Navi Vs Liquid
What do we have here, boys and girls? It’s NaVi vs. Liquid, an opening-round match worthy of your attention. Yep, competitive CSGO is back on the menu… and with it, so are our esports predictions. As the heading implies, today is going to be all about NaVi vs. Liquid predictions, so it’s about time we kick it off, right?
106 votes, 49 comments. Team Liquid 2:1 NaVi Map 1: Overpass Score: 16-14 Liquid Map 2: Dust 2 Score: 16-7 NaVi Map 3: Inferno Score: 22-19 Liquid. Liquid vs Navi 60% - 40% Liquid bans Train Navi bans Cache Liquid pick Inferno Navi pick Mirage Liquid ban Nuke Navi ban Dust 2 Overpass was left over. 2018-12-07 09:01.
We’re going to take a more informative path here, one that will serve well to both beginners and more experienced esports betting enthusiasts. It’s nothing special, merely a short section with some handy-dandy CSGO betting tips.
CSGO Betting Tips 2021 Edition
Here are three handy tips that could give your esports betting endeavors the boost they deserve:
Never Settle for a Mediocre Bookie
In this day and age, with a plethora of high-quality esports bookmakers available, you shouldn’t settle for one that can’t deliver a good experience. Online betting on CSGO should be fun; it shouldn’t feel like a chore… and that’s something you might go through if you settle for a subpar option.
Bonuses are Good
Don’t think bonuses are good for nothing; I see plenty of people think that way and it’s just wrong! Bonuses are good because they allow you to experiment with bets you would otherwise be way too uncomfortable with.
Don’t Waste Too Much Money
If you’re a beginner, there’s really no need for you to splurge through your life savings all in one go. Keep your investments low until you get a proper grasp over the whole esports betting thing… especially if you have no prior experience with online gambling. The same goes for all you experienced bettors too, come to think of it.
NaVi vs. Liquid Predictions
NaVi and Liquid are both expecting to remain in the upper bracket, but only one of them will have that privilege.
Well, fingers crossed our NaVi vs. Liquid predictions call the right winner!
What will we base our predictions on this time around? Well, we’ll go about our business in the usual manner – expectations, form, map pool and individual strengths. Information will be scarce, though… but it’s not surprising considering we’ve had a lengthy winter break.
Expectations
Both teams have plenty of experience to boast with. Both sets of players have gone through thick and thin to be featured on top-tier pro teams… but they don’t have the same expectations coming into this one. NaVi is expecting to win BLAST Premier Global Finals, there’s no doubt in that. Heck, the CIS champions were so consistent last year that their fans expect a solid outing on every event now. Everything that’s not a top-four finish is going to be a huge disappointment for NaVI.
Let's recall the best highlights by @electronicCSGO at major championships in 2020.
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— NAVI (@natusvincere) January 16, 2021
Liquid, on the other hand, hope they finally have the recipe for success… but I doubt they’re expecting to win this one. Sure, they might be secretly hoping for an upset, but they’re realistically one of the main underdogs here.
Form
As you probably know by now, Natus Vincere has been one of the most consistent teams last year. They didn’t win that many titles, but were consistently fighting for silverware and showing off exceptional form. They’re bound to transition it into 2021, and I reckon the opening round against Liquid will showcase their intentions.
While only a few people expected them to reach the heights of 2019, it was still absurd to see them sink so low. Now that FalleN has joined, perhaps we’ll see a new Team Liquid rise from the ashes… or perhaps they’ll remain the third-best team in the region. Yep, the region, not the world!
Map Pool Stats
Statistically speaking, the only map on which Liquid should have an advantage is Dust 2. NaVi just can’t deliver a solid performance on that map, period. Everything else should be, more or less, in favor of the CIS champions, even the permabans.
However, take all of the above with a grain of salt because both of these teams haven’t played a competitive match in a while. Plus, Team Liquid has a brand-new player who doesn’t perfectly align with the rest of the team… and that could complicate the map pool game even more.
Individual Stats
It’s difficult to divide these two in regard to individual performers. We have s1mple on one end, who is sort of like a deity on the server – he’s never to be taken for granted! On the other end, we have the likes of eliGE and FalleN. The thing is, we know for a fact NaVi is more than the sum of its individual parts. However, with FalleN making his debut appearance for Liquid, they could be an unsynchronized mess.
