Virtus.pro vs. NIP, Preview & Prediction - Free 1/30 CS:GO

Virtus.pro is a favorite in this Best of 3 encounter when they face NIP in the quarter-final of the cs_summit 7 on Saturday. The winner will advance to the semi-final and take on the better side from the clash between mousesports and FURIA, while the losing team will suffer elimination.

Virtus.pro Team Stats and Latest Results

Virtus.pro concluded 2020 as one of the hottest teams in the CS:GO circus and after successful campaigns at many major tournaments, they managed to enter the top 10 in the world. They were victorious at the Flashpoint 2 and DreamHack Open December 2020, winning trophies at both tournaments along with a whopping $550,000 in prize money. At the cs_summit 7, Virtus.pro defeated NIP and FURIA without losing a single map in the process. Virtus.pro won ten of the previous 11 matches.

In the last three months, Virtus.pro was excellent on Inferno (75.0% win rate), Overpass (75.0%), and Vertigo (71.4%), while their “weakest” displays came on Train (55.6%). Since November 2020, Virtus.pro is playing with the same squad that appeared on 55 maps with a record of 37 wins and 18 losses. The lineup is made of SANJI (0.93 rating), buster (1.09), qikert (1.05), Jame (1.13), and YEKINDAR (1.08).

NIP Team Stats and Latest Results

NIP wasn’t very active in the past few months; they actually played just seven matches in the last three months. The Swedish team participated at the IEM Beijing-Haidian 2020 Europe, BLAST Premier Fall 2020 Showdown, and here at the cs_summit 7, without much success, we could add. Although they lost to Virtus.pro and Cloud9 in the opening two rounds, NIP responded with a 2-1 victory over Dignitas. NIP lost five of the last seven games.

When it comes to the maps in the previous three months, NIP won the only appearance on Dust2 and was average on Inferno, Nuke, and Train, while they failed to get a win on Overpass (played twice) and didn’t play well on Vertigo (20.0%). NIP also assembled its current lineup in November last year and appeared on 19 maps with a record of seven wins and 12 losses. The team members are twist (0.89), REZ (1.13), hampus (1.07), nawwk (1.04), and Plopski (1.02).

Virtus.pro vs. NIP H2H Record

These rivals have met twice before, and the series is currently tied at 1-1. As we already mentioned, Virtus.pro won the most recent H2H clash, as they secured a comfortable 2-0 victory earlier at this tournament.

Virtus.pro vs. NIP Betting Preview

Without further thinking, I am going with Virtus.pro for several reasons. First, they are one of the hottest teams around and even stronger sides than NIP couldn’t beat them. Second, they destroyed NIP just a few days ago at this very tournament. And third, NIP is looking out of sync at the moment, so I am backing the favorites to take this one.

The Pick: Virtus.pro to win (-175 @PINNACLE)