NIP vs Cloud9 Preview and Predictions: BLAST Premier Spring European Showdown 2023

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. 

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. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGsYBnX3Ba4

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.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n29GMkpybjk

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

• Twitch
• YouTube 

Ninjas in Pyjamas vs Cloud9 Match Time

16:30 ET/15:30 CST/13:30 PT.