Natus Vincere vs Team Liquid: NaVi will work on their mistakes

The tier-1 tournament will finally start. On January 28, all CS:GO fans can enjoy the exciting matches of the BLAST Premier: Spring Groups 2022. The best teams in the world will play each other for $177,500 and slots to the next stages. The CIS region is represented this time only by Natus Vincere. Renewed line-ups, cool highlights and a lot of emotions. All this awaits fans of the shooter in the coming week.

On February 3, Natus Vincere and Team Liquid will play their opening match in the playoffs of BLAST Premier: Spring Groups 2022. We'll find out soon enough whether the Born to Win team will be able to get their first victory at the tournament.

Natus Vincere finished the previous season very powerfully, but it was impossible to start the new one in the same way. At BLAST Premier Spring Groups 2022, NaVi lost two matches in a row, and although they didn't drop out, they finished in last place in the group stage. In the first match, the team lost to MiBR. The guys complained about the poor internet, s1mple at one point went with a 1-10 statistic. Born to Win had virtually nothing going for it. It seemed that the team would come together and play better individually in the second match, but this did not happen. Yes, Sasha stepped up, but it was not enough. After a good 6-0 start, the squad went 3-15 and eventually lost the match. Natus Vincere has time to correct their mistakes. So we can expect that the guys will approach the second part of the tournament in a better form. Liquid will almost certainly ban Mirage, which will open up the opportunity for Born to Win to pick on Nuke, where they feel extremely confident. I don't think Team Liquid will put up any serious resistance on their opponent's best map, especially considering that the guys have not played a single match on this map in their new line-up. It will be a real surprise if the Liquid gets more than ten rounds on Nuke.

With their new roster, Team Liquid managed to play three games. All games ended in overtime. In all matches, nitr0 made fewer kills than anyone else on the server. Understandably, no one is expecting him to be a scorer, but the player's skill-set declines. On the other hand, oSee fully justifies his transition and shows a great game. As for the maps, the team has played only three matches in this line-up, and all the encounters have taken place on Inferno. It's pretty hard to assume that the Liquid will want to play against the best team in the world. To my mind, Inferno looks like a good option, but the Americans may be afraid of such a pick since NaVi will have a few days to sort out this map. So I'm still betting on some other option. Overpass or Dust2 look like the most obvious picks, but which one the Americans will choose is unclear. Either way, the level of Born to Win should have an impact. I don't believe NaVi will lose their third match in a row.

Natus Vincere has already lost two matches in the tournament. After that, the team had a few days of rest to sort out mistakes and prepare for their opponent. I don't think that Born to Win will lose their third match in a row. The bookmakers offer 1.72 for a 2-0 win for Natus Vincere, which looks like a good option.