Natus Vincere vs Team EnVyUs

Natus Vincere ranked #2 from Ukraine is facing team EnVyUs ranked #32 from France in the CS: GO Asia Championships 2018 that has eight teams fighting for a pool prize of $300,000. The tournament is held in Shanghai, China.

This is a best of 3 (LAN) semi-final match.

Map performance for team NaVi: Train is at 63,4% win rate on 161 played maps, Overpass 63,1% on 149 maps, Mirage 62,2% on 259, Season 60,0% on 10 maps, Dust2 58,1% on 179 maps, Inferno 54,4% on 193 maps, Cobblestone 53,6% on 125 maps, Nuke 46,0% on 50 maps, and Cache 23,1% win rate on 26 maps.

Map highlights for team Envyus: Dust2 is at 66,1% win rate, Cache 61,3%, Cobblestone 58,0%, Inferno 53,4%, Train 52,0%, Mirage 50,6%, Nuke 46,2%, and Overpass 33,3% win rate. Their most played maps are Cache x168, Cobblestone x162, Inferno x161, Train x125, Dust2 x109, Mirage x85, Nuke x65, and Overpass x48.

NaVi played 15 maps in June, and they won 12, that is six played games, and they won all six. In May they played only 17 maps and won ten, converted, they played eight games and won five.

Envyus played seven maps in June, and they won four, in games that is; three played, and two won. In May they played 23 maps and won seven, converted, they played 14 games and won only four.

Natus Vincere was first in Group A with two matches played and two wins, their round difference was +7, and they had six points. Envyus was third in the same group with two matches played, one win and one loss, their round difference was +4, and they had three points. In playoffs, Envyus defeated Heroic 2-1, and now again they face NaVi who evaded first round of playoffs as they were first in groups. Natus Vincere is the second best team in this tournament with 1,13 rating on five maps. Their best players are s1mple with 1,35 rating on five maps, and electronic with 1,33 rating. Envyus is the 4th top team with 1,08 rating on seven maps. Their best player and the best player in the tournament so far is ScreaM with 1,39 rating on seven maps, after him, there is only kioShiMa with 1,19 rating on seven maps. Most-played maps are Mirage x7, Inferno x5, Cache x5, Overpass x4, and Train x4 so this benefits Envyus a bit more.

My bet here will be an over 2,5 maps. I am fairly confident that Envyus can take at least one map from NaVi.

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