G2 vs. NIP Preview & Prediction-Free 12/11 CS: GO

The opponents will cross paths at the semi-finals of the IEM Winter 2021 tournament this Saturday. The winner of this match will progress to the Grand final while the loser will be eliminated from the tournament. The overall winner of this event will take $100,000.

G2 Team Stats and Latest Results

G2 is ranked 3rd in the world ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 114 weeks. The team qualified for this tournament as a Partner Team. So far, they have defeated TYLOO (16:13) at the upper bracket (opening round), Liquid (2:0) at the Upper semi-finals, and Vitality (2:1) at the upper final of Group A. Since the team came first at the group stage, they got a bye to the semis where they will play NIP. Considering their performance in past events, the team finished 5-8th at the BLAST Premier Fall Showdown 2021, won the Battle of Betway 2021, and finished 2nd at the PGL Major Stockholm 2021. They won 7 out of their last 8 games and have a win rate of 70.4%.

Map win statistics in the last 3 months shows that the team has been impressive on Cobblestone (100.0%), Train (100.0%), Tuscan (100.0%), Mirage (78.6%), Inferno (66.7%), Ancient (60.0%), and Nuke (57.1%). The team managed an average performance on Dust2 (50.0%) but failed to impress on Vertigo (25.0%), and Cache (0.0%). Their roster consists of JaCkz (0.94), NiKo (1.20), huNter- (1.13), kennyS (0.96), and AmaNEk (1.02).

NIP Team Stats and Latest Results

NIP Team is #7 in the world ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 81 weeks. At the ongoing IEM Winter 2021 tournament, the Swedish team has defeated Astralis (16:8), OG (2:1), Liquid (2:0), and GODSENT (2:1) but lost to Vitality (0:2) at the Upper semi-finals (Group A). They finished 4th at the Battle of Betway 2021, 5-8th at the PGL Major Stockholm 2021, and 2nd at the PGL Major Stockholm 2021. The team is also part of the upcoming BLAST Premier World Final 2021 where they will play their first match against NIP. Considering their last 8 matches, they won 4 and have a win rate of 67.9%.

Map win statistics in the last 3 months shows that the team has been impressive on Cobblestone (100.0%), Ancient (71.4%), Inferno (68.8%), and Nuke (63.6%). On the other hand, they failed to impress on Mirage (42.9%), Overpass (42.9%), Dust2 (33.3%), Cache (0.0%), and Train (0.0%). The team has a line-up that consists of device (1.13), es3tag (0.91), REZ (1.08), Hampus (1.03), and Plopski (1.05).

G2 vs. NIP H2H Record

Head-to-head record shows 8 meetings between the opponents. So far, G2 has won in 5 matches while NIP won in 3 encounters. Their last meeting was at the PGL Major Stockholm 2021 and G2 won 2:0.

G2 vs. NIP Betting Preview

Both teams are currently on fire and we should expect a fantastic Saturday when they cross paths. G2 has won all their matches at the ongoing IEM Winter 2021 tournament while NIP lost 1 match. Considering their performance on the maps, G2 leads on Dust2, Mirage, and Vertigo while NIP has a slight lead on Inferno and also leads on Nuke, Overpass, and Ancient. Hence, we are predicting a win for G2 but NIP will take at least 1 card.

The Pick: G2 to win/ Over 2.5 maps.