Match Prediction: Vitality - NaVi | CS2 (CS:GO)
BLAST Premier World Final 2023Ukrainian team Natus Vincere will try to win a rematch against Team Vitality in the semi-finals of BLAST Premier: World Final 2023. The loser will take 3-4th place and earn $85,000 in prize money. The format of the match is bo3. Will Vitality be able to beat NAVI for the second time in a row? Let's find out.
In this betting thread you will find out how the participants of this match are performing in the current year, how they did in their previous professional tournament, as well as how this match will end.
Team Vitality uniforms
Team Vitality have not had the best start to the season. The European team started this year with 1-3rd place at BLAST Premier: Spring Groups 2023, followed by 5th-8th place at Intel Extreme Masters Katowice 2023 and ESL Pro League Season 17. But then ZywOo and his teammates were able to pick up their form and win the Intel Extreme Masters Rio 2023 and BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023, earning a combined $600,000 in prize money at those two events. At BLAST Premier: Spring Final 2023, Team Vitality finished in second place at the tournament and won $85,000. BLAST Premier: Fall Groups 2023 finished in 4th-6th place for Vitality, which earned them $17,500 in prize money and a slot in BLAST Premier: Fall Final 2023. ZywOo and his team also participated in the Intel Extreme Masters Cologne 2023 where they finished in 3rd-4th place and won $80,000. At Gamers8 2023, a LAN event in Saudi Arabia with a prize pool of $1,000,000, Team Vitality was victorious and earned the top prize of $400,000. Vitality also competed at ESL Pro League Season 18, where they managed to finish in the top 8. The 5th-8th places in the standings provided the players with $35,000 in prize money. At the Intel Extreme Masters Sydney 2023, Team Vitality finished in the top 16 and received a consolation prize of $4,000.
Team Vitality's previous professional tournament was BLAST Premier: Fall Final 2023. Upon arriving at the championship, ZywOo and his team were placed in Group B. Team Vitality outplayed Heroic in the opening match with a 2-0 result (Nuke - 13-6, Inferno - 13-9). After that Vitality defeated Complexity Gaming in a complete bo3 series (Anubis - 13-2, Nuke - 13-16, Inferno - 13-7) and qualified for the semi-final play-offs. The French club defeated Cloud9 with a 2-1 win (Mirage - 16-13, Nuke - 9-13, Inferno - 13-11). In the decisive match Team Vitality defeated FaZe Clan on two maps in a row (Vertigo - 13-3, Nuke - 13-11) and became the champions of the competition. This performance provided the team with $200,000 in prize money and a ticket to BLAST Premier: World Final 2023.
Team Vitality Long Competed at BLAST Premier: World Final 2023 in Group A with a 2-0 win over Natus Vincere (Anubis - 13-8, Overpass - 13-6). Thus, the European club travelled to the winner ov match. The victory over Cloud9 on two maps (Anubis - 13-11, Inferno - 13-8) secured ZywOo and the team's passage to the play-offs semi-finals.
Statistics of Team Vitality's latest results:
- A 2-0 victory over Cloud9
- Victory over Natus Vincere with the score 2:0
- Victory over FaZe Clan with the score 2:0
- Victory over Cloud9 with the score 2:1
- 2:1 win over Complexity Gaming
Natus Vincere's form
Overall this year Natus Vincere have seen a slight downturn in the quality of their 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 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 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. The full bo3 series against G2 Esports ended with the victory of Born to Win (Anubis - 13-16, Inferno - 13-11, Nuke - 13-6).
Natus Vincere's recent results stats:
- A 2-1 win over G2 Esports
- Victory over ENCE with the score 2:1
- 0:2 loss to Team Vitality
- 1:2 defeat by Complexity Gaming
- 2:0 win over Ninjas in Pyjamas
History of Team Vitality - Natus Vincere matches
Since the beginning of this year, the participants of this fight have played against each other on the professional stage twice. In Gamers8 2023 Team Vitality outplayed Natus Vincere with the score 2:0 (Mirage - 16-2, Nuke - 16-11). In the group stage of the current tournament, Vitality again outplayed NAVI 2-0 (Anubis - 13-8, Overpass - 13-6).
Predicted result of the match Team Vitality - Natus Vincere
Team Vitality are looking very confident at this tournament and have already defeated Natus Vincere. Let's bet on the victory of Team Vitality.
Bookmakers & Statistics
All bookmakers have agreed that Vitality is the favorite. This can be noticed because odds on them are 1.24. This number in the favor of NaVi amounts 4.593. Respectively, the last ones are the underdogs of the upcoming match.
How the teams played in the last matches
Last Matches | Vitality | NaVi |
5 matches (wins) | 5 | 3 |
10 matches (wins) | 7 | 3 |
It will also be necessary to mention the history of face-to-face meetings between the opponents. The teams played 25 matches with each other before. In these matches Vitality won 10 times, NaVi active consisits of 15 wins.