BLAST Premier Spring Groups – Group C predictions

BLAST Premier Spring Groups is about to start and officially kick off the new CS:GO season. A total of 12 strong teams will compete in the tournament and group C is arguably the most interesting of the three.

All three groups are strong and feature world-class competitors. But the third one has G2 Esports and Natus Vincere, which will offer us one of the best CS:GO matches imaginable, if everything goes according to plan.

Group C participants and predictions

The four participants in group C of BLAST Premier Spring Groups are listed below:

• G2 Esports
• Natus Vincere
• BIG
• Ninjas in Pyjamas

The first two of these teams are known to be formidable. But the bottom two are both weaker and far less consistent.

In the case of G2 Esports, we can assess that they are almost certainly in great shape right now. They were the winners of the last $1 million tournament of 2022, which just so happened to be a BLAST Premier one.

With the memory of that event still fresh, Ilya “m0NESY” Osipov will probably try to win his group at this new tournament and start 2023 on a positive note.

Of course, in order for that to happen, G2 will need to defeat Na’Vi and it will not be easy at all. Oleksandr “s1mple” Kostyliev won the race for the best CS:GO player of 2022 and was probably responsible for his team’s latest roster move.

Na’Vi said goodbye to Viktor “sdy” Orudzhev after just half a season and decided to promote Andrii “npl” Kukharskyi from the academy team. This player is very young and will need quite a few months of practice to get used to S-tier Counter-Strike.

It doesn’t matter what your level of experience is in pubs and low-level tournaments. When you first start playing against the world’s best teams and individuals, the situation changes radically and you need to adapt.

For NiP, the situation looks a bit uncertain. The team recently signed Danyyl “headtr1ck” Valitov and nobody knows if this roster change will lead to an improvement or to a complete failure.

He’s only 18 and comes from Ukraine, a country that is famous for its CS:GO tradition and prowess. But it’s still a very risky move to bring someone so young to a team. He might not be able to communicate well enough with the rest of the players. And even though he comes from Na’Vi’s academy team, he still has much to learn.

Statistically, G2 should win the group and Na’Vi should end up qualifying for BLAST Premier Spring Final as well.

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