Прогноз на матч: NaVi - Heroic | Counter-Strike (CS2)

NAVI and Heroic will meet in the second semi-final of IEM Rio 2023. It's going to be a very entertaining rivalry, as Born to Win smeared the Danes last time out.

There are two sides to yesterday's victory for Heroic: firstly, the Danish team managed to handle the crowd by shutting down FURIA; and secondly, today that crowd may take revenge for the guys knocking out their favourites.

All in all, under any circumstance Heroic will feel the pressure, as the local crowd is not forgiving. Speaking strictly about the game, NAVI showed a very cool game in the group stage, and it is unlikely to get weaker now.

So here I would rely on the victory of the NAVI team, which in my opinion, is in the best form of the last seven or eight months. Well, it remains to wish the Danes good luck, although there are some shortcomings in the game.

Form NAVI

The fourth team of the world ranking had no problem to go through the set of the recent BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023 Europe RMR A, having beaten Into the Breach, Falcons and FaZe Clan.

Speaking about the performance in the group stage of IEM Rio 2023, here NAVI confidently defeated TheMongolz, and then was able to deal with Ninjas in Pyjamas.

And in the Group A final, the Ukrainian side came out stronger than BIG, showing the ability to outplay and finish them off. All in all, so far the team has a minimum of questions, and then we'll see.

The latest NAVI results:

• A 16-6 victory over the Falcons.
• Victory over FaZe Clan with a score of 2-0.
• A 16-9 win over TheMongolz.
• Beat Ninjas in Pyjamas 2-0.
• 2-0 win over BIG.

Best NAVI scores:

• Anubis - 100% wins.
• Ancient - 89% wins.
• Overpass - 75% wins.
• Mirage - 62% wins.
• Inferno - 56% wins.

Let's not forget that the Ukrainian team has long refused Vertigo.

Heroic form

The third team in the world ranking also played great in the BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023 Europe RMR B, similarly outplaying 500, Aurora Gaming and Monte.

As for their performance in the group stage at IEM Rio 2023, Heroic got a simple win against 9INE but were defeated by BIG. Fortunately they made up for it in the first leg with victories over TheMongolz and Ninjas in Pyjamas.

Already in the play-offs, the Danish side has managed to pull off a tough win over FURIA, although the situation seemed to be getting out of hand. On the other hand, it will be interesting to see in what state the team will be in today.

Heroic's latest results:

• Victory over 9INE by a score of 16-12.
• 1-2 defeat at the hands of BIG.
• 2-1 win over TheMongolz.
• Beat Ninjas in Pyjamas 2-0.
• Victory over FURIA by a score of 2-1.

Top scoring Heroic:

• Mirage - 78% wins.
• Inferno - 77% wins.
• Overpass - 75% wins.
• Vertigo - 60% wins.
• Ancient - 60% wins.
• Nuke - 50% wins.

In turn, the Danish team continues to deny Anubis.

NAVI - Heroic encounter statistics

During the current season the teams have played two meetings:

• A 2-0 victory for Heroic at IEM Katowice 2023.
• NAVI win in ESL Pro League Season 17 with 2-0.

Interestingly, both times the teams played on Inferno.

Forecast for the match NAVI - Heroic

It's hard to say anything about the cards, as NAVI is actively catching up. In turn, the Danish team looks shaky everywhere as they have problems even on Inferno.

On the other hand, if you compare the current form, there are no questions for Born to Win. Heroic, on the other hand, got a very tough victory over the Brazilians, expending a lot of energy and emotion.

Therefore, in this case, I would recommend betting on NAVI to win.