Match preview · ESL Pro League Season 24

G2 vs Natus Vincere — match preview

3 October at 18:30 Oslo · by the CS Edge model

Best of 3 (LAN)

G2 come in ranked #8 in the world, Natus Vincere #10.

G2 meet Natus Vincere at ESL Pro League Season 24. The model has not priced this one yet — it waits for the map veto, because which maps get played moves the number more than anything else on this page. What follows is what we already know about both teams.

G2 — recent form

4 wins in their last 5 matches we covered.

L vs Legacy — 0–3 13 September at 11:10

W vs BETBOOM — 2–1 12 September at 13:05

W vs FURIA — 2–0 11 September at 11:15

W vs 5star — 2–0 10 September at 15:30

W vs 9z — 2–1 10 September at 05:30

Across everything we have covered: G2 won 11 of 17, and our own call was right in 12 of 17.

Natus Vincere — recent form

1 wins in their last 5 matches we covered.

L vs MOUZ — 1–2 18 September at 12:00

L vs Aurora — 0–2 17 September at 17:00

L vs G2 — 0–2 30 August at 11:05

W vs paiN — 2–0 28 August at 16:30

L vs M80 — 1–2 26 August at 16:00

Across everything we have covered: Natus Vincere won 3 of 8, and our own call was right in 6 of 8.

Head to head

These two have met once in matches we covered.

W vs Natus Vincere — 2–0 30 August at 11:05

The map pool

Win, pick and ban rates over the last three months. This is where a series is often decided before it starts — a team can steer the veto onto a map the opponent rarely plays.

G2Natus Vincere

33%3 maps Cache -1 maps

29%7 maps Dust2 -0 maps

62%8 maps Mirage 40%5 maps

78%9 maps Inferno 33%6 maps

58%12 maps Ancient 0%3 maps

50%6 maps Anubis -1 maps

How they veto

The maps each side removes most often. Two teams that ban the same map hand the series to a third one neither wanted.

G2 ban most often: Nuke 100%, Cache 32%, Anubis 29%

Natus Vincere ban most often: Dust2 70%, Nuke 38%, Cache 36%

Line-ups

Player rating: ★ top · high · average · low

r1nkle0.98

MATYS0.99

huNter-0.98

★

NertZ1.15

HeavyGod1.10

Natus Vincere

iM0.98

makazze1.03

b1t1.03

★

w0nderful1.09

Aleksib0.85

Also at ESL Pro League Season 24 that day

Falcons vs TYLOO 3 October at 11:00
Legacy vs PARIVISION 3 October at 11:00
Vitality vs 1win 3 October at 13:30
Spirit vs ShindeN 3 October at 13:30
Aurora vs 9z 3 October at 16:00
MOUZ vs M80 3 October at 16:00

When the prediction goes up

Our call publishes before kickoff, never after — that is the whole point of keeping a public record. When it does, this page fills in with the probability for each team, the per-map calls once the veto is done, and afterwards the result and whether we were right.

More on these teams

All G2 predictions and results
All Natus Vincere predictions and results

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Statistical model estimates, published for entertainment. Match data: HLTV.org.