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Eternal Fire vs Natus Vincere Tips & Predictions – ESL Pro League Season 20

By Tit Krajnik

06 Sep 2024

Tit Krajnik 06 Sep 2024

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Eternal Fire vs Natus Vincere Counter-Strike betting picks for Saturday, September 7, 2024, in the Group A upper bracket final at ESL Pro League Season 20 (19:30 CEST)
Eternal Fire are in good form
Natus Vincere are expected to win

Fans of team Natus Vincere (Getty Images)

Eternal Fire vs Natus Vincere Predictions

Eternal Fire and Natus Vincere will meet on Saturday, September 7, in the Group A upper bracket final at ESL Pro League Season 20. It will mark their third meeting of the year and the first since late March.

Eternal Fire vs Natus Vincere Predictions
Head to Head
Eternal Fire Form

According to esports bookmakers, Eternal Fire are significant underdogs, priced at 2.70, while Natus Vincere are 1.45 favourites. This price gap is justifiable, considering Natus Vincere are one of the leading favourites to win the event; however, it is hard to question Eternal Fire's ability.

Eternal Fire are in good form
Natus Vincere (#1) are better ranked than Eternal Fire (#11)
Natus Vincere are 8-2 from their last ten series

Head to Head

Eternal Fire and Natus Vincere have met two times this season, and both meetings ended in Natus Vincere's favour.

Natus Vincere 2-1 Eternal Fire - February 5, 2024
Natus Vincere 2-0 Eternal Fire - March 29, 2024

Eternal Fire Form

Eternal Fire enter Group A upper bracket final following two victories against FlyQuest (2-0) and Sangal Esports (2-0). While they didn't have to beat any top-rated teams, they dominated both FlyQuest and Sangal, which is a good sign ahead of their toughest challenge of the tournament.

Still, even before their ESL Pro League Season 20 campaign, Eternal Fire showed excellent form. They made the finals BetBoom Dacha Belgrade 2024 #2 with wins against HEROIC, FURIA, paiN Gaming, and MOUZ. Their only loss came against Team Spirit, who swept Eternal Fire in the finals.

The Turkish Counter-Strike esports team are nowhere near being considered as one of the top contenders. Still, they are highly competitive and more than capable of holding their own against anyone.

Eternal Fire Squad & Team News

No roster changes for Eternal Fire.

İsmailсan "XANTARES" Dörtkardeş
Buğra "Calyx" Arkın
Engin "MAJ3R" Küpeli
Ali "Wicadia" Haydar Yalçın
Özgür "woxic" Eker

Natus Vincere Form

Natus Vincere remain a serious title contenders despite producing some somewhat unconvincing displays so far. They bested Lynn Vision (2-0) in the opening round and then added another 2-0 sweep against Ninjas in Pyjamas in the previous round.

Over the four maps played, Natus Vincere have dropped double digits just once, against Lynn Vision (16-4), but we also saw them drop 15 total against Ninjas in Pyjamas, which is not too inspiring. Lacklustre showings so early aren't anything new for Natus Vincere, who typically turns on later in tournaments.

Natus Vincere Squad & Team News

No roster changes for Natus Vincere.

Valerij "b1t" Vakhovsjkyj
Aleksi "Aleksib" Virolainen
Justinas "jL" Lekavičius
Mihai "iM" Ivan
Ihor "w0nderful" Zhdanov

Verdict

Eternal Fire v Natus Vincere

Natus Vincere are rightly priced as favourites for this series, but we can't deny Eternal Fire's ability to play a competitive series on Saturday. The Turks have recently posted some solid results, even when faced with tougher opponents, and they enter this match in great form.

Whether that will be enough to upset NaVi mostly comes down to which version of Natus VIncere we will get. But there is a very good chance this turns into a competitive series, which should extend to three maps.

Over 2.5 Maps

Over/Under

@-108.70 - 3 Units

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