NIP vs. Entropiq, Preview and Prediction-Free 9/02 CS: GO

NIP and Entropiq will play their first match of the group stage this Thursday. Every team in Group D has to play 5 matches at the group stage where the top 3 teams will advance to the playoffs. The top prize for this tournament is $175,000 plus a chance to play at the BLAST Premier World Final 2021.

NIP Team Stats and Latest Results

NIP Team is ranked 9th on the world ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 67 weeks. Other than the ESL Pro League Season 14, they are also part of the BLAST Premier Fall Groups 2021 where they will play BIG at the UB opening round. Meanwhile, they finished 1-4th at the IEM Cologne 2021 Play-In and 9-12th at the IEM Cologne 2021. Considering the team’s performance in the last 8 matches, they won 4 matches and has a win rate of 50.0%.

Map performance over the last 3 months shows that the Swedish team has been impressive on Nuke (100.0%), Vertigo (100.0%), Dust2 (60.0%), and Ancient (55.6%). They attained an average win rate on Mirage (50.0%) but failed to impress on Inferno (33.3%) and Overpass (33.3%). They have maintained one line-up since May that consists of device (1.10), REZ (1.08), hampus (1.02), Plopski (1.06), and LNZ (0.93).

Entropiq Team Stats and Latest Results

Entropiq is ranked 18th on the world ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 30 weeks. The Russian team has displayed an impressive performance over the last 3 months and we expect excellent performance in this tournament. They won the Funspark ULTI 2021 Europe Regional Series 2 in June, European Development Championship 4 tournament in June, and Malta Vibes Knockout Series 1 in August. At the same time, they finished 3-4th at the Elisa Invitational Summer 2021 and were awarded $6,000. In the last 8 matches, they won 6 matches and has a win rate of 69.6%.

Map performance in the last 3 months shows that they have attained a decent performance on Nuke (78.6%), Overpass (77.3%), Mirage (66.7%), and Dust2 (60.0%). Meanwhile, they achieved an average performance on Vertigo (50.0%) and Train (50.0%) but failed to impress on Ancient (28.6%) and Inferno (0.0%). Their line-up consists of NickelBack (1.04), Krad (1.05), Lack1 (1.01), El1an (1.23), and Forester (1.12).

NIP vs. Entropiq H2H Record

The opponents have never met in any tournament and this will be their first head-to-head record.

NIP vs. Entropiq Betting Preview

Both teams are among the top 30 teams on the global ranking and this means we expect a spectacular Thursday. NIP leads on Dust2, Inferno, Nuke, and Ancient while Entropiq has a better performance on Mirage, Overpass, and Vertigo. At the same time, Entropiq has a 4-match win streak while NIP has won 3 out of their last 5 matches. This is a tough match that can go either side and we will avoid predicting on the winning team. We believe there will be more than 2 rounds.

The Pick: Over 2.5 maps.