paiN Gaming vs. Ninjas in Pyjamas Prediction on March 8, 2023

Match info

The second quarterfinal of the upper bracket of the CS: GO’s ESL Pro League Season 17 group stage (Group C) schedule is to feature paiN Gaming and Ninjas in Pyjamas. Given that the Brazilians have returned to Europe where they are everything but the favorites, we don’t believe there will be much suspense in this match, which will start on Wednesday, March 8 at 4:00 PM local time in Malta.

Meeting statistics

You must be aware that with the most recent lineup adjustments, the Swedish squad had ample time to play. Their organization will need to take further measures if the Ninjas in Pyjamas continue underperforming.

For paiN Gaming, this is an extremely important match given that the team plays consistently by North American standards but fails on and on at LAN competitions, where even IHC Esports manage to beat them.

Given the Swedes have an imperative of must ending the match with a clear win, we wouldn’t look for a thrill here if we were you. As a result, we’d want to focus on Ninjas in Pyjamas’ probable resounding triumph over the Brazilians, who are by at least two classes below their rivals. CS: GO bookmakers also awarded the role of the favorite to NiP.

The current form of paiN Gaming

The 31st-placed team in the world rankings made it to the IEM Katowice 2023 Play-In, where they lost twice without even taking home a single map victory. Furthermore, the Brazilians were able to lose both matches to IHC Esports, which speaks something about their inability to compete under pressure. After failing in the closed qualifiers for IEM Rio 2023, the team eventually made its way back to its local region where it qualified for the BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023 America RMR.

With regard to the latter, paiN Gaming also won the ESEA Winter 2023 Cash Cup 3 North America and advanced to the ESL Challenger League Season 44 North America playoffs, where they lost to ATK once.

The latest results of paiN Gaming:

• Victory over Detonate with a score of 2-1.
• Lost to ATK with a score of 1-2.
• Victory over TeamOne with a score of 2-1.
• Victory over Limitless with a score of 2-0.
• Victory over ex-Villainous with a score of 2-0.

Mirage is the best paiN Gaming card with 86% of victories. It’s important to remember that the Brazilian team has stopped using the Overpass map.

The current form of Ninjas in Pyjamas

The 17th-ranked team in the world finished last at the January BLAST Premier Spring Groups 2023 after losing twice to Natus Vincere in the group stage and then struggling to beat Astralis in the Play-In’s opening match.

The Swedish team then changed its starting lineup to include Kristian “k0nfig“ Wienecke. They also confidently walked through the IEM Katowice 2023 Play-In with the Danish in the squad, where they earned two victories.

Unfortunately, the squad fell against Vitality and Outsiders in the group stage of IEM Katowice 2023 and was eliminated. But, NiP had fantastic opportunities to plan and come up with solutions to rejoin the cohort of leaders in a month.

The latest results of Ninjas in Pyjamas:

• Lost to Astralis with a score of 1-2.
• Victory over MIBR with a score of 16-13.
• Victory over Team Spirit with a score of 2-0.
• Lost to Vitality with a score of 0-2.
• Lost to the Outsiders with a score of 1-2.

The best Ninjas in Pyjamas card is Mirage with 67% of wins. In turn, they don’t appear on the Anubis map.

Head-to-head encounters

The teams have never met before.

Match analytics

You must realize that paiN Gaming earn their points in North America, where they compete against rivals on the same level as Limitless and Detonate, despite the high numbers and generally positive statistics. Also, the Brazilian team stops competing at a high level as soon as they land in Europe and they lose match after match.

True, Ninjas in Pyjamas started the new season on the wrong foot, but there were a few instances where the squad stood out. Now, after a month of planning, everything ought to come together.

As a result, given the (non)difficulty of their rivals, we’d advise placing a wager on the Ninjas in Pyjamas winning with a score of 2-0 with odds of 1.87 on 32Red.

Results of the forecast

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