NaVi is going to kickstart their 2021 off in a winning style. S1mple and the boys are in for a wild ride this year, following a solid 2020, despite all of its setbacks. While I do expect Liquid to be quite the opponent, I think it’s too risky complicating this one with correct score or total maps over.
If you like to live dangerously, you can always opt for something like correct score 2:1 in favor of NaVi. That one will give you +180, but I just don’t consider it more valuable than the above-advised match-winner. If NaVi snowballs, if S1mple snowballs to be more precise, we could see an easy 2:0 blowout here. After all, we can’t know just how well FalleN has synchronized with his new teammates.
Just two days of BLAST Premier Global Final are left, which means we’re almost ready to wrap up the competitive 2020 season. For those of you who don’t know, this event serves as the icing on the cake of a remarkable season of CSGO. There are just four teams left in the competition, and we’re just about to take a closer look at two of them. NaVi vs. Liquid picks is what we’re here about, so let’s dig right in and see which way this match is heading into!
DAY 5 TOMORROW AND WE CONTINUE OUR BANGERS ONLY POLICY 💥
4 PM CET: Pre-show with @Maniac_CSGO, @Pimp_CSGO & @BanKsEsports
4:30 PM CET: @AstralisCS vs @TeamVitality
7:30 PM CET: @TeamLiquidCS vs @natusvincere#BLASTPremierpic.twitter.com/1WoR5pEGFP
— BLAST Premier GLOBAL FINALS BANGERS ONLY TODAY💥 (@BLASTPremier) January 22, 2021
Yep, there are just four matches to go in this event! Four tough contests, four top-notch teams, four contenders that will want to hoist the title at the end of this campaign. Obviously, only one will snatch the flattering title alongside $600,000 in prize money. Who knows, perhaps it’s going to be one of these two teams, although their road to the grand finals are going to be much more difficult than that of Astralis and Vitality.
NaVi vs. Liquid Predictions
Yep, that’s the thing with lower bracket contests – not only are you eliminated in case of a loss, but you’re also going to have a lot tougher time reaching all the way to the grand finals. But hey, NaVi and Liquid are both very experienced teams and we can rest assured they won’t let anything faze them ahead of such an important match.
What about your CSGO betting endeavors? Should you include this matchup in your weekly accumulators, or is it better off as a single? Heck, is it even worth betting on considering just how tight it’s going to be?
Well, it’s all up to you, really! There’s value to be found, that’s for sure, but it’s up to you to figure out if your betting bankroll can afford a relatively risky environment such as this one.
Expectations
We’re reached a point in the event at which every remaining team has high title aspirations, no matter what sort of a mindset they had at the beginning of the event. This goes without saying for all four teams that are still in the event, especially for these two since they are one loss away from getting eliminated. That said, there’s really no need to separate these two in terms of expectations, so let’s leave it at that and continue onward with our NaVi vs. Liquid betting predictions!
Map Pool Stats
Last time out, NaVi and Liquid played a pretty short 2:0 match with the NA org reaching a surprising win. Liquid won 16:6 on Inferno and that was the first big upset since pre-match stats saw Inferno as a pretty tight encounter. Nuke, NaVi’s pick, ended 16:14, but could’ve easily gone the other way if it wasn’t for superb stuff coming in from NAF.
What can we expect this time around? Well, the map banning phase shouldn’t be too different… though I expect NaVi to mix things up with their pick. I know Nuke is their strongest pick, but surprising Liquid with Overpass or Vertigo could be the way to defeat the boys in blue…
Roster Strength and Readiness
I’m going to say the obvious here – S1mple’s individual performances push NaVi a level above Liquid. But, remember the opening-round contest; S1mple had a wonderful match (both maps, mind you), but still came out on the losing end.
With all that in mind, let’s cement our NaVi vs. Liquid picks and call it a day:
I know I said I’m going to restrain myself from investing too much into total maps over/under bets, but I just can’t help myself with this one. If the stats we’ve discussed throughout our NaVi vs. Liquid predictions have taught us anything, it’s that this one has to go the extra length.
What about their opening-round head-to-head match? Yeah, what about it?
I know it ended with 2:0 on the scoreboard, but I expect a totally different match here. Even if Natus Vincere and Team Liquid end up playing on the exact same maps, I firmly believe we’re going to see a different contest.
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With those words, I’d like to finish the story off here! Thanks for reading the whole piece; hope NaVi vs. Liquid predictions turn out true and bring us a solid return.
Enjoy your weekend fellas; there’s plenty of sports and esports action so I know I will.
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Cheers!