2 and finished their participation in the tournament. 5th-6th place earned the team $5,000.
According to the results of the BLAST Premier: World Final 2023 group stage draw, G2 Esports were placed in Group B. In the opening match NiKo and team defeated MOUZ 2-0 (Ancient - 13-10, Vertigo - 13-11). The match against FaZe Clan ended with the defeat of G2 Esports with the result 1:2. Thus, the European club went to the quarter-finals of play-offs.
Statistics of the last results of G2 Esports:
- Defeat by FaZe Clan with a score of 1:2
- 2-0 win over MOUZ
- 1:2 loss to Guild Eagles
- 0:2 defeat by Aurora Gaming
- 2:1 win over Sprout
Natus Vincere's form
Overall this year Natus Vincere has seen a bit of a decline in the quality of play. Since the beginning of the current season Born to Win have taken 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 9th-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 failed to get out of the group, took 9-12th place and had to settle for $5,000.
Before travelling to Abu Dhabi, Born to Win took part in BLAST Premier: Fall Final 2023. The draw placed the Ukrainian team in Group A. NAVI lost their first match to Cloud9 in a full bo3 series. Then Natus Vincere defeated Ninjas in Pyjamas on two maps in a row (Overpass - 13-11, Mirage - 13-6) and qualified for the play-offs. In the quarter-finals Aleksib and Ledge beat Complexity Gaming 1:2 and took the 5th-6th place in the tournament, earning $20,000.
The BLAST Premier: World Final 2023 Long match was the first round of the tournament for Natus Vincere in Group A. Their first opponent was Team Vitality. The Ukrainian team could not give a proper response to the opponent and lost with the result 0:2. In the elimination match Natus Vincere defeated ENCE 2:1 (Anubis - 13-4, Ancient - 11-13, Nuke - 13-11) and qualified for the play-offs.
Statistics of Natus Vincere's latest results:
- A 2:1 win over ENCE
- 0:2 defeat to Team Vitality
- 1:2 defeat to Complexity Gaming
- 2:0 win over Ninjas in Pyjamas
- 1:2 defeat by Cloud9
History of G2 Esports - Natus Vincere matches
Since the beginning of this year, the participants of this match have played against each other four times. Three times the victory was won by representatives of G2 Esports. The last time the teams met at BLAST Premier: Fall Groups 2023. Then NAVI outplayed G2 on two maps in a row (Inferno - 16-14, Mirage - 16-14).
Predicted result of the match G2 Esports - Natus Vincere
G2 Esports have been showing more stable results lately than their Ukrainian opponents. Natus Vincere are still in the process of adapting their updated squad. Let's bet on the victory of G2 Esports.
Bookmakers & Statistics
According to leading bookmakers predictions, the team NaVi are the favorite with average odds 2.133 at the moment. Respectively, bookmakers consider G2 Esports to be the outsider of the match with odds on a victory in the sum of about 2.582.
How the teams played in the last matches
Last Matches | NaVi | G2 Esports |
5 matches (wins) | 2 | 2 |
10 matches (wins) | 3 | 5 |
Gamblers will definitely be interested in the statistics of personal meetings between the teams. The competitors have held 38 matches. In these battles NaVi got 21 victories while G2 Esports managed to take 17 matches.