Prédiction de match: NaVi - Entropiq {{Counter-Strike (CS2)

Tournament operators never cease to amaze us. This time EPIC Esports Events announced that NAVI and Entropiq will compete with each other for fifth place in the ongoing EPIC CIS League Spring 2021 tournament. The organizers reported that such an order came from “above”, that is, from Valve and this match should take place so that the teams can determine which of them will receive more RMR-points, and therefore will have more chances of reaching PGL Stockholm Major 2021. Some of the audience thinks what happened is absurd, while others see it as a necessity. However, the match is destined to take place and we will try to understand the question of who is still the favorite here?

Play form Natus Vincere

NAVI fans have certain questions for s1mple and the company regarding the team's game performance. Natus Vincere, according to the HLTV portal, is the second strongest team not only in the CIS region, but throughout the world. Does NAVI match the title of the top 2 team? Partly yes, partly no. “Born to Win” do not always strive to win, and within the framework of the EPIC CIS League Spring 2021 they suffered 3 defeats and won four times. If the match against Akuma, due to the latter's suspicion of an unfair fight, can be questioned, then their lost battle against Team Spirit and Entropiq cannot be explained in any way. The players just played worse and showed a bad game. It is noteworthy that in both confrontations they were unable to “squeeze out” a single card from their opponents. Cybersportsmen often claim that it was “not their game” or they “lost to themselves”, but, as you know, opponents also do not stand still and strive to win, and Team Spirit and Entropiq, in our opinion, are one of the strongest teams in CIS division. In fact, we could be convinced of this in the past matches against NAVI. The rest of the fights against forZe, Gambit, BankaPEPSI and GROND ended in triumph for Born to Win. According to the tradition established for Natus Vincere at the EPIC CIS League Spring 2021, all matches were also played with a score of 2-0. A particularly remarkable victory for us can be considered a triumph in the fight against Gambit Esports. The latter are still considered the best team in the world according to the rating from HLTV, and the CIS team, apparently, will wear this title for a long time.

Results of NAVI matches within the EPIC CIS League 2021

• Lost to Team Spirit (0-2)
• Defeat forZe (2-0)
• Defeat to Akuma (0-2)
• Defeat Gambit Esports (2-0)
• Defeat BankaPEPSI (2-0)
• Lost to Entropiq (0-2)
• Defeat GROND (2-0)

Natus Vincere Maps Statistics

• Train - 100% (2 maps)
• Dust 2 - 66.7% (6 cards)
• Mirage - 50% (4 cards)
• Nuke - 0% (1 card)
• Overpass - 0% (1 card)

Game form Entropiq

Entropiq players once played under the Winstrike tag and were embroiled in dire financial circumstances that forced them to leave the organization. Now cybersportsmen are motivated to show excellent results and they, in principle, manage to do this at a fairly good level. Yes, the team did not even manage to get to the final of the lower bracket, but during the event the team managed to show several excellent matches and the question of their motivation is absolutely not worth it, and given that in the upcoming match the team is given the opportunity to beat NAVI and earn very good chances for themselves to enter the Major tournament, then we are almost sure that esportsmen will approach their preparation with full responsibility.

Results of Entropiq matches within EPIC CIS League 2021

• Defeat to Virtus.pro (0-2)
• Defeat K23 (2-1)
• Lost to Gambit Esports (1-2)
• Victory over Virtus.pro (2-0)
• Lost to Team Spirit (0-2)
• Defeat Natus Vincere (2-0)
• Defeat 100PingGods (2-0)

Best Entropiq Cards

• Nuke - 75% (4 cards)
• Dust - 62.5% (8 cards)
• Vertigo - 50% (4 cards)
• Overpass - 42.9% (7 cards)
• Mirage - 33.33% (9 cards)
• Train - 0% (1 map)

We can see that Entropiq is often played by Mirage and Overpass, although they are not very good at it. Fortunately for them, NAVI also doesn't like Overpass and try to avoid it in every possible way.

Outcomes

And what can we see here? As for the map pool, on Dust 2 both teams can form strong competition. In this Bo3-fight, if NAVI does not ban Nuke, then Entropiq has a really good chance of winning. If the teams choose not to ban Vertigo, which they have never played on during the ongoing EPIC CIS League 2021, it will be a surprise for the audience. In general, we think that the teams will fight to the last. An additional 100 RMR Points are at stake, which could be a decisive factor in the selection of participants for PGL Stockholm Major 2021.

So who will win, Natus Vincere or Entropiq? And we, perhaps, will refuse to answer this question and prefer to put 1.5 cards on the Forum in favor of an outsider, that is, Entropiq. According to experts from bookmakers, the chances of the players taking at least one card from Entropiq are approximately 60% versus 40% that they will not succeed. The odds for such a head start is 1.6, which is only 0.20 more than the victory of the favorite, NAVI. It is quite risky to bet on Natus Vincere to win, but if you are a fan of tickling your nerves, you can bet on the triumph of one of the sides of the event. We are still inclined to believe that the ideal balance in this situation would be a bet on Forum +1.5 cards at Entropiq.