Match Prediction: Team Liquid - Ninjas in Pyjamas | CS2 (CS:GO)
IEM Katowice 2018First of all, we want to mark the current playing shape of the collectives. At the moment, Team Liquid hold the 6 place in the world's top of CS:GO teams while Ninjas in Pyjamas hold the 13 in the world's rating.
Since the moment when NAF joined Liquid, the North American collective have better results. From the very moment when Keith Markovic joined Liquid, the team managed to win at cs_summit 2 and to get the money reward of $63,750.
As for the matches, which took place as a part of Intel Extreme Masters XII — World Championship 2018 Katowice, NiP managed to win at three last matches, and Team Liquid won at 2 matches, but they lost 1-2 against Astralis at their last meeting.
Team Liquid and Ninjas in Pyjamas played at such tournaments as cs_summit and cs_summit 2. Both matches were won by the players of Team Liquid.
At the bookmaker’s centers, the coefficient of Team Liquid’s victory is 1,70 and less, and Ninjas in Pyjamas’ coefficient reaches 2,10 and exceeds it.
We think, for this match it's better to lay odds on Team Liquid, but the bet shouldn't be huge. The North American players have more chances to win. And the matches’ results prove that at the matches between Liquid and NiP, the win is always gained by Liquid.