Natus Vincere vs Spirit Prediction 25 January 2025

📢What will be the outcome of the clash between two of the world's strongest teams? In the semifinals of the 1st season of BLAST Bounty, Natus Vincere will face Spirit. Over the past year, "born to win" managed to win only one head-to-head meeting with the "dragons." Which team will manage to secure victory this time, we will find out in the prediction below.

Natus Vincere

📝Natus Vincere, considered the best team of last year, have been showing unstable performance for several months now. In the qualifying stage of the current tournament, the team defeated Imperial fe and Astralis with a score of 2:0. However, in the quarterfinal match against paiN, "born to win" encountered serious difficulties. After losing Nuke (7:13), Andrey 'B1ad3' Gorodenskiy's squad barely won Dust2 and Mirage only after extra rounds, with a score of 16:13. They might not have reached this semifinal if not for a fortunate turn of events and well-made decisions in crucial moments.

❗️Notably, the total of the second map being under 22.5 rounds has played out in 9 consecutive matches for Natus Vincere.

Spirit

📝Spirit have been holding the 1st position in the world ranking by HLTV for three weeks and are considered the main favorites of the 1st season of BLAST Bounty. Unfortunately, the team is playing the final stage without their coach hally, who will be able to return only at IEM Katowice due to health issues. However, this does not significantly affect the "dragons'” game, as their main advantage lies in the individual skills of the young players. In the current tournament, the Russian team has not lost a single map to fnatic, FlyQuest, and HEROIC and is now close to adding another title to their collection.

❗️To the aforementioned statistical trend, it can be added that the total of the second map being under 20.5 rounds has played out in 5 consecutive matches for Spirit.

Editorial Prediction

📊The "dragons" have won 9 matches in a row and are deservedly considered favorites in this matchup. Also, statistically, Natus Vincere wins with a handicap (+1.5) on maps in 8 consecutive bo3 matches and in 7 out of the last 8 head-to-head meetings with Spirit. It is quite possible that we will see all three maps in this game. Nevertheless, Spirit's victory is our priority outcome for betting.