February 4 in the first stage of the Intel Extreme Masters Katowice 2023 CS group stage:GO CIS derby will take place — Cloud9 will meet with Natus Vincere. Analysts of the betting company PARI prefer the Cloud9 team. The match in the best-of-3 format starts at 14:30 Moscow time.Cloud9, which replaced the player before the start of the new season, started the tournament from the Play-In stage and has already managed to get into the necessary game rhythm, having dealt with IHC and ENCE.
Analysts give a coefficient of 1.62 for the victory of the Russian roster.
For NAVI, who also reshuffled the squad before the start of the season, this match will be the first in the framework of IEM Katowice 2023. Despite the fact that the Ukrainian team is six lines higher in the world ranking than Cloud9, experts consider "born to win" an outsider in this duel. The probability of success of NAVI is estimated by a coefficient of 2.30.PARI clients are confident in the victory of C9 — about 77% of the total volume of bets on the outcome of the meeting falls on the Russian team.
Cloud9 finished the previous match at the tournament with a score of 2:1. The probability that the same score will be recorded in this match is estimated by a coefficient of 3.50. Experts consider a "dry" victory of the Russian team with a score of 2:0 to be a more likely event — the coefficient for such an outcome is 2.80. PARI analysts see the least possible outcome of the confrontation as a victory for NAVI with a score of 2:0 — you can bet on it with a coefficient of 4.30.
The largest bet among PARI's clients for the upcoming match is 400,000 rubles to win Cloud9 with a coefficient of 1.70. The player added this option to the express of two IEM Katowice 2023 events with a total coefficient of 2.16.Intel Extreme Masters Katowice 2023 runs from February 1 to February 12.
From February 4 to 7, the group stage of the tournament will be held, following which the six best teams will advance to the playoffs. The decisive matches of the championship will take place on February 10, 11 and 12 at the Spodek Arena.
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