FURIA vs Nemiga Prediction 17 January 2025

📢Which team will be better prepared for the first match of the new season? In the upcoming match, FURIA and Nemiga will face off. Both teams have not made any changes to their roster and have likely done a lot of work preparing for the first BLAST Bounty season. Who will ultimately prove stronger, we will try to find out in the prediction below.

FURIA

📝Last year was not easy for FURIA, but in the end, the team managed to return to the top 10 of the HLTV world rankings. This was made possible by the addition of skullz, who fit perfectly into the role of the permanent fifth player. At the recent PW Shanghai Major, the team was one step away from reaching the playoffs but suffered a defeat in the decisive match against FaZe (1:2). It is quite possible that the Brazilians will approach the current season even more prepared.

❗️Note that the total of the first map is under 21.5 rounds in 6 out of FURIA's last 7 matches.

Nemiga

📝The current roster showed good results in the past season, despite the departure of their strongest player - FL4MUS. Since the addition of young talent zweih, the team managed to win RES Regional Champions and also qualify for the European RMR. After an unsuccessful attempt to qualify for the major, they have been inactive for almost two months. The upcoming match will be their first official match during this time.

❗️It is noteworthy that Nemiga wins with a handicap (+5.5) rounds on the second map in 14 consecutive matches.

Editorial Prediction

📊The Brazilians are justifiably considered favorites, but the CIS team is still capable of giving them competition in this game. The online format is more familiar for team Nemiga, which also wins with a handicap (+1.5) on maps in 14 out of their last 16 bo3 matches. Therefore, we believe that the total over 2.5 maps is the most likely outcome in this confrontation.