Match Prediction: Outsiders - NaVi | CS2 (CS:GO)
ESL Pro League Season 17Outsiders and NAVI will meet in the second round of the ESL Pro League Season 17 play-off stage. It is known that the winner will advance to the quarterfinals, where they will be forced to play Heroic.
Quite frankly, even with all their problems, Born to Win looks much preferable. Firstly, the Outsiders' style will not interfere with NAVI, who will sit on points and wait.
Secondly, traditionally derbies end in favour of s1mple and company, as they have eaten the dog on how to close such meetings in their favour. What's more, the Outsiders are far from their best form, judging by the group.
So I would have to take a closer look at the NAVI team's victory here. Yes, the boys know how to surprise with a minus sign, but in a match like this they will definitely dictate their terms.
Outsiders uniform
The world number six team didn't play their best in the recent IEM Katowice 2023, where they still managed to make the play-offs. However, already in the quarterfinals the Russian team lost to NAVI, although everything was quite close.
Looking back at their performance in the group stage of ESL Pro League Season 17, dastan's wards started with two good wins over IHC Esports and fnatic, quickly guaranteeing a place in the playoffs.
However, in the group final, the Outsiders were unable to cope with Cloud9, limiting themselves to the 1/8 finals. But most interestingly, the team hasn't played in almost a month, which can clearly play both ways, and it's unclear what to expect from the lads now.
Outsiders latest results:
- A 2-1 win over Complexity Gaming.
- A 0-2 loss to Natus Vincere.
- A 2-0 win over IHC Esports.
- Defeated fnatic 2-0.
- Defeat by Cloud9 1-2.
Best Outsiders cards:
- Inferno - 83% wins.
- Overpass - 50% wins.
It's worth remembering that the Russian team have consistently dropped the Nuke card.
NAVI form
The third team of the world ranking recently played in IEM Katowice 2023 where they 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 lost to FORZE, but then managed to get three wins and made it to the play-offs of the competition.
Here the Ukrainian squad continued to deal cards as they managed to hand the Overpass to the Brazilians from 00NATION. Well, at least the boys won the match, thanks to that.
The latest NAVI results:
- A 1-2 defeat at the hands of FORZE.
- Victory over Astralis, 2-1.
- Victory over Rare Atom, 2-1.
- Beat Team Spirit 2-0.
- Defeated 00NATION 2-1.
Best NAVI maps:
- Anubis - 100% wins.
- Overpass - 75% wins.
- Ancient - 75% wins.
It is worth remembering that Born to Win continues to give up the Vertigo card.
Outsiders - NAVI encounter statistics
In the current season the teams have met once - NAVI won 2-0 at IEM Katowice 2023.
Outlook for the Outsiders vs NAVI
Last week's encounter was as close as possible, but it was obvious that NAVI is in a good position to anticipate their opponent's moves. For their part, the Outsiders have long been unable to oppose Born to Win due to strong differences in style.
In other words, the Russian team cannot beat NAVI on any map, not even the statistically strongest. In general, it will be exactly the same here. And I don't have much faith in the success of the Outsiders.
So in this case, I'd recommend betting on NAVI to win.
Bookmakers & Statistics
Now, the majority of bookmaker companies believe in NaVi victory. Odds on them are equal to 1.596. According to bookmakers data, Outsiders are the outsider and odds on their victory amounts 4.748.
Team statistics in recent matches
Last Matches | Outsiders | NaVi |
5 matches (wins) | 3 | 4 |
10 matches (wins) | 5 | 7 |
It will also be necessary to mention the history of face-to-face meetings between the opponents. The participants in the battle before the meeting played 2 matches with each other. In these matches Outsiders won 0 times, NaVi active consisits of 2 wins.