NIP vs. Fiend, Preview, & Prediction - Free 9/29 CS: GO

The opponents will clash at the IEM Fall 2021 Europe this Wednesday. They are placed in Group D where 2 out of the 6 teams will advance to the playoffs. The overall winner will take $27,500 plus 2500 RMR Points.

NIP Team Stats and Latest Results

NIP Team is ranked 7th in the world ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 71 weeks. They are coming to the IEM Fall 2021 Europe tournament after finishing 1-3rd at the BLAST Premier Fall Groups 2021 where they received $25,000 plus a chance to play at the Fall Final. Meanwhile, they finished 1-4th at the IEM Cologne 2021 Play-In, 9-12th at the IEM Cologne 2021, and 5-8th at the ESL Pro League Season 14. Out of their last 8 matches, they have won 6 matches and have a win rate of 66.7%.

Map performance over the last 3 months shows that the team has been impressive on Ancient (77.8%), Mirage (66.7%), Overpass (66.7%), and Inferno (62.5%). They attained an average performance on Nuke (50.0%) but failed to impress on Dust2 (42.9%) and Vertigo (0.0%). The team line-up includes device (1.10), REZ (1.08), hampus (1.02), Plopski (1.06), and LNZ (0.91).

Fiend Team Stats and Latest Results

Fiend is ranked 31st on the world ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 66 weeks. The Bulgarian team qualified for this tourney after finishing 9-12th at the IEM Fall 2021 Europe Closed Qualifier. Meanwhile, they are part of other ongoing tournaments such as the REPUBLEAGUE TIPOS Season 2, Elisa Invitational Fall 2021, and V4 Future Sports Festival 2021 International Cup. Considering their last 8 matches, they won 4 games and has a win rate of 59.5%.

Meanwhile, map statistics show that they have attained a decent performance on Dust2 (76.5%), Ancient (66.7%), Mirage (65.4%), and Overpass (55.6%). They achieved an average win rate on Inferno (50.0%) but failed to impress on Nuke (38.5%). The team line-up consists of bubble (0.99), v1c7oR (1.06), dream3r (1.16), REDSTAR (1.15), and h4rn (1.17).

NIP vs. Fiend H2H Record

There is no head-to-head record between the opponents and this will be their first encounter.

NIP vs. Fiend Betting Preview

NIP is currently on an upswing because they won their last 3 matches while the opponents lost 2 consecutive matches. Meanwhile, NIP team has a huge lead on Ancient, Overpass, Inferno, and Mirage while Fiend takes Dust2 and Nuke. But when we check on the team line-up, Fiend has a better squad than the opponent. For this reason, we believe this match will have more than 2 rounds.

The Pick: Over 2.5 maps.