On March 30, the Natus Vincere lineup for Counter-Strike 2 will face off against G2 Esports in the semifinals of PGL Major Copenhagen 2024. Bo3.gg, in collaboration with Serhii "Sergiz" Atamanchuk, presents a preview, forecast, and analysis of this matchup.
The last meeting of the teams took place eight days ago in the Elimination Stage. At that time, Aleksi "Aleksib" Virolainen's team defeated their opponent with a score of 13:11 on the map Nuke. Furthermore, NAVI has secured 4 victories out of 4 possible against G2 in the last six months. The winner of the upcoming match on March 31 will face off against the stronger team from the pair of Team Vitality — FaZe Clan in the Major final.
Current Form
Both teams have been performing very inconsistently. This is confirmed by their recent results — NAVI and G2 each won 3 out of their last 5 matches. Additionally, both teams regularly suffer from one of their players being unavailable. However, as the teams progress in the Major, their performances seem to become more composed.
Map Pool
Both teams have a relatively limited map pool. NAVI primarily bans Vertigo, while G2 bans the Mirage map. Therefore, NAVI will most likely choose Nuke, while G2 will prefer to play on Ancient.
Prediction from sergiz
Serhii "Sergiz" Atamanchuk, a former professional Counter-Strike player and analyst at Maincast studio, has a deep understanding of the game and has made his forecast for the upcoming match.
NAVI and G2 are comfortable opponents for each other, because NAVI is not in the best shape right now and they need to gain it at a faster pace, as there is no time to warm up and they need to show results right here and now. They have worked on their maps a little bit and now we have a better understanding of their mappings and individual performance, but the question of Anubis is still open.
In G2, God knows what's going on, they were supposed to come to the major in the prime, but now I only see 3.5 maps in the mappool and it's wild, because they are already in the semifinals. Individually, half of the team is unstable, against MOUZ we finally saw NiKo, but will he be in the match against NAVI? It's still a question.
I personally bet on NAVI purely because of their ability to prepare for the opponent and adjust during the match.Serhii "Sergiz" Atamanchuk
PGL Major Copenhagen 2024 is taking place from March 17 to 31 at LAN in Copenhagen, Denmark. The teams are competing for a prize pool of $1.25 million. You can view the match schedule and follow the interim results of the event via the link.
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