As Ninjas in Pyjamas and FaZe Clan click off BLAST Premier Spring 2020 followed by Liquid vs MIBR, here is what you need to know about both encounters, rosters, game analysis, stats and betting tips from our community member Boukev.
Ninjas in Pyjamas vs FaZe Clan will start at 3:30pm GMT / 4:30pm CET / 10:30am ET / 7:30am PT and Team Liquid vs MIBR will start at 7:30pm GMT / 8:30pm CET / 2:30pm ET / 11:30am PT on Friday, January 31, 2020.
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NIP without f0rest
As the first big event of 2020 is Blast Premier Spring 2020 and it will give us plenty of information about the form of the top 20 teams in CS:GO.
FaZe have had plenty of time to fully commit to Broky and Coldzera since their arrival in September, while NIP have to get used to playing without f0rest after seven and half years.
Ex-Gamerlegion player nawwk might have to get used to a role as a hybrid/second AWPer. Looking at both teams, I predict FaZe to win against a new NIP that have the potential to get stronger later in the year.
Boukev's best bet: FaZe to win vs NiP at 1.4x
Do you agree with Boukev? Make your predictions now.
Map stats (last 12 months)
Cache
- NiP: 33.3%
- FaZe: 50%
Inferno
- NiP: 44.4%
- FaZe: 42.3%
Overpass
- NiP: 56.7%
- FaZe: 61.5%
Mirage
- NiP: 50%
- FaZe: 44.8%
Dust2
- NiP: 34.3%
- FaZe: 70.3%
Nuke
- NiP: 50%
- FaZe: 53.3%
Vertigo
- NiP: 50%
- FaZe: 16.7%
A struggling MIBR
You might become confused if you look at Team Liquid's win rate since September but with the end-of-year breaks in between and a quick look at the matches played you quickly realise that they have mostly lost against Astralis. Their map-win rate jumps from 55% to 70% if you discount their lost matches against Astralis.
MIBR on the other hand have struggled to reach a 50% winrate after meyern joined in December and have not broken 54% since September. Bookmakers seem to agree giving only 1.2x odds on Team Liquid's victory.
Feeling confident that Team Liquid has almost the entire map pool under control (assuming Train is not played), I am taking a guess on them winning the Bo3 with a 2-0 score.
Boukev's best bet: Team Liquid to win vs Mibr with a map score of 2-0 at 1.7x.
Do you agree with Boukev? Make your predictions now.
Map stats (last 12 months)
Cache
- MiBR: 100%
- Liquid: 33.3%
Inferno
- MiBR: 42.9%
- Liquid: 72.7%
Overpass
- MiBR: 51.9%
- Liquid: 69.4%
Mirage
- MiBR: 51%
- Liquid: 76.3%
Dust2
- MiBR: 43.5%
- Liquid: 68.3%
Nuke
- MiBR: 44.4%
- Liquid: 59.4%
Vertigo
- MiBR: 64.3%
- Liquid: 66.7%
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