Natus Vincere vs G2 Esports

Natus Vincere ranked #6 from Russia are clashing against team G2 ranked #8 from France in the IEM Katowice 20202 that has 16 teams competing for the prize pool of $500,000. This tournament is played on LAN in Katowice, Poland, and this is the best of 5 type of grand finale.

Natus Vincere map performance in the last three months: Train is at 87,5% win rate on eight played maps - WON/TIED/LOST - 7/0/1, Inferno 70,0% on ten played maps 7/0/3, Dust2 66,7% on 15 played maps 10/0/5, Overpass 66,7% on three played maps 2/0/1, Mirage 57,1% on seven played maps 4/0/3, and Nuke with 45,5% win rate on 11 played maps 5/0/6.

They played 35 maps in February and won 24, converted, they played 14 matches and won 11. January was empty for them (maybe a long vacation), but in December they played 19 maps and won 11, in other words, they played eight games and won five.

G2 map highlights in the previous three months: Nuke is at 85,7% win rate on seven played maps - WIN/DREW/LOSS - 6/0/1, Mirage 83,3% on six played maps 5/0/1, Vertigo 72,7% on 11 played maps 8/0/3, Inferno 71,4% on seven played maps 5/0/2, Dust2 66,7% on 12 played maps 8/0/4, and Train with 63,6% win rate on 11 played maps 7/0/4.

They played 17 maps in February and won 14; in other words, they played seven matches and won all seven. In January, they played six maps and won four, converted, they played two games and won both. In December, they played 31 maps and won 21, converted, they played 19 games and won 14.

OK, so we finally reached the grand finale, and it will be amazingly fun to watch who wins. I am very happy for NaVi for coming this far with newcomers in the likes of Perfecto and Boombl4. Still, i am also glad for G2 because they also risked a lot by bringing nexa and hunter from iNation / Binary Dragons / Valiance / CR4ZY / so yeah, it will be amazingly exciting tonight. The odds are in favor of NaVi, of course, because s1mple is again on another level.

Natus Vincere won their first match against FaZe with 2-1 (9-16 on Nuke, 16-14 on Dust2, and 16-10 on Overpass), then they lost to fnatic 1-2 (7-16 on Dust2, Inferno 16-14, and 12-16 on Mirage). Then they won against NiP and won 2-0 (16-3 on Mirage, and 16-10 on Train), then they won again against FaZe 2-1 8-16 on Nuke, 16-6 on Dust2, and 16-14 on Inferno), and then they played against Liquid and surprisingly won 2-0 (16-11 on Dust2, and 16-13 on Mirage), and finally they defeated Astralis yesterday to qualify for the Grand Finals with 2-0 (16-5 on D2, and 16-15 on Nuke).

On the other side, we have G2 who won their initial match against 100 Thieves 2-0 (16-3 on Mirage, and 16-2 on D2), then they defeated mousesports 2-1 (13-16 on Dust2, 16-6 on Inferno, and 16-7 on Nuke). Then they defeated Liquid 2-0 (16-11 on Dust2, and 16-10 on Vertigo), and their last match was against fnatic 2-1 in a very tough matchup 16-12 on Inferno, 11-16 on Dust2, and 16-12 on Train). The winner here will get the $250,00 reward, and the loser 2nd placed team will receive $100,000, so you can bet we can expect a good match today.

Now, let's check some tourney stats: Natus Vincere are 3rd TOP team with 1,11 rating on 15 played maps, while G2 is 1st TOP team with 1,19 rating on ten played maps, this is because NaVi took some time to get their grasp and start winning games, we can see that they lost a lot of rounds in the early stages of the tournament, but later on, they released the pressure and started dominating. TOP players for NaVi on this tournament are s1mple is 1st of course with 1,30 rating on 15 played maps, and that is it for them, while G2 has kennyS with 1,28 rating on ten played maps, huNter- 1,23 rating on ten played maps, and nexa with 1,20 rating on ten played maps. Distribution of maps played Dust2 x16, Inferno x13, Nuke x10, Vertigo x9, Mirage x8, Overpass x7, and Train with 4 played maps. This benefits G2 since they have a bit better win rating on those maps. Head-to-head the score is 6 wins for G2 while NaVi has 4, the last three games are 2-1 in favor of G2.

I will go with two bets on this BO5 - Over 3,5 and NaVi to win.

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