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

The teams faced for the last time in the middle of May at the tournament ESL Pro League Season 7 Finals and then, Team Liquid appeared to be stronger, who managed to beat their opponent with a score 2:0 on de_dust2 and de_inferno.

Natus Vincere gained an incredibly good shape and won three tournaments in a row in a month - Edward and the company achieved trophies of StarSeries & i-League CS:GO Season 5, CS:GO Asia Championships 2018 and ESL One: Cologne 2018. At the moment, the roster holds the second place on the list of the best teams in the world rate and they lack only 50 points from the first place. At this competition, the guys have advanced to the playoff stage from the first place without an effort, having beaten Fnatic and Mousesports.

In its turn, Team Liquid is in a good shape in general, however, they failed the last tournament - TACO and the company held the last place at ESL One: Cologne 2018. Before that, the team had taken part in ESL One: Belo Horizonte 2018, Esports Championship Series Season 5 - Finals and ESL Pro League Season 7 - Finals, where entered the top three, however, was unlucky to hold a place higher than than the 5th-8th at StarSeries & i-League CS:GO Season 5. Now, the guys place the 4th in the world rate by HLTV and continue going on top. The roster held the second place in this group at this tournament, where achieved victory over MiBR twice, however lost to Astralis.

Bookmakers consider Natus Vincere to be a favorite of the confrontation and offer odds in the sum of 1.5 for their victory, while Team Liquid’s triumph is evaluated as 2.7. We agree that S1mple and the company has more chances to win the match, however, Team Liquid looks like the right team to stop this yellow and black train.