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

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Top professional Counter-Strike is back on our screens with BLAST Premier: Fall Finals 2023. We are watching the 8 title clubs that are playing in the group stage of the prestigious championship so far.

Today we are talking about Group A, where the fate of two slots in the play-offs will be decided. The first place in the main stage of BLAST Premier: Fall Finals 2023 will be played between NaVi and NiP. The winner of the match will move on, while the loser will leave the tournament.

Let's try to find out who will be stronger in this European derby and who of the pair NaVi - NiP is destined to play in the main stage of BLAST Premier: Fall Finals 2023.

NaVi's form

Initiating the match breakdown, let's dissect Natus Vincere's current match form. Despite a recently revamped lineup, NaVi takes the lead in this game. It's a critical point where some fans might contemplate a CSGO gamble, especially given the odds for a Yellow-Black victory standing at around 1.35.

NaVi have played a series of good tournaments 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.

At BLAST Premier: Fall Finals 2023, w0nderful made his debut in the "born to win" lineup. And he made a good debut: in the match against C9, young w0nderful became the best player of the team, and the second in the match, shooting a 1.30 rating. However, he alone was not enough and NaVi struggled Ledgeili (1-2).

NaVi Mappool

NaVi's best map for 3 months is Inferno. There the team played 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 are not playing.

NiP form

We continue the review with the analysis of NiP's form. In this match they play as the number two, and the chance of their victory is estimated with odds around 3.1.

If in the first half of the year NiP were remembered only for getting to Paris Major 2023 after 7th place at European RMR B, and then TOP-8-11 at the Paris tournament itself. It got better after coming out of the competition break.

NiP lost to Last Change Qualifiers at Gamers8 at the Long Crest of the second half of the year, but then played solidly at BLAST Premier: Fall Groups 2023. They managed to reach the Autumn Finals quite easily, beating grands like Vitality.

• NiP lineup: REZ, hampus, maxster, headtr1ck, k0nfig.

NiP are approaching IEM Cologne 2023 in full readiness. Before the tournament the team had no substitutions. This will clearly play to the Swedish club's advantage.

In the first round of the Play-In IEM Cologne 2023 Ninjas in Pyjamas met Into The Breach. The match ended in NiP's easiest outing at Ancient with a score of 16-5.

In the match to advance to the group stage of IEM Cologne 2023 NiP played against MOUZ. The Mice beat the Swedes on class, giving them 19 rounds in two matches.

They managed to get out of the Play-In after the second round match of the lower grid against Imperial. Nervously, with the score 2-1.

However, it was not possible to play long in IEM Cologne 2023. NiP finished their journey through the tournament in the bottom set of Group B with a loss against Astralis.

After failing at IEM Cologne 2023, NiP failed to qualify for IEM Sydney 2023 and also completely failed ESL Pro League Season 18, finishing in the top-26 of the tournament.

At Roobet Cup 2023 Ninjas In Pyjamas played with a revamped roster. Maxster temporarily joined the roster, replacing Brollan. The young Swede was the best player of the match in the game against Fnatic, which NiP won, but then they were unlucky.

NiP alternately lost to Monte and then to OG, dropping out of Roobet Cup 2023 at the group stage and finishing top-12 in the overall standings.

They also played in the CS Asia Championship 2023. At the time of writing this betting tira, the Swedes started their playoffs appearance with a match against ENCE.

At Blast Premier: Fall Finals 2023 NiP made their debut with a game against FaZe Clan. The best team in the world failed to put up a fight: the game ended 2-0 in FaZe's favour.

Ninjas in Pyjamas Mappool

Top 1 map Ninjas in Pyjamas for the last 3 months is Mirage. Ninjas in Pyjamas has a mind-blowing winrate of 92% with 13 games played.

They also played Inferno where they won 5 matches out of 7 games. Nuke is also in plus winrate, where the "ninjas" have 3 wins from 5 matches.

The most not favoured card for NiP will be Vertigo. NiP has 6 cards and only 1 win.

History of head-to-head meetings between NaVi and NiP

Last time the teams crossed each other at BLATS Paris Major 2023. Then NaVi took the victory.

Predicted result of NaVi vs NiP at BLAST Premier: Fall Finals 2023

Despite the high-profile odds saying that the result is quite predictable, I wouldn't expect a brilliant win for NaVi in this match. As far as I'm concerned, NiP will definitely give a fight and it should be enough to take at least one win.

Bottom line: +1.5 on NiP.