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Ninjas in Pyjamas vs FaZe Clan Tips & Odds – ESL Pro League Season 20

By Tit Krajnik

05 Sep 2024

Tit Krajnik 05 Sep 2024

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Ninjas in Pyjamas vs FaZe Clan Counter-Strike betting predictions for Thursday, September 5, 2024, in the mid bracket quarterfinal of ESL Pro League Season 20 (19:30 CEST)
Ninjas in Pyjamas are priced as underdogs
FaZe Clan are not in top form

Ninjas in Pyjamas (Getty Images)

Ninjas in Pyjamas vs FaZe Clan Predictions

Ninjas in Pyjamas and FaZe Clan will clash on Thursday, September 5, in the mid bracket quarterfinal of ESL Pro League Season 20. It will mark their first meeting since BLAST Premier: Fall Groups 2024, when NiP won, but according to the esports betting odds, they likely won’t see the same success on Thursday.

Ninjas in Pyjamas vs FaZe Clan Predictions
Head to Head
Ninjas in Pyjamas Form
Ninjas in Pyjamas Squad & Team News
FaZe Clan Form
FaZe Clan Squad & Team News

Top Counter-Strike betting sites have priced Ninjas in Pyjamas as 4.20 underdogs to defeat FaZe Clan who are 1.22 favourites. This is a substantial price difference; granted, given NiP’s recent showings, the numbers don’t feel that wrong.

Ninjas in Pyjamas (#21) are lower ranked than FaZe Clan (#6)
Ninjas in Pyjamas are 1-5 from their last five
FaZe Clan have not looked great recently

Head to Head

FaZe Clan and Ninjas in Pyjamas last met during BLAST Premier: Fall Groups 2024, when NiP came out ahead.

Ninjas in Pyjamas 2-0 FaZe Clan – August 2, 2024

Ninjas in Pyjamas Form

Ninjas in Pyjamas are 4-6 from their last ten series, which is far from great, especially considering none of the four wins came against a serious opponent. In August, NiP defeated Malpy (13-4), FAVBET (19-17), and PARIVISION (13-8) and have since only managed to add one more against HEROIC (2-1) in the first round of ESL Pro League Season 20.

In the second round of the playoffs, Ninjas in Pyjamas lost to Natus Vincere (0-2) without showing much resistance. This is hardly shocking as NaVi are one of the tournament favourites, but it is not like this takes away from NiP’s lack of success.

Ninjas have not beaten any good teams since early August, during their miracle run through BLAST Premier: Fall Groups 2024. Since then, they’ve regularly fallen apart, even against weaker opponents.

Ninjas in Pyjamas Squad & Team News

No roster changes for Ninjas in Pyjamas.

Fredrik "REZ" Sterner
Alejandro "alex" Masanet
Max "maxster" Jansson
Artem "r1nkle" Moroz
Isak "isak" Fahlén

FaZe Clan Form

FaZe Clan had a rough start to ESL Pro League Season 20 when they lost to Sangal Esports (1-2). However, they have since bounced back with a 2-0 sweep of FlyQuest but hardly showed anything inspiring.

FaZe made it past FlyQuest with 13-9 on Anubis and 13-11 on Ancient, which is not a result you would expect from the sixth-highest-rated Counter-Strike esports team in the world. However, it is not like this was FaZe’s only iffy showing over the last few months.

For weeks now, FaZe Clan have been fairly inconsistent. While they have picked up seven wins over the last ten, they have not looked as dominant as they should’ve, so it is fair to question their ability to run over Ninjas in Pyjamas – or be as dominant as the betting odds suggest.

FaZe Clan Squad & Team News

FaZe Clan have not announced any roster changes.

Håvard "rain" Nygaard
Helvijs "broky" Saukants
Finn "karrigan" Andersen
Robin "ropz" Kool
David "frozen" Čerňanský

Verdict

Ninjas in Pyjamas v FaZe Clan

This is a match between a struggling elite team and Ninjas in Pyjamas, who’ve been anything but great over the last few months. They can have their moments but are very inconsistent, so you never know what you’re going to get with them.

So the real question here is what would be a fair price on FaZe to do what they’re supposed to and win? While this looks like an easy 2-0 sweep for FaZe, they’ve looked too vulnerable of late to warrant this number. Over 2.5 maps at 2.15 is a smarter play.

Over 2.5 Maps

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