Match Prediction: Natus Vincere - paiN Gaming | Dota 2
Epicenter XLNatus Vincere and paiN Gaming are in Group B together with such teams as OG, Virtus.pro, Newbee and Team Secret.
At the moment, Natus Vincere holds the fourth place with a statistic 2-2 and has five won maps and six lost ones on its score. Their opponents paiN Gaming hold the last place with a statistic 1-3, having three won maps and six lost maps on its score. In the case of paiN Gaming’s victory with a score 2-0, both teams will have five won and six lost maps. In such case, the organizers will be able to decide that both teams will play Tiebreakers.
Natus Vincere played not well enough in a row of the last LAN tournaments. Their Brazilian opponents haven’t also had a great success since the second place at WESG 2017 World Final. The only place where paiN Gaming had success was the South American qualification to ESL One Birmingham 2018.
Na’Vi played well enough in the group stage of EPICENTER XL. They managed to beat such opponents as Virtus.pro and Team Secret with a score 2-1 but were defeated in the matches against Newbee and OG with a score 1-2 and 0-2 respectively.
paiN Gaming only beat Newbee with a score 2-0. They lost in the matches against Team Secret and OG with a score 0-2. Playing against Virtus.pro, paiN Gaming achieved victory on one map but were not able to win the rest two maps.
Considering known information, an obvious conclusion can be made that Natus Vincere is in a better shape than paiN Gaming and is better prepared for the decisive match at the moment. paiN Gaming, in turn, had a row of bad performances at many LAN tournaments and they didn’t show great results at EPICENTER XL.
At bookmaker companies, odds in the favor of Natus Vincere are equal to ~1,45 and this ratio amounts 2,50 and exceeds it for paiN Gaming. The majority of viewers thinks that it’s worth to bet on Natus Vincere in this case. We are of the same opinion too. It is better to avoid a big risk in this match and to bet on Natus Vincere about 3-5% of a general sum of your bank.