G2 vs. NIP Preview & Prediction- Free 3/13 CS: GO

The opponents will meet at the group stage (Group A) of the ESL Pro League Season 15 this Sunday. The Group Stage is composed of four groups of six teams playing in a round-robin format with the best-of-three series. The group stage winners will advance to the quarter-finals while the 2nd and 3rd placed teams in each group will progress to the first round of playoffs. The prize pool adds up to $823,000.

G2 Team Stats and Latest Results

G2 team is ranked 3rd in the world ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 56 weeks. The European team hasn’t been impressive at the ongoing ESL Pro League Season 15 tournament because they have only won 1 out of their last 3 matches. They defeated Looking For Org (2:0) in the first round then lost to both MOUZ (2:0) and fnatic (2:1). Considering their past events, the team finished 5-6th at the BLAST Premier World Final 2021 and 4-6th at the BLAST Premier Spring Groups 2022. They were awarded $180,000 for finishing 2nd place at the recently concluded IEM Katowice 2022. The team has a win rate of 61.1% and won 6 out of their last 10 games.

Map win statistics in the last 3 months show an impressive performance on Vertigo (100.0%), Inferno (75.0%), and Ancient (66.7%). On the other hand, the team failed to impress on Dust2 (50.0%), Nuke (42.9%), and Mirage (41.7%). Their current roster consists of NiKo (1.21 player rating), huNter- (1.13), JACKZ (0.94), m0NESY (1.13), and Aleksib (0.93).

NIP Team Stats and Latest Results

NIP team is ranked 8th in the world ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 94 weeks. At the group stage of the ongoing ESL Pro League Season 15 tournament, the team has won all their 3 matches at the group stage and is on top of Group A. They finished 7-9th at the BLAST Premier Spring Groups 2022, 5-8th at the IEM Katowice 2022 Play-In, and 7-8th at the IEM Katowice 2022. They have attained a win rate of 50.0% over the last 3 months and won 7 out of their last 10 matches.

Map performance over the last 3 months shows a decent win rate on Ancient (66.7%), Overpass (62.5%), Mirage (57.1%), and Vertigo (57.1%). On the flip-side, the team failed to impress on Nuke (44.4%), Inferno (20.0%), and Dust2 (0.0%). Their line-up consists of REZ (1.08 player rating), Plopski (1.04), hampus (1.03), phzy (0.93), and es3tag (0.95).

G2 vs. NIP H2H Record

The opponents have crossed paths in 23 matches and G2 has an advantage of 14 wins. NIP has won in 9 matches.

G2 vs. NIP Betting Preview

NIP has so far dominated the ESL Pro League Season 15 and won all their 3 matches of the group stage. At the same time, NIP won their last 3 matches while G2 is coming to this matchup on a 2-match losing streak. Considering their performance on the maps, G2 leads on Dust2 and Inferno while NIP has shown an impressive performance on Mirage, Nuke, and Vertigo. Therefore, we are predicting a win for NIP.

The Pick: NIP to win.