NAVI and Movistar Riders will compete for a direct ticket to the IEM Cologne 2022 semi-finals. At the same time, the losing team will not go anywhere - they will only go to play the quarter-finals.
Despite the outstanding results from the Spanish team, so far NAVI is playing stronger than anyone else in the tournament. In addition, Movistar Riders will run out of Vertigo, as well as start at their peak offensively with no signature cards left.
It is for this reason that I do not believe in a possible sensation, and also generally doubt that the Spaniards will be able to take the card in the game with the "Born to Win"
Form NAVI
The second team in the world ranking had a great start with the updated roster, managing to win the BLAST Premier Spring Final 2022, getting in shape during that championship.
Well, at the start of the group stage of IEM Cologne 2022, the team has already managed to get two victories, having outplayed MOUZ and NIP. It is clear that in the match with the "mice" NAVI blundered a little, because they gave away their card.
However, already in the game with the Swedes, "Born to Win" looked great as never before, starting to pick up their condition again. And if the progress continues, then NAVI can finally acquire the status of the main favorite of the tournament.
Latest NAVI results:
- Victory over FaZe Clan with a score of 2:0.
- Victory over OG with a score of 2:1.
- Victory over Vitality with a score of 2:0.
- Victory over MOUZ with a score of 2:1.
- Victory over NIP with a score of 2:0.
The best NAVI maps:
- Dust 2 - 100% win rate.
- Ancient - 80% of wins.
- Mirage - 73% of wins.
- Nuke - 67% of wins.
- Inferno - 60% of wins.
Recall that the "Born to Win" consistently refuse the Vertigo card.
Movistar Riders Uniform
The 14th team of the world ranking became the winner of the home ESL Challenger Valencia 2022 at DreamHack, thanks to which, I think, they gained confidence in their abilities.
So, at the start of IEM Cologne 2022 Play-In, the Spanish team managed to crush MIBR and Vitality, advancing to the group stage of the competition without any problems.
Here, Movistar Riders continued to surprise, as they first dealt with G2, and then upset Vitality again. Not a bad sensation, but something tells me we'll see history repeat with EPL S15.
Movistar Riders latest results:
- The victory over the Outsiders with a score of 2:1.
- Victory over MIBR with a score of 16:13.
- Victory over Vitality with a score of 2:0.
- Victory over G2 with a score of 2:0.
- Victory over Vitality with a score of 2:1.
The best maps of Movistar Riders:
- Nuke - 78% of wins.
- Vertigo - 60% of wins.
- Mirage - 56% of wins.
- Ancient - 50% win rate.
Let me remind you that the Spanish team has been refusing the Dust 2 map for a long time.
Match statistics NAVI — Movistar Riders
The teams have not met before.
Prediction for the match NAVI — Movistar Riders
Hand on heart, no matter how cool the Spaniards played in Cologne, they really have nothing to pick against NAVI. We're permanently dropping Vertigo, leaving Nuke, Overpass and possibly Inferno for ourselves. Starting on these two maps in attack against s1mple and the company is such a pleasure.
Plus, I rummaged through the statistics and highlighted one detail - Movistar Riders has a mediocre attack, even with a filter in the TOP-50.
As a result, we smoothly move on to the second map, which will untie the hands of NAVI (and these guys have one of the strongest attacks on the stage). Looking at the game of the team, I see a gradual progress from match to match, and next time the guys will be even more interesting.
Therefore, no matter how lovers of intrigue and beautiful stories would like, I would recommend betting on the victory of the NAVI team with a score of 2:0.
