Young Ninjas vs. NAVI Junior, Preview, & Prediction - Free 7/20 CS: GO

Young Ninjas won their first game while NAVI Junior lost their first round at the WePlay Academy League Season 1. In this matchup, Young Ninjas is the favorite to win.

Young Ninjas Team Stats and Latest Results

Young Ninjas is ranked 57th on the global ranking. The Swedish team has been active for the better part of the year and we expect them to be part of the top 4 teams. So far, they won their first round of the WePlay Academy League Season 1 against VP.Prodigy (16:14). They won the Elisa Nordic Championship 2021 Sweden in March and Atlantic Esportal Invitational 2021 in April. Additionally, Young Ninjas finished 3-4th at the Elisa Invitational Spring 2021. Considering the last 8 matches, the team managed to win 5 matches and lost 3. The team has a win rate of 58.0%.

Map statistics in the last 3 months show that the team displayed an impressive performance on Overpass (66.7%), Train (62.5%), and Inferno (57.1%). They registered an average performance on Ancient (50.0%) but failed to impress on Mirage (48.1%), Nuke (44.4%), Vertigo (38.5%), and Dust2 (0.0%). The team lineup consists of Sapec (1.03), ztr (0.92), phzy (1.06), nilo (1.01), and Ro1f (0.94).

NAVI Junior Team Stats and Latest Results

NAVI Junior is ranked 130th on the global ranking. At the WePlay Academy League Season 1, they played one match and lost. They played BIG Academy in the opening round and lost 6:16. In other tournaments, the Ukrainian team failed to win any match at the LOOT.BET Season 9 and finished 13-15th. At the same time, they finished 9-16th at the BLAST Rising 2021. In the last 8 matches, the team has won 2 matches and lost 6. They have a win rate of 31.6%.

Map statistics in the last 3 months show that the team was impressive on Train (66.7%) and Dust2 (60.0%). They achieved an average win rate on Overpass (50.0%) but failed to impress on Vertigo (28.6%), Mirage (25.0%), and Inferno (0.0%). They have maintained one lineup since March that consists of Aunkere (1.14), fear (0.95), m0NESY (1.20), pogor3lov (0.88), and Synyx (0.88).

Young Ninjas vs. NAVI Junior H2H Record

Both teams have met on 4 occasions and out of these meetings, Young Ninjas won all the matches.

Young Ninjas vs. NAVI Junior Betting Preview

NAVI Junior has been on the downswing in the last 2 months. They lost 6 out of their last 8 matches. At the same time, they only have 1 map with an above 50 percent win rate (Dust2 60 percent). On the other hand, Young Ninjas managed to win 5 out of 8 matches and lead on Inferno, Overpass, and Ancient. For this reason, Young Ninjas is the better side to win this round.

The Pick: Young Ninjas to win.