Ninjas in Pyjamas (NiP) vs. OG Preview & Prediction - Free CS:GO Betting Picks 6/17
The Lower bracket round 1 of the BLAST Premier Spring 2020 Europe Finals will continue with a tilt between NiP (Sweden) vs. OG (Europe). Both teams lost in the previous round, and now they have to play in the Lower bracket in order to reach Grand final. They are looking for the whopping $335,000 of prize money for the first place, while the finalists will also book tickets to BLAST Premier Global Finals 2020. It is a Best of 3 matchup.
NiP Team Stats and Latest Results
NiP (#13 World Rank) are going into this clash as firm favorites even though they are playing in a hot and cold form recently. They won three of the last six matches and fell short to #6 Natus Vincere 0-2 in the opening round of this tournament. When it comes to the maps, NiP are the most successful on Nuke (70.5 winning percentage, 244 times played), and Vertigo (68.4%, 19 times played). On the other hand, they are showing weaker displays on Mirage (53.6%, 224 times played) and Overpass (56.4%, 172 times played). NiP’s current lineup consists of: twist (1.07 Rating), REZ (1.03), hampus (1.02), nawwk (1.14), and Plopski (1.12). This lineup played together on 27 maps since May 2020 and has a record of 12 wins and 13 losses with two draws NiP won 23 trophies so far, but they are without one since 2017 and IEM Oakland.
OG Team Stats and Latest Results
OG (#20) are underdogs in this duel, which can be understandable considering they lost each of the previous four matches, winning just two maps out of ten in the process. They fell short 1-2 to #20 Complexity in the opening round of this tournament. Overpass (57.1 winning percentage, played seven times) is OG’s favorite map so far, as well as Dust2 (50.0%, 20 times played), while they are not playing particularly well on Nuke (40.0%, 15 times played). OG’s current lineup consists of: NBK- (1.03 Rating), valde (1.09), Aleksib (0.98), ISSAA (1.06), and mantuu (1.18). This lineup played together on 94 maps since December 2019 and has a record of 43 wins and 51 losses.
NiP vs. OG H2H Record
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NiP vs. OG Betting Preview
NiP are not playing consistently recently, but they are in a somewhat better form than OG, who are without a win in the last four matches. It seems that OG have problems when facing the big boys, and that’s the biggest reason I am backing NiP here. Interestingly, NiP usually need three maps to settle the tilt lately, so in case you are not interested in betting on them to win on low odds, you can give it a go with Over 2.5 Maps. Anyways, I am going with NiP’s win.
