Natus Vincere vs. MIBR, Preview & Prediction - Free 3/22 CS:GO

Natus Vincere, the No. 1 team in the CS:GO rankings, is struggling at the ESL Pro League Season 13, and they need to get a win against MIBR on Monday in order to keep their playoff hopes alive. The Russians are massive favorites, but with three teams at a 1-2 record following the opening three games, MIBR is also chasing the same dream.

Natus Vincere Team Stats and Latest Results

At the moment, Natus Vincere is only a shadow of the team that won the BLAST Premier Global Final 2020 and BLAST Premier Spring Groups 2021 and earned over $600,000 only a month ago. They have been in a disappointing form of late, losing four of the last five games. The Russian side opened the ESL Pro League Season 13 with a win over Cloud9 but lost the next two to FURIA and Gambit. Natus Vincere won 11 of the previous 16 matches.

Talking about the maps in the past three months, Natus Vincere was dominant on Dust2 (85.7% win rate) and played well on Nuke (70.0%) and Inferno (66.7%), while they struggled on Overpass (20.0%). NaVi has been playing with the same squad since January this year and appeared on 29 maps with a record of 19 wins and ten losses. The lineup is made of flamie (0.96 rating), s1mple (1.34), electronic (1.08), Boombl4 (1.03), and Perfecto (1.04).

MIBR Team Stats and Latest Results

MIBR didn’t play well recently and struggled in the last few months, so they are out of the top 30 in the CS:GO rankings right now. Their poor form continued at this tournament, as MIBR lost to Gambit and FURIA. However, they did manage to beat TeamOne in round two. MIBR lost 11 of the last 15 games.

In the period of the previous three months, MIBR was decent on Mirage (62.5%) and Dust2 (57.1% win rate), while they lost the only appearance on Nuke and didn’t impress on Train (20.0%) and Inferno (25.0%). Just like NaVi, MIBR created its current lineup in January 2021 and appeared on 40 maps with a record of 15 wins and 25 losses. The team members are boltz (1.03), yel (0.96), chelo (1.09), shz (1.04), and danoco (0.90).

Natus Vincere vs. MIBR H2H Record

These rivals have met just once before, and Natus Vincere won that clash 2-1 at the BLAST Premier Spring Groups 2021 more than a month ago.

Natus Vincere vs. MIBR Betting Preview

NaVi won only three of eight maps they played at this tournament so far, which is shocking. They are having problems closing out the games like they have some internal issues, but that’s probably not the case. If this game was played a month ago, I’d easily back Natus Vincere to secure a 2-0 victory at decent odds. On this occasion, though, I am not brave enough and I don’t believe them that much. I am going with a straight-up win.

The Pick: Natus Vincere to win (-270 @PINNACLE)