Match Prediction: NaVi - 00 Nation | CS2 (CS:GO)
ESL Pro League Season 17NAVI and 00NATION will meet in the first round of the ESL Pro League Season 17 play-offs. The winner of this match will advance to the 1/8 finals, where they will face the Outsiders.
To be fair, the Brazilian squad almost made it to the playoffs for free, showing a very weak performance in Group C. Born to Win, on the other hand, began to accelerate as the tournament progressed. Moreover, NAVI played last week, actually gaining a competitive advantage over their opponents.
All in all, I find it hard to come up with reasons for the "pro" 00NATION. Firstly, the Brazilians have shown nothing in the group stage, looking frankly weak. Secondly, against such an opponent it will be much more difficult.
Therefore, I wouldn't look for any unnecessary reasons to be surprised here. Thus, I would look at a dramatic victory for the NAVI team, which is objectively stronger than the Brazilians from 00NATION.
NAVI's form
The fifth team in the world ranking performed relatively well in IEM Katowice 2023, where it even reached the semi-finals. However, there Born to Win lost to Heroic, showing a very weak game under pressure from their opponents.
As for their performance in the group stage of ESL Pro League Season 17, here NAVI got off to a squeaky start, managing to give up their game against FORZE.
Nevertheless, Born to Win found the strength to get better, with three straight victories over Astralis, Rare Atom and Team Spirit. Somewhere, the team was still swimming, but still tried to find and solve their problems.
NAVI's latest results:
- A 0-2 defeat to Heroic.
- 1-2 defeat at the hands of FORZE.
- 2-1 win over Astralis.
- Beat Rare Atom 2-1.
- 2-0 win over Team Spirit.
Best NAVI maps:
- Anubis - 100% wins.
- Overpass - 86% wins.
- Ancient - 67% wins.
It is worth remembering that Born to Win continues to give up the Vertigo card.
Form 00NATION
The world's 30th ranked team had very big problems qualifying for the BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023 America RMR as they managed to jump on the departing wagon after two defeats at the start.
Immediately afterwards, the Brazilian squad was left without TACO, arriving at ESL Pro League Season 17 in this variant. And at the start of the group stage, 00NATION continued to swim, managing to lose to OG and Grayhound Gaming.
Nevertheless, in the very end, the Brazilians managed to get three very controversial wins that don't answer all the questions. Moreover, there was a feeling that the team jumped over their head, as the game looked downright miserable.
Latest 00NATION results:
- A 0-2 defeat to OG.
- 1-2 loss to Grayhound Gaming.
- 2-1 win over Rooster.
- Beat Grayhound Gaming 2-1.
- Beat Ninjas in Pyjamas 2-1.
Top 00NATION cards:
- Inferno - 75% wins.
- Overpass - 60% wins.
- Mirage - 56% wins.
- Nuke - 50% wins.
- Ancient - 50% wins.
Interestingly, the Brazilian team does not appear on the Vertigo map either.
NAVI - 00NATION match statistics
The teams have not met before.
Forecast for the match NAVI - 00NATION
Based on the Brazilian team's play, there's nothing to cling to if you want to believe in a sensation. 00NATION managed to beat Ninjas in Pyjamas, but no thanks to coldzera and company.
NAVI, in their turn, tried to solve their problems in the group stage, but in some places the team looked very bad, like at Inferno against Rare Atom.
Nevertheless, the Brazilians might be easier targets than the Chinese. And a lot rests on the stand-in 00NATION, who doesn't take it out at all.
Therefore, in this case, I'd recommend betting on a 2-0 NAVI victory.
Bookmakers & Statistics
All bookmakers have agreed that NaVi is the favorite. This can be noticed because odds on them are 1.086. This number in the favor of 00 Nation amounts 7.781. Respectively, the last ones are the underdogs of the upcoming match.
Team statistics in recent matches
Last Matches | NaVi | 00 Nation |
5 matches (wins) | 3 | 3 |
10 matches (wins) | 7 | 7 |
Gamblers will definitely be interested in the statistics of personal meetings between the teams. The teams played 0 matches with each other before. In these matches NaVi won 0 times, 00 Nation active consisits of 0 wins.