NIP vs. Gambit, Preview, & Prediction - Free 7/09 CS: GO

NIP and Gambit will play at the upper semifinals of the IEM Cologne 2021 this Friday. The winner in this match will book a spot at the single elimination bracket and the loser will drop to the lower bracket.

NIP Team Stats and Latest Results

NIP is ranked 5th on the global rankings and has been among the top 30 teams for 59 weeks. She qualified for the IEM Cologne 2021 based on their performance at the IEM Cologne 2021 Play-In. They have defeated Liquid (2-1) in the opening round and expect to win this upcoming match and progress to the next stage. They also finished 5-6th at the Gamers Without Borders 2021 and 4th at the BLAST Premier Spring Final 2021. Considering the last 8 matches, the Swedish team has won 5 matches and lost 3. At the same time, they have a win rate of 58.3%.

Map win rate in the last 3 months shows that the team has never lost a match on Train (100.0%) and Vertigo (100.0%). At the same time, they had an impressive performance on Overpass (63.6%), Dust2 (62.5%), and Ancient (57.1%). They managed an average performance on Mirage (50.0%) but failed to impress on Inferno (45.5%) and Nuke (42.9%). Their lineup consists of device (1.12), REZ (1.08), hampus (1.02), Plopski (1.06), and LNZ (0.95).

Gambit Team Stats and Latest Results

Gambit is the best team based on the world ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 52 weeks. In June, the Russian team won the EPIC League CIS 2021, IEM Summer 2021, and BLAST Premier Spring Final 2021. Nevertheless, they lost the finals of StarLadder CIS RMR 2021 to Natus Vincere. In this final with NaVi, they went for 5 rounds and lost on Dust2 (9: 16), Mirage (11:16), and Inferno (13:16). The game ended 2-3 in favor of Natus Vincere. Out of the last 8 matches, they have won 7 matches and have a win rate of 84.6%.

Map win rate in the last 3 months shows that the team has been impressive on Vertigo (93.3%), Mirage (78.9%), Inferno (75.0%), Ancient (75.0%), Overpass (66.7%), and Dust2 (63.6%). They were not trained enough on Train and got a win rate of 37.5%. The Russian team has maintained one lineup since August 2020 that consists of Hobbit (1.20), interz (0.99), Ax1Le (1.21), sh1ro (1.26), and nafany (1.08).

NIP vs. Gambit H2H Record

There has been 1 head-to-head meeting between the two sides and Gambit won 2:0.

NIP vs. Gambit Betting Preview

NIP seems to be on the upswing because they have won 3 consecutive matches and lost only 1 card out of the last 3 matches. Gambit, on the other hand, was shaken by Natus Vincere at the finals of StarLadder CIS RMR 2021 but we cannot conclude that they are in a bad shape because they have only lost 1 match in 8 games. Gambit leads on Dust2, Mirage, Inferno, Vertigo, and Ancient. Therefore, we predict Gambit to win but NIP will take one card.

The Pick: Gambit to win/ Over 2.5 maps.