Natus Vincere vs Astralis

WHAT A GREAT MATCH

Natus Vincere ranked #2 from Ukraine are facing team Astralis ranked #1 from Denmark in the FACEIT Major 2018 that has 16 teams competing for the prize pool of $1,000,000. The tournament is being held on LAN in London, the United Kingdom.

This is a best of 3 * Grand Final type of match.

Map highlights for team NaVi in the previous three months: Overpass is at 88,9% on nine played maps, Train 87,5% on eight played maps, Mirage 80,0% on five played maps, Nuke 75,0% on four played maps, Inferno 40,0% on ten played maps, and Dust2 33,3% on six played maps.

Map performance for team Astralis in the previous three months: Nuke is at 100,0% win rate on nine played maps, Train 100,0% on only two played maps, Dust2 80,0% on five played maps, Mirage 70,0% on ten played maps, Inferno 70,0% on ten played maps, and Overpass 66,7% on six played maps.

Pistol performance in the last 30 days only on LAN events goes to team Natus Vincere who have 52,9 win percentage over team Astralis who have 51,9% total.

Natus Vincere played ten games in September, and the score is seven wins and three losses, converted, they played seven games and won five. In August they played seven maps and won four, converted, they played three games and won two. In July they played 25 maps and won 17, converted, they played ten games and won eight.

Astralis played 19 maps in September, and the score is 15 wins and four losses, converted, they played 13 games and won ten. In August they played seven maps and won four, converted, they played three games and won two. In July they played 16 maps and won 14, converted, they played eight games and won seven.

Natus Vincere is at the 1st place as a top team at this tournament with 1,26 rating on eight played maps. Their best players are topping the list, s1mple is 1st with 1,48 rating on eight played games, electronic is 2nd with 1,44 rating, and flamie is 3rd with 1,27 rating on eight played maps. They were 4th in the group stage with four played games and three wins. They won 62 rounds and lost 43 (+19 round difference). After the group stage, they played against team BIG and won 2-0 (16-2, 16-6), and won against team MIBR after that 2-0 (16-10, 16-05).

On the other side, we have team Astralis who is 2nd as a top team with 1,20 rating on eight played maps. Their best players are device with 1,26 on eight played maps, and Magisk with 1,26 rating. They were 3rd in the group stage with four matches played, they won three matches and lost one. During those four maps, they won 63 rounds and lost 37 (+26 round difference). After the group stage, they played against Clan FaZe and won 2-0 (16-14, 16-12), after that, they played against team Liquid 2-0 (16-7, 16-8).

These two teams played a lot of head-to-head matches. The current score is 31 - 45 for Astralis with seven overtimes. Last three games are 2-1 for Astralis.

So the winner is getting $500,000, and the loser will get $150,000, we can all agree that this is a big difference so that we can expect a five-star match. Both teams will ban Cache most likely, so we can expect Mirage or Overpass or Nuke and maybe Train. Natus Vincere is on an insane playing form, and Astralis is just Astralis, so in my honest opinion, this will go in over 2,5 maps.

Good luck to all who bet, and don't forget to gamble responsibly!