Прогноз на матч CS2 NiP - Astralis

NIP and Astralis will meet in the first round of the lower bracket of BLAST Premier World Final 2021. As much as I “love” the Swedish team, the Danes simply have no chance with such a game. Therefore, here I predict an easy walk for the NIP, which can outplay Astralis with a clean sheet, given the latest matches on Nuke.

NIP form

The fifth world team became the second in the framework of IEM Winter 2021, which, given the current situation, seems to be a great achievement. Now the Swedes have burst into BLAST Premier World Final 2021, having managed to compete with G2. However, NIP has a big problem - there is no attack per se. Nevertheless, in this situation the team looks like a favorite, since everything is much worse for the opponent.

Recent NIP results:

• Victory over Liquid with a score of 2: 0.
• Victory over GODSENT with a score of 2: 1.
• Victory over G2 with a score of 2: 1.
• Defeat against Vitality with a score of 0: 3.
• Defeat from G2 with a score of 1: 2.

Best NIP cards:

• Ancient - 71% wins.
• Nuke - 64% win.
• Inferno - 63% wins.

The team does not play on the Vertigo map, along the way experiencing difficulties with Dust 2 and Mirage.

Astralis shape

The ninth team in the world rankings failed at the group stage of IEM Winter 2021. It seemed that the Danes would draw conclusions and find their game. However, already at the start of BLAST Premier World Final 2021, the team broke another bottom, taking only ten rounds in total against Vitality. Therefore, I do not believe that Astralis will now gather and show a completely different game from the point of view of logic.

Recent Astralis results:

• Defeat against Vitality with a score of 1: 2.
• Defeat to NIP with a score of 8:16.
• Victory over MOUZ with a score of 2: 0.
• Defeat against Liquid with a score of 0: 2.
• Defeat against Vitality with a score of 0: 2.

Best Astralis Cards:

• Ancient - 67% wins.
• Dust 2 - 60% wins.
• Nuke - 50% wins.

I believe that the Danish team will again choose between banning Vertigo and Overpass.

NIP - Astralis meeting statistics

During the current season, the teams held three meetings:

• NIP victory at PGL Major Stockholm 2021 with a score of 16: 1.
• Astralis' victory at BLAST Premier Fall Final 2021 with a score of 2: 0.
• NIP victory at IEM Winter 2021 with a score of 16: 8.

Interestingly, out of three meetings, two were held in the BO1 format.

Forecast for the match NIP - Astralis

Interestingly, bookmakers believe in Danes more. However, for the game that the teams showed at the start of this championship, I doubt Astralis. Yes, NIP has a terrible game, and the team has no character. But the Danish team showed too weak CS to stay at BLAST Premier World Final 2021. Therefore, here I propose to bet on the victory of the NIP team.