Natus Vincere vs CompLexity Prediction: NaVi is the Favorite Anyway

After a month's break, the long-awaited CS:GO season resumes. One of the first big tournaments will be BLAST Premier Fall Groups 2022, which will bring together 12 teams. Almost all of the top teams will be present at the tournament. Ten of 12 teams are in the top 20 of the HLTV rankings. The teams will play for $177,500 and six slots to the next stage. Renewed lineups, a high level of play, and plenty of exciting matches. All this awaits CS:GO fans from August 19 to 28.

On August 20, Natus Vincere and CompLexity will play their opening match in the BLAST Premier Fall Groups 2022. We'll find out which of the teams will be stronger very soon. The start of the meeting is scheduled for 14:00.

Natus Vincere had a good first half of 2022. Though they did not manage to outplay FaZe Clan, but the result is worthy. Their last tournament was IEM Cologne 2022, where the Ukrainian team reached the final, losing to FaZe Clan with the score 2-3. Natus Vincere could win, but they had a little bit of bad luck. As for the upcoming match, the team will have to play without s1mple, which is a significant loss. His replacement will be headtr1ck, who has already played for the main NaVi squad. Looking at the maps, Natus Vincere will definitely get rid of Vertigo and Inferno. Perhaps the guys don't want to play Ancient, which was a very tight fight, and NaVi could win only with a score of 16-13. Without s1mple, it's definitely not worth the risk to play this card. All of the remaining cards look suitable for Natus Vincere. On these maps the team will feel comfortable.

CompLexity, unlike Natus Vincere, has already managed to open a new season. They played in the open qualifications for IEM Road to Rio. The team has one more match left but already has a slot for the RMR tournament. They showed a great game and got the slot very quickly. In the first two matches, CompLexity lost only seven rounds. And in bo3, the game was easy. Both maps ended with a score of 16-5. As for the upcoming match, the Americans will remove Mirage and Nuke. Most likely, the guys will also remove Dust2, as they have already lost this card to Natus Vincere, and Overpass is the best map of the Americans in terms of win rate. NaVi has a 100% win rate on Overpass, but it's hard to find a more comfortable map. CompLexity should get a good number of rounds. Not so long ago they beat Astralis and OG on this map, which is an excellent result. And the absence of the best player in the camp of Natus Vincere should have an impact.

Natus Vincere is the favorite of the match, but the Americans must give battle. NaVi will play without s1mple, which will also affect the result. It will be difficult to beat CompLexity, but the team must impose the fight.