Vitality vs. Natus Vincere, Preview & Prediction - Free 12/10 CS:GO

Vitality is a favorite in this Best of 3 encounter when they take on Natus Vincere in the Upper semi-finals of the BLAST Premier Fall 2020 Finals on Thursday. The winner of this meeting will advance to the Upper final and will face a better team from a duel between G2 and BIG, while the losing side will drop to the Lower bracket and meet a winner of the clash between FURIA and OG.

Vitality Team Stats and Latest Results

The No. 1 team in the CS:GO rankings is back from a two-week absence and the trophy they won at the IEM Beijing-Haidian 2020 Europe with a win over Natus Vincere in the Grand final. The French side made $60,000 and a ticket for the IEM Global Challenge 2020, while they qualified for the BLAST Premier Fall 2020 Finals through the BLAST Premier Fall Series 2020 and victories over BIG (twice) and Complexity. Vitality won 14 of the previous 16 matches, including the opening one at this tournament over mousesports.

During the last three months, Vitality was very strong on Overpass (87.5% win rate), Dust2 (75.0%), and Inferno (75.0%), while they were below average just on Nuke (42.9%). Vitality assembled its current lineup in September 2020 and appeared on 50 maps with a record of 31 wins and 19 losses. The lineup consists of shox (1.04 rating), RpK (0.98), apex (1.02), ZywOo (1.27), and misutaaa (1.00).

Natus Vincere Team Stats and Latest Results

Natus Vincere came to the BLAST Premier Fall 2020 Finals following win sover NiP on two occasions at the BLAST Premier Fall Series 2020. They were excellent at the IEM Beijing-Haidian 2020 Europe and beat MAD Lions, Spirit, Astralis, and G2 to reach the Grand final, where they fell short to Vitality despite having a 2-0 lead. NaVi settled with 2nd place and $30,000. They also came from behind in the previous round of this tournament when they defeated Astralis. Astralis had a 1-0 lead and a 12-6 lead on second map before s1mple caught fire and led his side to a big comeback. Natus Vincere won nine of the last 14 games.

In the previous three months, Natus Vincere displayed dominant performances on Train (88.9%) and was decent on Nuke (68.8%), while they were below average on Inferno (45.5%). NaVi also made its squad in September this year and appeared on 65 maps with a record of 40 wins and 25 losses. The team members are flamie (0.98 rating), s1mple (1.29), electronic (1.10), Boombl4 (0.99), and Perfecto (1.03).

Vitality vs. Natus Vincere H2H Record

These rivals met on eight occasions so far, and Vitality is leading the all-time series 5-3. They won the last two encounters at the BLAST Premier Spring 2020 Europe Finals in June and IEM Beijing-Haidian 2020 Europe a couple of weeks ago.

Vitality vs. Natus Vincere Betting Preview

These foes played six Best of 3 duels before and four of them produced a maximum of three maps. Even the most recent one in the Grand final of the IEM Beijing-Haidian 2020 Europe (Best of 5) provided maximum maps, so I expect to see a similar scenario in this one. Vitality is a favorite, but that Natus Vincere’s comeback against Astralis, I cannot exclude them. I am going with Over 2.5 Maps.

The Pick: Over 2.5 Maps (-103 @GG.BET)