Match Prediction: NaVi - Complexity Gaming | CS2 (CS:GO)
BLAST Premier: Spring Groups 2024Let's move on to the confrontation between Ukrainian team Natus Vincere and American club Complexity Gaming in Group C of the BLAST Premier: Spring Groups 2024 tournament. The winner will be one step closer to the Spring Finals, while the loser will lose the right to make a mistake and will fall to the bottom of the grid. The format of the match is bo3. Which of the teams will be stronger at the end of this confrontation? Let's find out.
In this betting thread you will find out how the participants of this match performed during the previous year, how they played their previous professional tournament, as well as how this match will end.
Natus Vincere's form
Overall, Natus Vincere has seen a slight downturn in the quality of play in the previous year due to lineup changes and the departure of s1mple. Since the beginning of the previous season, Born to Win took 3-4th places at Intel Extreme Masters Katowice 2023, ESL Pro League Season 17 and Intel Extreme Masters Rio 2023. In Katowice the team earned $80,000. The Ukrainian team qualified for the Paris Major thanks to their victory at BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023: European RMR A. At the BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023 NAVI did not show much success, finishing in 9th-11th place and earning $20,000. At BLAST Premier: Fall Groups 2023, the Ukrainian team took 4-6th place in the standings and received $17,500 in prize money and a trip to BLAST Premier: Fall Final 2023. Intel Extreme Masters Cologne 2023 went relatively well for Natus Vincere, but the team failed to qualify for the play-offs. NAVI Ledge defeated Astralis 1:2 in the lower finals. The 7th-8th place at IEM Cologne 2023 provided NAVI with $24,000 in prize money. Gamers8 2023 ended for the Ukrainian team with 5-8th place in the standings and $35,000 in prize money. In ESL Pro League Season 18, Natus Vincere won silver, for which they received $90,000. The trip to the Intel Extreme Masters Sydney 2023 was not so successful, where the Ukrainian club could not get out of the group, took 9-12th place and had to settle for $5,000. The 5th-6th place at BLAST Premier: Fall Final 2023 brought the players $20,000. And the year ended with NAVI finishing in the top 4 of BLAST Premier: World Final 2023, which provided Born to Win with $85,000 in rewards.
Natus Vincere have already started the 2024 year by participating in PGL Major Copenhagen 2024: European Qualifier A. Qualification was held under the Swiss system. In the first match NAVI defeated ECSTATIC with a score of 13-4 on the map Inferno. In the second round Aleksib and his teammates defeated 9Pandas with 13-6 on Anubis. The decisive bo3 clash against Virtus.pro ended with Natus Vincere winning 2-0 (Overpass - 19-16, Anubis - 16-12). Thus NAVI earned a slot to the European RMR tournament.
Statistics of the latest results of Natus Vincere:
- A 2-0 win over Virtus.pro
- 13-6 win over 9Pandas
- Victory over ECSTATIC with the score 13-4
- 0:2 defeat by Team Vitality
- 2-1 win over G2 Esports
Complexity Gaming uniform
In the previous year Complexity Gaming team could boast of successful qualification to the major events, and so the players of the team mostly occupied places in the middle and at the end of the standings. At the Intel Extreme Masters Katowice 2023 Complexity finished in 7th-8th place, earning $24,000. The 21st-28th place at ESL Pro League Season 17 can hardly be called an achievement, as well as the 20th-22nd place at BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023. The performance at the Major event brought JT and his teammates $10,000. A special mention should be made of the fact that the team even participated in ESEA tournaments. At ESEA Cash Cup Circuit 2023: North American Cup #8 took 5-8th place, Ledgeiv 9z Team with the score 6-16. Complexity then finished in 5th-6th place in the standings at BLAST Premier: Spring Final 2023, earning $20,000 in prize money. BLAST Premier: Fall Groups 2023 ended with JT and the team in 10th-12th place for $5,666. At the Intel Extreme Masters Cologne 2023, Complexity Gaming fell short, finishing in 21st-24th place in the standings and earning a $2,500 consolation prize. The American squad also qualified for the Intel Extreme Masters Sydney 2023 by winning the North American qualifiers. At Thunderpick World Championship 2023: North American Series #2 Complexity Gaming emerged victorious, earning a $20,000 grand prize and an invitation to Thunderpick World Championship 2023. In ESL Pro League Season 18, JT and team finished in 9th-12th place and were awarded $25,000 in prize money. Complexity Gaming also won BLAST Premier: Fall American Showdown 2023, earning $20,000 and a trip to BLAST Premier: Fall Final 2023. Silver at the Intel Extreme Masters Sydney 2023 provided players with $42,000 in prize money. In the last months of 2023, the team's performance at BLAST Premier: Fall Final 2023 is worth mentioning, where Complexity took 3-4th places and earned $40,000.
Complexity Gaming debuted this year with participation in PGL Major Copenhagen 2024: North American Qualifier. The North American Qualifiers were held under the Swiss system. The opening match against Fluffy Aimers on the Ancient map ended with a 13-1 victory for Complexity. Then in a long confrontation with NRG Complexity Gaming team outplayed their opponent on the map Ancient with the result 25-21. The final match against Party Astronauts ended with COL winning on two maps in a row (Anubis - 13-0, Inferno - 13-6), which earned them a ticket to PGL Major Copenhagen 2024: American RMR.
Complexity Gaming's recent results stats:
- 2-0 win over Party Astronauts
- 25-21 win over NRG
- 13-1 win over Fluffy Aimers
- 0:2 defeat of The MongolZ
- 2-1 win over GamerLegion
Match History of Natus Vincere - Complexity Gaming
Recently, the participants of this confrontation have played against each other only once. In the quarterfinals of BLAST Premier: Fall Final 2023 Complexity Gaming defeated Natus Vincere with the score 2:1 (Anubis - 10-13, Overpass - 13-6, Nuke - 13-10).
Predicted result of the match Natus Vincere - Complexity Gaming
Despite the defeat from their opponent in November, Natus Vincere look quite good in the renewed squad, although they have some problems in team play. Let's bet on the victory of Natus Vincere team.
Bookmakers & Statistics
All bookmakers have agreed that NaVi is the favorite. This can be noticed because odds on them are 1.506. This number in the favor of Complexity Gaming amounts 3.912. Respectively, the last ones are the underdogs of the upcoming match.
How the teams played in the last matches
Last Matches | NaVi | Complexity Gaming |
5 matches (wins) | 2 | 4 |
10 matches (wins) | 3 | 5 |
It will also be necessary to mention the history of face-to-face meetings between the opponents. The teams played 14 matches with each other before. In these matches NaVi won 8 times, Complexity Gaming active consisits of 6 wins.