Прогноз на матч: FaZe Clan - NiP | Counter-Strike (CS2)
IEM Cologne 2023Welcome to EGamersWorld.
We're continuing our breakdown of IEM Cologne 2023. The group stage of the championship is in full swing, with 16 of the world's best teams battling it out for a total prize pool of $1,000,000.
We're talking about Group B, where the first round is still in progress. One of the opening matches is the match between FaZe Clan and Ninjas in Pyjamas.
The top European clubs will compete for the next round in Bo3 fight. We will try to predict which of the teams will be more successful and will go to play in the next round. The winner of the match goes to the winner of the pair G2 - Astralis.
Let's go.
FaZe Clan uniforms
Let's open the analysis of the match by analysing FaZe Clan's form. In this match they will play as favourites.
The odds for FaZe victory are at 1.3. Such a figure suggests the idea of FaZe dominance in the course of the match.
In principle, it is easy to believe in the pre-match state of affairs. It is not for nothing that FaZe are on the 3rd line of the world ranking.
One of the most stable teams of the season has quite an extensive record in the first half of the year. However, it mainly consists of "about" top results.
Among the main achievements - getting into the top three at BLAST Premier: Spring Groups 2023 and winning at ESL Pro League Season 17. Also this year FaZe got the award for the 4th season of Intel Grad Slam, enriched by $1,000,000.
Speaking of award tournaments, there was less luck here. Top 12 at IEM Rio 2023, and Top 4 at IEM Dallas 2023. At the only Major e in the season FaZe did not cope with the tension, but made it to TOP-8.
Before the Long Conference IEM Cologne 2023 they attended two tournaments of BLAST series: Spring Final 2023 and Fall Groups 2023. At the Finals they were ranked Top 6, and at the Fall Groups 2023 they were in the top three, earning themselves a slot at the Autumn Finals.
- FaZe Clan line-up: karrigan, rain, Twistzz, ropz, broky .
Despite the ubiquitous Reshuffle and rather "average" results for the year, FaZe didn't change the main roster. However, there were some substitutions: FaZe presented a new coach, who became the legendary Pole NEO. On his post he replaced the legendary RobbaN and it will obviously influence FaZe's gameplay in IEM Cologne 2023.
FaZe Clan Mappool
The best map FaZe - Mirage. We played 12 matches of which we won 9.
Next were Overpass with 8 matches and 5 wins. Nuke (7 matches, 4 wins), Inferno (9 matches, 5 wins). Worse is Ancient with 3 wins in 6 matches, and worst of all was Anubis. His FaZe was picked 7 times, but played with a winrate of 42%.
No play on Vertigo.
Form Ninjas in Pyjamas
We continue the match analysis with the analysis of NiP's form. In this match they are playing as a number two.
The odds for the Ninjas in Pyjamas to win this match are around 3.1. Basically, it's a pretty workable situation considering NiP's situation.
If in the first half of the year NiP were remembered only for getting to Paris Major 2023 after 7th place at European RMR B, and then TOP-8-11 at the Paris tournament itself. It got better after coming out of the competition break.
NiP lost to Last Change Qualifiers at Gamers8 on the Long Crest of the second half of the year, but then played solidly at BLAST Premier: Fall Groups 2023. They managed to reach the Autumn Finals quite easily, beating grands like Vitality.
- NiP lineup: REZ, hampus, Brollan, headtr1ck, k0nfig.
NiP are approaching IEM Cologne 2023 in full readiness. Before the tournament, the team did not make any substitutions. This will clearly play to the Swedish club's advantage.
In the first round of the Play-In IEM Cologne 2023 Ninjas in Pyjamas met Into The Breach. The match ended in NiP's easiest outing at Ancient with a score of 16-5.
In the match to advance to the group stage of IEM Cologne 2023 NiP played against MOUZ. The Mice beat the Swedes on class, giving them 19 rounds in two matches.
They managed to get out of the Play-In after the second round match of the lower grid against Imperial. Nervously, with the score 2-1.
Ninjas in Pyjamas Mappool
The top 1 map Ninjas in Pyjamas has had in the last 3 months is Mirage. Ninjas in Pyjamas has a mind-blowing winrate of 92% with 13 games played.
They also played Inferno where they won 5 matches out of 7 games. Nuke is also in plus winrate, where the "ninjas" have 3 wins from 5 matches.
The most not favoured card for NiP will be Vertigo. NiP has 6 cards and only 1 victory.
History of personal meetings FaZe Clan - NiP
Last time the teams played each other on ESL Pro League Season 17. Then FaZe closed the series with the score 2-0, but that was a long time ago and not true.
Predicted result of the match FaZe Clan - NiP
Quite a logical bet is FaZe's victory. I agree with that, however, I am not sure that FaZe will close dry.
As far as I'm concerned, NiP has an opportunity to squeeze points, as they have enough game experience directly at IEM Cologne. We already have an example when a Play-In team, namely Fnatic, beat a nominally much stronger club, in that case Cloud9. In general, I think the logic is clear.
Bottom line: +1.5 on NiP.