Match preview · IEM Beijing 2026

Natus Vincere vs Falcons — match preview

2 November at 08:00 Oslo · by the CS Edge model

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Best of 3 (LAN)

Natus Vincere come in ranked #11 in the world, Falcons #6.

Natus Vincere meet Falcons at IEM Beijing 2026. 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.

Natus Vincere — recent form

2 wins in their last 5 matches we covered.

L vs Vitality — 0–2 27 October at 18:50

L vs BETBOOM — 0–2 26 October at 18:00

W vs FURIA — 2–0 25 October at 16:45

W vs G2 — 2–0 24 October at 18:15

L vs PARIVISION — 1–2 7 October at 16:30

Across everything we have covered: Natus Vincere won 7 of 17, and our own call was right in 11 of 17.

Falcons — recent form

2 wins in their last 5 matches we covered.

L vs Aurora — 1–2 18 October at 13:30

L vs BETBOOM — 1–2 17 October at 19:00

W vs 9z — 2–1 15 October at 13:30

W vs Ninjas in Pyjamas — 2–0 14 October at 14:20

L vs Spirit — 0–2 9 October at 19:05

Across everything we have covered: Falcons won 11 of 18, and our own call was right in 14 of 18.

Head to head

These two have met once in matches we covered.

L vs Falcons — 1–2 6 October at 21:00

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.

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.

Natus Vincere ban most often: Dust2 57%, Ancient 33%, Nuke 26%

Falcons ban most often: Cache 100%, Inferno 24%, Ancient 20%

Line-ups

Player rating: ★ top · high · average · low

Natus Vincere

Aleksib0.92

iM0.99

b1t1.06

★ w0nderful1.16

makazze1.02

Falcons

karrigan0.79

NiKo1.11

★ m0NESY1.34

TeSeS1.04

kyousuke1.05

Also at IEM Beijing 2026 that day

Legacy vs The MongolZ 2 November at 08:00
HEROIC vs B8 2 November at 08:00
FURIA vs FaZe 2 November at 08:00
MOUZ vs TYLOO 2 November at 08:00
9z vs BETBOOM 2 November at 08:00
Aurora vs Liquid 2 November at 08:00

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 Natus Vincere predictions and results
All Falcons predictions and results

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