NAVI vs Team Liquid Preview and Predictions – VCT 2023 EMEA League

The NAVI vs Team Liquid game will be one of the most competitive matches of VCT EMEA, with two incredibly skilled and capable teams facing one another

These teams are currently in the top 3 spots of VCT EMEA, right under FNATIC. Both NAVI and Liquid have talented players who will clash evenly in this upcoming match, making it a very exciting Best of 3. While most of their previous encounters have ended in victories for Liquid, this game’s outcome may not follow history, as Natus Vincere is looking quite strong in this event so far. 

NAVI

After winning all of their last five matches and coming from a 5-1 record, NAVI are the second-best name in this event. In their previous series against Team Vitality, cNed brought out a Yoru pick and dominated his opposition with multi frags, and ended the game in a clean 2-0. This shows how confident this squad is to try out their unique strategies! Even though they are the clear favorites of this matchup, you would be foolish to think that winning against Liquid would be easy! ANGE1 will have to come up with solid game plans to face one of the strongest opponents of the Regular Season!

Players

Andrey “Shao” Kiprsky

• Role: Flex
• VLR Rating: 1.17
• Average Combat Score (ACS): 219.5
• Kill-Death Ratio: 1.26
• Kill/Assist/Trade/Survive: 77%
• Average Damage per Round: 140.6

Kirill “ANGE1” Karasiow

• Role: IGL
• VLR Rating: 0.90
• Average Combat Score (ACS): 194.3
• Kill-Death Ratio: 0.88
• Kill/Assist/Trade/Survive: 67%
• Average Damage per Round: 123.7

Mehmet Yağız “cNed” İpek

• Role: Duelist
• VLR Rating: 1.19
• Average Combat Score (ACS): 254.0
• Kill-Death Ratio: 1.32
• Kill/Assist/Trade/Survive: 73%
• Average Damage per Round: 157.7

Dmitry “SUYGETSU” Ilyushin

• Role: Sentinel
• VLR Rating: 1.10
• Average Combat Score (ACS): 210.0
• Kill-Death Ratio: 1.18
• Kill/Assist/Trade/Survive: 74%
• Average Damage per Round: 137.8

Pontus “Zyppan” Eek

• Role: Initiator
• VLR Rating: 1.09
• Average Combat Score (ACS): 233.1
• Kill-Death Ratio: 1.13
• Kill/Assist/Trade/Survive: 73%
• Average Damage per Round: 148.4

Player to Watch

cNed

Team Liquid

Liquid have won 4 out of 6 matches so far, landing them on the 3rd spot in the VCT EMEA rankings. It is now clear that the recent roster change has brought a great rhythm to the squad. Getting Sayf, especially, was a great decision considering how this duelist has become one of the event's best players so far! Coming from their 2-1 victory against Giants Gaming last week, Liquid should have good confidence going against the second-best roster of the tournament! 

Players

Dom “soulcas” Sulcas

• Role: Flex
• VLR Rating: 0.99
• Average Combat Score: 194.5
• Kill/Death Ratio: 1.01
• Kill/Assist/Trade/Survive: 73%
• Average Damage per Round: 127.5

Elias “Jamppi” Olkkonen

• Role: Initiator
• VLR Rating: 1.06
• Average Combat Score: 221.4
• Kill/Death Ratio: 1.14
• Kill/Assist/Trade/Survive: 70%
• Average Damage per Round: 136.8

Ayaz “nAts” Akhmetshin

• Role: Controller/Sentinel
• VLR Rating: 1.12
• Average Combat Score: 226.5
• Kill/Death Ratio: 1.23
• Kill/Assist/Trade/Survive: 74%
• Average Damage per Round: 144.2

Saif “Sayf” Jibraeel

• Role: Duelist
• VLR Rating: 1.15
• Average Combat Score: 226.4
• Kill/Death Ratio: 1.22
• Kill/Assist/Trade/Survive: 72%
• Average Damage per Round: 145.7

Igor “Redgar” Vlasov

• Role: Controller
• VLR Rating: 0.93
• Average Combat Score: 174.3
• Kill/Death Ratio: 0.89
• Kill/Assist/Trade/Survive: 72%
• Average Damage per Round: 114.1

Player to Watch

Sayf

VCT 2023 EMEA League – NAVI vs Team Liquid Predictions

NAVI will add to their 5-match winning streak with a 2-1 victory against Team Liquid.

NAVI vs Team Liquid – Head-to-Head Record

NAVI 1 – 3 Team Liquid

NAVI vs Team Liquid – Maps

• Map 1: Fracture
• Map 2: Split
• Map 3: Ascent

NAVI vs Team Liquid – Score

• Map 1: Team Liquid to win with NAVI>11
• Map 2: NAVI to win with Team Liquid<10
• Map 3: NAVI to win with Team Liquid<9

NAVI vs Team Liquid – Top Fragger

cNed

VCT 2023 EMEA League – Team Liquid vs NAVI Match Links

• YouTube
• Twitch 

NAVI vs Team Liquid – Match Time

May 5, 2023 – 21:00 PT // 00:00 ET // 06:00 CEST