Match Prediction: Natus Vincere - Team Liquid | CS2 (CS:GO)
ESL Pro League Season 7 FinalsTwo recent meetings of Natus Vincere and Team Liquid resulted in the win of Zeus and Co twice, but this matches were held in January this year and our opinion should not be premised on the results.
Natus Vincere now hold a place among five best teams in the world according to HLTV, holding the fourth position. In 2018, the roster managed to get the 3-4 place at ELEAGUE Major: Boston 2018 and to stop at the second places at StarLadder & i-League StarSeries Season 4 and DreamHack Masters Marseille 2018. During the current championship, the collective demonstrated good game and took the first position in their group winning over such teams as MVP.PK, Heroic and FaZe Clan.
Team Liquid changed jdm for TACO at the beginning of this year, but it did not influence the level of their game essentially - the roster can still be seen among ten best teams according to HLTV (the ninth position), but they cannot get more than the fifth position. This year the collective won cs_summit 2, got the 3-4 position at StarLadder & i-League StarSeries Season 4 and Intel Extreme Masters XII - World Championship, and also took the second place at iBUYPOWER Invitational - Spring 2018. During the current tournament, the collective took the second place in their group letting the guys from Astralis win the final. Making it to the final, NAF and Co defeated Grayhound and Space Soldiers.
The bookmakers think that Natus Vincere are the favourite of the battle and set the coefficient of their win of 1.5, while the triumph of the North American collective is evaluated as 2.5. We also lean toward the Ukrainian roster a they showed a good game during the group stage and look like one of the favourites for winning the championship.