Heroic and NiP will compete for the right to advance directly to the semifinals of ESL Pro League Season 13. The losing team will not lose anything - they will just end up in the quarterfinals of another bracket. It remains only to understand how the Danes are ready to continue their victorious march against the background of the frankly weak play of the Swedes.
Heroic form
The 12th World Ranking Team renewed their roster at the beginning of March, thus starting their honeymoon. Since then, the Danish team have not lost a single match, simultaneously winning the group within ESL Pro League Season 13. Moreover, Heroic showed a really decent game, with which it is not a shame to be in the semifinals, since the team got the most suitable opponent.
The latest results of the team:
- Victory over Renegades with a score of 2: 0.
- Victory over BIG with a score of 2: 1.
- Defeat FunPlus Phoenix with a score of 2: 0.
- Victory over OG with a score of 2: 1.
- Victory over Complexity with a score of 2: 1.
Best Heroic Cards:
- Overpass - 100% wins.
- Vertigo - 83% wins.
- Nuke - 80% wins.
- Inferno - 56% wins.
- Mirage - 50% wins.
The only exception is Dust 2, which has been permanently banned for a long time. However, here we are also unlikely to see Train, on which the Danes have not shown a cool game for a long time.
NiP shape
The 11th team in the world rankings sensationally won their group at ESL Pro League Season 13, although it cannot be said that they showed some kind of unique game. The Swedish team just walked over the opponents in trouble. Moreover, in the match with the tuned opponents, the team just lost. But NiP did not stop there, going to get a hat in the quarterfinals of the Pinnacle Cup 2021. And it is this fact that casts doubt on the prospects of the Swedes, once again.
The latest results of the team:
- Victory over ENCE with a score of 2: 1.
- Victory over FaZe Clan with a score of 2: 0.
- Victory over mousesports with a score of 2: 1.
- Victory over Vitality with a score of 2: 0.
- Defeat from HAVU with a score of 1: 2.
Best NiP cards:
- Train - 67% wins.
- Nuke - 60% wins.
- Dust 2 - 60% wins.
- Inferno - 56% wins.
However, the Swedish team can play on any map, which promises a certain advantage over the start of the fight.
Personal meetings statistics
During the last season, the teams held three meetings:
- NiP wins at cs_summit 6 Europe with a score of 2: 1.
- Heroic's victory in DreamHack Open Fall 2020 with a score of 2: 1.
- Heroic's victory at the IEM Beijing-Haidian 2020 Europe with a score of 2: 1.
Interestingly, there was a Vertigo card in every match.
Forecast for the match Heroic - NiP
Frankly speaking, there are no real preconditions for NiP's victory. The team as a whole looks insecure. And the very entry of the Swedes into the playoffs is more a merit of the problems of the rivals in the group. In turn, the Danish team showed a truly holistic game, with which it is not a shame to be in the semifinals. Therefore, here I propose to bet the Heroic team on the victory.
