Match Prediction: Natus Vincere - FaZe | CS2 (CS:GO)

The last time when the collectives met happened approximately four months ago at ESL Pro League Season 7 Finals and then Natus Vincere turned out to be stronger than their opponents defeating them by the score of 2:0 on the maps “Mirage” and “Nuke”.

Natus Vincere had been in a perfect shape before DreamHack Masters Stockholm 2018, where they got the 5-8 position. Some time earlier Zeus and Co had won three championships in a row - “Born to Win” appeared to be the strongest at StarSeries & i-League CS:GO Season 5, CS:GO Asia Championships 2018 and ESL One: Cologne 2018, and also got placed on the 3-4 position at ELEAGUE CS:GO Premier 2018. We should emphasize that the team had had a long vacation before DreamHack Stockholm and hadn't gone to the bootcamp to get prepared for the Major tournament but after that they started preparing for the competition and will get fully ready for it. At the first match of the championship the roster lost against Astralis by the score of 16:14.

Meanwhile, FaZe Clan have got worse lately as at two previous championships they couldn't get to Best Four - at ELEAGUE CS:GO Premier 2018 they guys finished at the 7-8 position, and at DreamHack Masters Stockholm 2018 the roster took the 5-6 place. But these results didn't become obstacles to get the fifth place in the world rating. The guys got to At FACEIT Major: London 2018 - Legends Stage with a direct invitation thanks to the second place at ELEAGUE Major: Boston 2018. At the first match of the New Legends stage, NiKo and Co were dropped out by the loss of 05:16 on the map “Dust 2” against BIG.

Bookmakers think that Natus Vincere are a questionable favourite of the battle and set the coefficient of their win equal to 1.75, while the triumph of the European mix is evaluated as 2. We think that FaZe are a good opponent for Zeus and Co so we will lean towards “Born to Win”.