Natus Vincere vs Astralis Prediction: Will Astralis' luck change in London?

Prediction for the match between Natus Vincere and Astralis which will take place on June 12. Who will turn out to be stronger? Check the team conditions! Several betting options are available.

Natus Vincere

Natus Vincere won a major in 2024, and after that the results went downhill. The Born to Win took 9-12th place at ESL Pro League Season 19, then failed to make the playoffs at IEM Dallas 2024. It seems the B1ad3 collective's peak has come to an end, and by halftime, the team's magic had run out.

It would seem that the players started to play even better. B1t is distributing headshots like before, shooting is not failing. W0nderful and IM have improved their stats compared to the majors. However, Majors MVP jL is doing much worse, and AleksiB is basically not responsible for kills. But the problem is that as a team Natus Vincere has become less interesting to play, and opponents are reading all the moves. In Dallas, the defeat from Team Spirit was expected, but the failure from Heroic was not in the plans of ‘born to win’. At that tournament, Natus Vincere did not succeed in anything - both attack and defence suffered. At the favourite Ancient and Nuke, the team lost without a chance.

Two failed tournaments in a row put Natus Vincere back where it belongs. This is a team that can make the playoffs, but is unlikely to win at BLAST Premier: Spring Final 2024. The Born to Win only gets results after tight and good preparation. There was a whole month before the major and Natus Vincere was nowhere to shine. Now there was not so much time to get the team in shape.

Astralis

Astralis, after failing at RMR, kicked blameF and appointed ingame leader device. Since then, the team has been in the top 4 at four tournaments in a row, and all events have been at least dash-1.5 level. Will Astralis' luck change in London?

The Danes' difficulties come in the semifinals. The last match against The MongolZ was exemplary - Astralis were shooting, but their decisions at critical moments were wrong. The Mongols were able to drag the team into overtime and played better in the extra rounds. However, the Danes have a great form right now, and that can't be denied either. Stavn and jabbi are back to prime level, device is experiencing a second youth, Staehr and br0 are complementing the stars in this system perfectly. Astralis has an emphasis on individual play, and when shooting is fine, the team has no problems on the server. But in matches against top opponents, where the fate of each round is decided on macro moments, the difficulties show up. And also the Danes have problems in games with obvious outsiders - either they underestimate, or they can't adapt to non-standard, obviously erroneous mouves.

Surprisingly, the lot has never once in 2024 brought Astralis together with Natus Vincere. In the old days, it was a principled confrontation. B1ad3 can come up with something against the Danes, but if Astralis come to the server in optimal condition after the failure in Abu Dhabi, they can start BLAST Premier: Spring Final 2024 with an important victory.

Expert Betting Tips

Bookmakers believe that Natus Vincere approaches this encounter as an outsider. But Astralis recently suffered a painful defeat, and it has problems with teams that do not rely on individual performance. It is unlikely that the confrontation between the two legendary tag teams will end with a dry victory for one of the teams.