Natus Vincere vs. OG, Preview, & Prediction - Free 9/24 CS: GO

The opponents play at the upper bracket-opening round of Group C this Friday. The winner of this match will advance to the upper final to play either FaZe or Complexity while the loser will be dropped to the lower bracket.

Natus Vincere Team Stats and Latest Results

Natus Vincere has been the best team on the global ranking since July. At the same time, the Russian team has been among the top 30 teams on the world ranking for 121 weeks. The team has won several tournaments including DreamHack Masters Spring 2021 in May, StarLadder CIS RMR 2021 in July, IEM Cologne 2021, and the recently concluded ESL Pro League Season 14 where they received the top prize of $195,000 and a spot at the BLAST Premier World Final 2021. Considering their performance in the last 8 matches, they have won 7 matches and lost 1. They lost to BIG (0-2) at the ESL Pro League Season 14. Their win rate stands at 85.7%.

Map performance over the last 3 months shows that the team has been impressive on Nuke (100.0%), Mirage (85.7%), Ancient (80.0%), Inferno (63.6%), and Dust2 (54.5%). On the other hand, they failed to show a decent performance on Overpass (20.0%). The team line-up includes s1mple (1.30), electronic (1.16), Boombl4 (0.99), Perfecto (1.01), and B1T (1.09).

OG Team Stats and Latest Results

OG Team is 9th on the world ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 93 weeks. They won the Spring Sweet Spring 2 in June and were awarded $40,000 plus a chance to play at the LAN Sweet LAN 2022. The European team also finished 2nd at the IEM Summer 2021 and 3-4th at the ESL Pro League Season 14. Out of their last 8 matches, they have won 6 matches and lost 2. Their win rate stands at 70.0%.

Map performance over the last 3 months shows that the team has been impressive on Inferno (80.0%), Dust2 (66.7%), and Mirage (62.5%). They registered an average win rate on Overpass (50.0%) but failed to impress on Nuke (25.0%). The team line-up consists of valde (1.11), Aleksib (1.01), niko (1.00), mantuu (1.13), and flameZ (1.14).

Natus Vincere vs. OG H2H Record

Head-to-head stats shows 5 meetings between the opponents and Natus Vincere has won in 3 encounters. Their last meeting was at the BLAST Premier Fall Series 2020 and OG won 2-1.

Natus Vincere vs. OG Betting Preview

Even though OG won in their last head-to-head meeting against Natus Vincere, we believe that the Russian side is the better team to progress to the next stage. Natus Vincere has a 5-match win streak while OG lost their last match against Vitality. At the same time, the Russian team leads on Mirage, Nuke, Overpass, and Ancient while OG has a better win rate on Dust2 and Inferno. For this reason, we believe the Russian team will win.

The Pick: Natus Vincere to win.