Ninjas In Pyjamas vs Team Vitality

Ninjas in Pyjamas (NiP) ranked #14 from Sweden are clashing against Vitality ranked #7 from France in the IEM Katowice 2020 that has 16 teams competing for the prize pool of $500,000. This tournament is played on LAN in Katowice, Poland, on LAN, and this is the best of 3 quarter-final type of match.

NiP map performance in the last three months: Vertigo is at 66,7% win rate on three played maps - WON/TIED/LOST - 2/0/1, Inferno 50,0% on two played maps 1/0/1, Train 50,0% on four played maps 2/0/2, Overpass 33,3% on three played maps 1/0/2, Mirage 20,0% on five played maps 1/0/4, and Nuke with 0,0% win rate on two played maps 0/0/2.

They played five maps in February and won two; in other words, they played two matches and won one. During January they played one game which they lost. During December, they played six maps and won two, converted, they played three games and won one. In November, they played six maps and won three, converted, they played three games and won one.

Vitality map highlights in the previous three months: Nuke is at 100,0% win rate on three played maps - WIN/DREW/LOSS - 3/0/0, Vertigo 100,0% on only one played map 1/0/0, Inferno 57,1% on seven played maps 4/0/3, Mirage 50,0% on two played maps 1/0/1, and Dust2 with 33,3% win rate on three played maps 1/0/2.

They played six maps during February and won two, converted, they played three matches and won one. In January they had no games played, while in December they played ten maps and won eight, in other words, they played four games and won all four.

OK, so BIG BIG tournament at our hands with over $500k in prizes. The winner will advance to clash against the winner of Astralis VS Clud9, which can be a decisive factor in this matchup. The bad thing is that almost both teams skipped games during January, so they had a little time to practice and get into form. These early stages of a tournament that is big as this one are is always tricky to predict, so let's pull our brakes and start slow.

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