After a successful Long Round of the Intel Extreme Masters Cologne 2024 group stage, Natus Vincere will play against Astralis to advance to the final of the top flight. The winner guarantees a place in the play-offs of the tournament. The format of the match is bo3. Which team has a better chance of success? We will find out very soon.
In this betting thread you will find out how the participants of this match have performed recently, how they played in their previous professional tournament, and how this match will end.
Natus Vincere uniforms
Natus Vincere have already started 2024 with a win at PGL Major Copenhagen 2024: European Qualifier A, which secured the players a trip to the RMR tournament. At BLAST Premier: Spring Groups 2024, NAVI won their group and secured a trip to BLAST Premier: Spring Final 2024. Top 8 at Intel Extreme Masters Katowice 2024 allowed the Ukrainian team to earn $24,000. 3-5th place at PGL Major Copenhagen 2024: European RMR A allowed the Ukrainian club to go to the Major tournament. And PGL Major Copenhagen 2024 itself ended with the triumph of Born to Win. In addition to their status as world champions, Natus Vincere earned the $500,000 grand prize, as well as invitations to BLAST Premier: World Final 2024 and Esports World Cup 2024. The 9th-12th place at ESL Pro League Season 19 provided the players with $23,500 in prize money. The Ukrainian club demonstrated the same result at the Intel Extreme Masters Dallas 2024, receiving $5,000. Silver at BLAST Premier: Spring Final 2024 brought Natus Vincere $85,000 in prize money. And at Esports World Cup 2024, NAVI emerged victorious, earning a top prize of $400,000.
Earlier Natus Vincere took part in BLAST Premier: Fall Groups 2024. According to the results of the draw, the Ukrainian team got into Group D. In the first match NAVI defeated BIG with the result 2:0 (Dust 2 - 13-7, Mirage - 13-3). In the finals of the top net the team Ledge beat Team Liquid in a full bo3 series and fell to the losers. There the Ukrainian club once again outplayed BIG on two maps (Dust 2 - 13-7, Mirage - 13-3). In the grand final of the group Natus Vincere again met Team Liquid and lost to them with a similar result. In the Play-In stage Born to Win played against Complexity Gaming. The 2-0 victory (Anubis - 13-11, Nuke - 13-6) ensured the Ukrainian team the 5th-6th place in the standings, $12,500 in prize money and an invitation to BLAST Premier: Fall Final 2024.
Natus Vincere got into the group stage of Intel Extreme Masters Cologne 2024 directly, bypassing the Play-In stage thanks to their place in ESL World Ranking. In Group A, the Ukrainian club started their performance with a 2-0 win over Brazilian paiN Gaming (Anubis - 13-4, Mirage - 13-4).
Statistics of Natus Vincere's latest results:
- Victory over paiN Gaming with a score of 2-0
- Victory over Complexity Gaming with the score 2:0
- Defeat by Team Liquid with the score 1:2
- 2:0 win over BIG
- 1:2 defeat to Team Liquid
Astralis uniforms
The team from Denmark kicked off the new year of 2024 by qualifying for PGL Major Copenhagen 2024: European RMR B. A top 6 finish at BLAST Premier: Spring Groups 2024 secured $12,500 in prize money and a trip to BLAST Premier: Spring Final 2024. A 21st-24th place finish at IEM Katowice 2024 earned Astralis a $2,500 consolation prize. In an attempt to qualify for the first Major tournament of the season, the European club finished 9-11th at PGL Major Copenhagen 2024: European RMR B and headed to the Decider stage, which they failed to qualify for. At the Intel Extreme Masters Chengdu 2024, Astralis finished in 3rd-4th place and earned $20,000. Participation in ESL Pro League Season 19 ended with a similar result. Thus the players won an additional $45,000 in prize money. The 3-4th position in the standings at the end of CCT Season 1 Global Finals provided dev1ce and his team with $50,000. At YaLLa Compass 2024 the team took the fourth place and earned $28,000 in prize money. 5th-6th place at BLAST Premier: Spring Final 2024 provided Astralis with $20,000 in prize money.
The previous professional championship in which Astralis competed was the BLAST Premier: Fall Groups 2024. The draw placed the team in Group B, where the squad defeated Team Falcons on two maps in a row (Dust 2 - 13-7, Ancient - 13-9) in their first match. In the final of the top set, Astralis lost to Team Vitality with a 0-2 result and lost the right to make a mistake. Another win in a full bo3 series over Team Falcons (Dust 2 - 13-16, Ancient - 13-1, Nuke - 13-9) put the players into the decisive match of the group. There Astralis met Vitality again and Ledge beat them 1:2. So the team went to the Play-In stage, where they defeated Ninjas in Pyjamas on two maps (Mirage - 13-6, Inferno - 13-5). A 5th-6th place finish in the standings earned Astralis $12,500 in prize money and an invitation to BLAST Premier: Fall Final 2024.
At the Intel Extreme Masters Cologne 2024, Astralis received an invitation from the organisers to the group stage of the tournament, bypassing the Play-In stage. The team defeated 9z Team on two maps in a row (Dust 2 - 13-10, Inferno - 13-5) in the quarter-finals of Group A upper grid.
Statistics of Astralis' recent results:
- A 2-0 win over 9z Team
- A 2-0 win over Ninjas in Pyjamas.
- Defeat by Team Vitality with the score 1:2
- 2:1 win over Team Falcons
- 0:2 defeat to Team Vitality
Match History of Natus Vincere - Astralis
Since the beginning of this year, the participants of this confrontation have played against each other only once. Within BLAST Premier: Spring Final 2024 Natus Vincere defeated Astralis with the result 2:0 (Nuke - 13-11, Dust 2 - 13-9).
Predicted result of the match Natus Vincere vs Astralis
NAVI have already had experience of beating Astralis in the current squad, and also the team shows a decent game, although sometimes not very stable. Let's bet on the victory of the team Natus Vincere.
