Natus Vincere vs Imperial Female Prediction: Natus Vincere will win this encounter

Prediction for the match between Natus Vincere and Imperial Female which will take place on January 16. Who will turn out to be stronger? Check the team conditions! Several betting options are available.

Natus Vincere

The Born to Win will make their new season debut against the best women's team of 2024. Natus Vincere was honored at the HLTV Awards 2024 with the World's Best Team award, so the match will have a special status at BLAST Bounty Spring 2025: Closed Qualifer.

The B1ad3 team approached the new season unchanged. Despite recent setbacks at the Shanghai Major and the BLAST World Finals, the coach and organization still believe in their charges. The team had a great season, winning four trophies at the dash-1 level, including the first CS2 major in Copenhagen. B1t, jL, w0nderful and iM were ranked among the top 20 players of 2024, AleksiB became the best IGL, and B1ad3 took home the title of best coach. Natus Vincere prefers to play a team playstyle, not emphasizing a specific star in the lineup. At the moment the role of leader on the server can take any player, including AleksiB. Natus Vincere is currently ranked third in the HLTV rankings and is in the top 10 of Valve's rankings.

This squad is achieving high results after productive bootcamps. The team prepared for PGL Copenhagen Major 2024 for a long time and made a mini-sensation, surprising all the tops at that time. After a summer break in 2024, Natus Vincere thoroughly overcame all the cards and on a wild preparation went to six grand finals in a row, three of which they managed to win. Natus Vincere is a sign of stability in CS2 and the best game structure for the beginning of 2025.

Imperial Female

Imperial Female is the best female team of 2024. The backbone of the female team is made up of ANa, twenty3, tory and Kat - the four girls transferred from the legendary Nigma Galaxy roster with captain vilga. They have dominated the CS2 female scene since 2021, with no equal in their category.

For Imperial Female, matches against male teams are no longer new. The girls have repeatedly stated that they would like to fight all teams on equal terms, but practice shows that ANa and company are not yet ready to create serious competition for the male teams. Imperial Female competed at YaLLa Compass Spring 2024 and lost to dash-3 opponents: Sprout, Team Sampi and 500, all with crushing scores. Imperial Female won 24 rounds over six cards, and all girls averaged a 0.6-0.7 individual HLTV rating.

Imperial Female made it to BLAST Bounty Spring 2025: Closed Qualifer thanks to a nuanced ranking by Valve. The female team's matches at the dash-1 level in CS2 will attract attention from the entire community, but don't expect a fight, much less an upsets against Natus Vincere. The battle of the best men's and women's teams will be loud only on paper.

Expert Betting Tips

It is clear in advance that Natus Vincere will win this encounter. The main question in this match: how many rounds will the girls be able to take away from the Born to win? Imperial Female's past experience against male teams ended sadly, with the team averaging four rounds per map (and if you don't take into account the fight with Team Sampi, the number drops to 3). We believe that Natus Vincere will not let Imperial Female win more than 10 rounds per series.

Total Under 17.5 on Map 1 for 1.82