FURIA vs. Natus Vincere Preview & Prediction- Free 2/19 CS: GO

The rivals will cross paths at Group B upper bracket semi-final in the IEM Katowice 2022 tournament this Saturday. The IEM Katowice tournament is one of the biggest and most coveted events in the professional scene of the Counter-Strike: Global Offensive tournament. The winner of this match will progress to the upper finals while the loser will be dropped to the lower bracket. The group stage is composed of two groups of eight, and each group is played in GSL format. All matches are played in the best-of-three series.

FURIA Team Stats and Latest Results

FURIA is ranked 16th in the world ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 160 weeks. The Brazilian team recently finished 2nd at the ESL Challenger February 2022 and were awarded $20,000. They also finished 3rd at the Battle of Betway 2021, 5-8th at the PGL Major Stockholm 2021, and 5-8th at the Pinnacle Winter Series 1. At the ongoing IEM Katowice 2022, they defeated Astralis (2:0) at the upper bracket (opening round) of Group B. Over the last 3 months, the team has attained a win rate of 66.7% and won 5 out of their last 8 matches.

Map win statistics in the last 3 months shows excellent performance on Ancient (100.0%) and Nuke (66.7%) but failed to impress on Mirage (50.0%), Overpass (50.0%), and Inferno (0.0%). Their line-up consists of arT (1.10), yuurih (1.19), KSCERATO (1.19), saffee (1.05), and drop (0.99).

Natus Vincere Team Stats and Latest Results

Natus Vincere is currently the best team in the world ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 142 weeks. At the ongoing IEM Katowice 2022 tournament, they pulled a last-minute win against ENCE (2:1) at the upper bracket (opening round) at Group B and progressed to the upper semi-finals. The team won the BLAST Premier Fall Final 2021 and BLAST Premier World Final 2021. At the same time, they finished 4-6th at the BLAST Premier Spring Groups 2022 and were awarded $17,500 plus a chance at the Spring Final. In the last 8 matches, they won 5 matches and hold a win rate of 75.0%.

Map win statistics in the last 3 months shows that the team has been impressive on Ancient (100.0%), Dust2 (80.0%), Nuke (77.8%), Inferno (71.4%), Overpass (60.0%), and Mirage (55.6%). The team’s line-up consists of s1mple (1.30), electroNic (1.16), Boombl4 (0.99), Perfecto (1.01), and b1t (1.11).

FURIA vs. Natus Vincere H2H Record

Head-to-head statistics show 6 meetings between the opponents. So far, Natus Vincere has won in 5 matches and FURIA has won once. Their last meeting was at the DreamHack Masters Spring 2021 and Natus Vincere won 2:1.

FURIA vs. Natus Vincere Betting Preview

We are predicting a win for Natus Vincere in this matchup because of their impressive stats on the maps, ranking, and win rate. Natus Vincere leads on Dust2, Mirage, Inferno, Nuke, and Overpass while FURIA doesn't have an advantage in any of the maps. Therefore, we are predicting a win for Natus Vincere in this upcoming meeting.

The Pick: Natus Vincere to win.