Natus Vincere vs. ENCE, Preview & Prediction - Free 8/04 CS:GO Betting Picks

Natus Vincere and ENCE will face each other in the Group A Best of 3 at the ESL Pro League Season 12 Europe (Online) tournament. This will be the thirteenth encounter on the maps, and ENCE leads 7-5. Both teams won in the first round and hoping to continue the competition at the same pace. Four first-placed teams from each group will qualify for the playoff.

Natus Vincere had a great start of the summer by winning the first place at the WePlay! Clutch Island tournament. After a month break, they failed to impress at the ESL One Cologne 2020 Europe tournament with their performance. Natus Vincere won six of their last eight matches and has a win rate of 61.1% in the past three months. During that time, they were strong on Train (71.4%), and play solid on Inferno (66.7%) and Nuke (62.5%). They had the least success on Dust2 (40.0%). In 93.0% of cases, the first ban is Vertigo, and the first pick is Dust2. Aleksandr Kostyliev “s1mple” is the best player in the squad with a rating of 1.24 and 0.81 kills per round.

ENCE won only three of their last eight duels and has a win rate of 53.8% in the past three months. The best result this summer for ENCE was the first place at the BLAST Premier Spring 2020 Europe Showdown tournament; the cash prize of $37,500 and a secured spot at the BLAST Premier Spring 2020 Europe Finals. When it comes to the maps, ENCE's first pick is Train, and the first ban is Vertigo. On Inferno, they played only once and won in the past three months. In the squad for the next clash will be “allu”, “Aerial”, “sunNy”, “sergej”, and “Jamppi”.

Pick: First map over 16.5 (-113 @PINNACLE)

Natus Vincere is a better-ranked team (#7 vs. #26) and the bookmaker favorite. In the last duel between these two teams, ENCE won 2-0, but in ten out of 12 maps ended over 16.5. I think it will be the same this time as well.