NIP vs. Vitality Preview & Prediction- Free 5/14 CS: GO
The rivals will clash at the Swiss round 1 of the PGL Major Antwerp 2022 tournament this Saturday. This is the 3rd Major Tournament organized by PGL and will take place in Belgium for a $1,000,000 prize pool. This tournament format is divided into three stages; The Challengers Stage, Legends Stage, and Champion Stage. The challengers stage has 16 teams and the top 8 will advance to the legends stage. The upcoming matchup will take the best-of-one series.
NIP Team Stats and Latest Results
NIP is ranked #8 in the world ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 103 weeks. The Swedish team advanced to the ongoing event after finishing 3rd at the PGL Major Antwerp 2022 Europe RMR B. They also finished 7-8th at the IEM Katowice 2022, 3-4th at the ESL Pro League Season 15, and 3-4th at the BLAST Premier Spring Showdown 2022 Europe. They won 6 out of their last 10 games and have managed a win rate of 66.7% over the past 3 months.
Map win statistics in the past 3 months show a decent performance on Inferno (80.0%-win rate), Ancient (72.7%), and Overpass (55.6%). On the flip side, they failed to impress on Nuke (50.0%), Vertigo (40.0%), and Mirage (40.0%). NiP has a line-up that consists of es3tag (0.94 player rating), REZ (1.08), Plopski (1.04), hampus (1.03), and Brollan (1.15).
Vitality Team Stats and Latest Results
Team Vitality ranks #11 in the world ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 112 weeks. The team finished 1-2nd at the PGL Major Antwerp 2022 Challengers Stage and progressed to the Legends Stage. Their last achievement was 7th place in the ESL Pro League 11 Europe tournament which ended on April 12, 2020, and was awarded $ 24,000. They lost all the matches at the IEM Katowice 2022 and finished 9-12th. At the same time, they managed 2 wins from their 5 matches at the ESL Pro League Season 15 and finished 13-16th. Meanwhile, they won 7 out of their last 10 games and hold a win rate of 52.9% (over the last 3 months).
The team's best-played maps in the last 3 months consist of Dust2 (71.4%-win rate) and Vertigo (66.7%). They managed an average performance on Inferno (50.0%) but were dismal on Mirage (33.3%), Nuke (20.0%), and Overpass (0.0%). The current roster has ZywOo (1.31), misutaaa (1.00), apEX (1.03), Magisk (1.07), and Dupreeh (1.09).
NIP vs. Vitality H2H Record
Head-to-head has 20 meetings between the rivals. The advantage of the confrontations lies in Team Vitality which has won 12 times, lost to NIP 7 times, and has drawn once. Their last encounter was at the grand final of the IEM Winter 2021 on December 12, 2021, and Vitality won 3:0.
NIP vs. Vitality Betting Preview
Vitality is currently on an upswing because they won their last 4 matches and have a better roster than their rivals. Encounters with common opponents (in the last 60 Days) show that Vitality has an advantage of 2 wins while NIP only has 1. A comparison of both teams’ rosters also shows that Vitality has a list of highly-rated players like ZywOo (1.31 rating). Therefore, we are predicting a win for Vitality.
The Pick: Vitality to win.
