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Natus Vincere vs paiN — match prediction & analysis

28 August at 16:30 Oslo · by the CS Edge model

Ranking, form, head-to-head, map pool. Those four decide most CS2 series, and they are what we ran Natus Vincere vs paiN through.

Our call: Natus Vincere to win — 64% (a high-risk pick)

How it ended

Natus Vincere won 2–0. ✅ Our call was right — we said Natus Vincere at 64%.

Nuke — 13–9

Mirage — 13–11

Inferno — –

paiN

❌ Form slump: 10 losses in last 17 points to recent inconsistency

The maps

Nuke — paiN's pick

Mirage — Natus Vincere's pick

Inferno — the decider

Our picks

🎯 Natus Vincere to win Mirage

🎯 Natus Vincere to win Inferno

More on these teams

All Natus Vincere predictions and results
All paiN predictions and results

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