NIP vs Cloud9 Preview and Predictions: BLAST Premier Spring European Showdown 2023
| Tags: CS2
| Author The Old One
They’re both high-profile teams, but only one can go through after NIP vs Cloud9 in BLAST Premier Spring Showdown 2023
Ninjas In Pyjamas showed some real mettle in taking down OG, but Cloud9, who destroyed Copenhagen Flames, will be a different beast entirely. The Russian side does have a tendency to choke in high-profile matches, but it’s not as though NIP are completely free of that themselves. Whether you’re about to get into CSGO betting or just want to know more about these teams before they lock horns, here’s our preview.
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Ninjas in Pyjamas
After many back to back failures , NIP are pretty much the underdogs of the European scene at the moment. The once-mighty Swedish side managed to inch past a weakened OG with two stand-ins, but they will have to step their game up by a considerable margin in order to best the likes of ESL Pro League Season 17 runner-up Cloud9.
Players
Kristian “k0nfig” Wienecke
- HLTV Rating: 1.08
- Impact Rating: 1.19
- Kill/Assist/Survived/Traded: 69.6%
- Average Damage Round: 80.7
- Kills Per Round: 0.75
Aleksi “Aleksib” Virolainen
- HLTV Rating: 0.95
- Impact Rating: 1.01
- Kill/Assist/Survived/Traded: 71.1%
- Average Damage Round: 74.0
- Kills Per Round: 0.64
Fredrik “REZ” Sterner
- HLTV Rating: 1.03
- Impact Rating: 1.10
- Kill/Assist/Survived/Traded: 70.7%
- Average Damage Round: 77.8
- Kills Per Round: 0.70
Danyyl “headtr1ck” Valitov
- HLTV Rating: 1.15
- Impact Rating: 1.07
- Kill/Assist/Survived/Traded: 73.5%
- Average Damage Round: 77.3
- Kills Per Round: 0.74
Ludvig “Brollan” Brolin
- HLTV Rating: 1.11
- Impact Rating: 1.18
- Kill/Assist/Survived/Traded: 70.5%
- Average Damage Round: 79.1
- Kills Per Round: 0.72
Player To Watch
k0nfig
Cloud9
The CIS side is probably still stinging from their loss to FaZe Clan in the final of EPL 17, but life and CS must go on. Favorites for this tournament, they have already toasted CPH Flames, and NIP shouldn’t be much of a challenge for them. That being said, they do have to work on their consistency as a couple of their players, especially nafany, disappeared during the FaZe match and they can’t afford a repeat of that.
Players
Vladislav ”nafany” Gorshkov
- HLTV Rating: 1.03
- Impact Rating: 1.09
- Kill/Assist/Survived/Traded: 68.9%
- Average Damage Round: 74.1
- Kills Per Round: 0.66
Dmitriy ”sh1ro” Sokolov
- HLTV Rating: 1.26
- Impact Rating: 1.22
- Kill/Assist/Survived/Traded: 76.3%
- Average Damage Round: 78.8
- Kills Per Round: 0.77
Timur “buster” Tulepov
- HLTV Rating: 1.08
- Impact Rating: 1.02
- Kill/Assist/Survived/Traded: 72.0%
- Average Damage Round: 73.2
- Kills Per Round: 0.68
Sergey ”Ax1Le” Rykhtorov
- HLTV Rating: 1.16
- Impact Rating: 1.15
- Kill/Assist/Survived/Traded: 72.5%
- Average Damage Round: 80.7
- Kills Per Round: 0.73
Abai ”HObbit” Hasenov
- HLTV Rating:1.06
- Impact Rating: 1.13
- Kill/Assist/Survived/Traded: 71.5%
- Average Damage Round: 80.0
- Kills Per Round: 0.72
Player to Watch
HObbit
NIP vs Cloud9 Predictions: BLAST Premier Spring European Showdown 2023
We will most likely see Cloud9 beating NIP 2-0.
Cloud9 vs NIP Maps
- Ancient
- Inferno
- Overpass
Ninjas in Pyjamas vs Cloud9 Score
- Map 1: Cloud9 to win with +5<
- Map 2: Cloud9 to win with +7<
NIP vs Cloud9 Top Fragger
HObbit
BLAST Premier Spring European Showdown Cloud9 vs Ninjas in Pyjamas Match Links
Ninjas in Pyjamas vs Cloud9 Match Time
16:30 ET/15:30 CST/13:30 PT.
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