NIP vs. Bad News Eagles Preview & Prediction- Free 4/28 CS: GO
NIP and Bad News Eagles will meet in the quarterfinals of the BLAST Premier Spring Showdown 2022 Europe this Thursday. The prize pool of this event adds up to $67,500 and the playoff matches are played in a single-elimination best-of-three series. The winner of this duel will face either Astralis or Movistar Riders at the semis while the losing team will exit the event.
NIP Team Stats and Latest Results
Ninjas in Pyjamas is ranked #7 in the world ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 101 weeks. The Swedish team has been invited to the ongoing BLAST tournament based on its performance at the BLAST Premier Spring Groups 2022. Meanwhile, they are coming to this matchup on a 2-match win streak and has managed 7 wins from their last 10 games. Considering their performance in past events, they finished 7-8th at the IEM Katowice 2022, 3-4th at the ESL Pro League Season 15, and 3rd at the PGL Major Antwerp 2022 Europe RMR B. Over the past 3 months, the team has managed a win rate of 61.5%.
The team’s best-played maps over the last 3 months are Ancient (72.7%-win rate), Inferno (60.0%), and Overpass (53.8%). On the other hand, they failed to impress on Nuke (50.0%), Mirage (50.0%), and Vertigo (40.0%). The line-up consists of es3tag (0.95 player rating), REZ (1.08), Plopski (1.04), hampus (1.03), and Brollan (1.16).
Bad News Eagles Team Stats and Latest Results
Bad News Eagles is ranked #25 in the world ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 12 weeks. Their last match took place at the PGL Major Antwerp 2022 Europe RMR B on April 24, 2022, and Bad News Eagles defeated the Sinners Esports with a score of 1:2. They won the ESEA Winter 2021 Cash Cup 4 Europe, finished 3rd at the PGL Major Antwerp 2022 Europe RMR Open Qualifier 2, and 7th at the PGL Major Antwerp 2022 Europe RMR B. Over the past 3 months, BNE has attained a win rate of 76.5% and won 7 out of their last 10 games.
Map win statistics in the past 3 months show an impressive win rate on Ancient (85.7%), Inferno (75.0%), Mirage (66.7%), and Dust2 (66.7%). On the flip-side, they failed to impress on Nuke (50.0%) and Vertigo (50.0%). Their current roster has juanflatroo (1.14 player rating), SENER1 (1.00), sinnopsyy (1.11), gxx- (1.14), and rigoN (1.11).
NIP vs. Bad News Eagles H2H Record
Head-to-head has 1 meeting between the rivals. They crossed paths at the Swiss round of the 2022 PGL Major Antwerp European RMR B on April 21, 2022, and NIP won with a score of 1:0.
NIP vs. Bad News Eagles Betting Preview
This is a definition of over 2.5 maps. Both teams won 7 out of their last 10 games and is also coming for this matchup on a 2-match win streak. A comparison of their performance on the maps shows that NIP has an advantage on Overpass and Vertigo while Bad News Eagles lead in Dust2, Mirage, Inferno, and Ancient. We expect to see a bunch of rounds on each side, while at least one overtime is a possibility. It could go either way, so over 2.5 maps would be the best bet.
The Pick: Over 2.5 maps.
