Natus Vincere vs. FURIA, Preview & Prediction - Free 12/15 CS:GO

Natus Vincere has a good chance to progress to the playoffs at the IEM Global Challenge 2020 as the competition in Group B is not serious like in Group A, where we have the top two teams in the world – Vitality, and Astralis. NaVi is a favorite in this Best of 3 encounter when they take on FURIA in the opening match of the group on Tuesday.

Natus Vincere Team Stats and Latest Results

Natus Vincere had an excellent opportunity to win the IEM Beijing-Haidian 2020 Europe as they even had a 2-0 lead against Vitality in the Grand final, but were left empty-handed in the end. Well, they did win $30,000 for 2nd place, but it is never a good thing to drop a 2-0 lead. They lost to Astralis again at the BLAST Premier Fall 2020 Finals, and following a big 2-0 defeat to Astralis, they ended in 4th position and earned $25,000. Natus Vincere won ten of the previous 17 matches.

During the last three months, Natus Vincere displayed fine performances on Train (77.8% win rate) and was decent on Nuke (62.5%), while they were below average only on Inferno (46.2%). Since September 2020, NaVi is playing with the same lineup that appeared on 64 maps with a record of 37 wins and 27 losses. The team members are flamie (0.97 rating), s1mple (1.28), electronic (1.13), Boombl4 (0.97), and Perfecto (1.01).

FURIA Team Stats and Latest Results

FURIA is not playing particularly well in the last couple of weeks, as they found that playing against European opposition is not as easy as playing against American rivals. They did beat Liquid to secure a place at the BLAST Fall Finals, but they suffered two defeats to G2 and Natus Vincere to finish the tournament in 5th place and with $15,000 earned. FURIA won seven of the last 12 games.

In the previous three months, FURIA was strong on Inferno (78.9%), Train (75.0%), and Vertigo (75.0%), while they were below average just on Overpass (42.9%). FURIA also assembled its squad in September this year and appeared on 64 maps with a record of 40 wins and 24 losses. The lineup consists of HEN1 (1.15), arT (1.02), yuurih (1.18), VINI (1.01), and KSCERATO (1.13).

Natus Vincere vs. FURIA H2H Record

These rivals have met on two occasions before, and NaVi won both matches without dropping a map along the way. NaVi’s most recent win came at the aforementioned BLAST Premier Fall 2020 Finals when they secured a comfortable 2-0 win (16-8 on Inferno and 16-11 on Nuke).

Natus Vincere vs. FURIA Betting Preview

Natus Vincere showed the quality in the previous meetings with FURIA, and I have no doubt that will happen again on Tuesday. s1mple is in excellent form and I fully expect Natus Vincere to respond to a disappointing defeat to Astralis and secure a win here. At the moment, FURIA’s maximum is one map, and that’s why I’d avoid betting on totals. Instead, I am going with NaVi’s straight victory.

The Pick: Natus Vincere to win (-133 @PINNACLE)