Natus Vincere will meet FaZe in the opening match, with both teams testing their recent roster changes at IEM Cologne 2025. Natus Vincere was the best team of 2024, and now they’re trying to come back to the top level. The same goes for FaZe, which was the top contender that year. These two teams met a long time ago at BLAST Premier World Final 2024, and FaZe won with a score of 2-1.
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Last Heads-up Match Result and Players Statistics
Current Team and Players Form
Natus Vincere
The last time we saw this team play was back at BLAST.tv Austin Major, where they lost in the quarter-final match against Vitality, which was a close match round-wise. Since then, Natus Vincere, like most of the teams, went on the summer break. ‘jL’ decided to step down from the team. They brought in ‘makazze’, who was playing for their academy team. We are yet to see how they perform with a new young star.
FaZe
Even though they couldn’t keep ‘s1mple’ in their team after the BLAST.tv Austin Major, they brought back their Latvian player ‘broke’, and as of now, it seems that the team chemistry is even better. They didn’t lose a single match on their way to Stage 2, and they won against BIG and Liquid. ‘broke’ and his incredible performance with a sniper rifle were one of the key reasons they made it here.
Match Prediction
Natus Vincere is a dark horse in this match, and FaZe is back to their roots with their original roster, as we would call it. FaZe will have an advantage in that case, as Natus Vincere will be playing with their new young player, who is yet to get his big-stage experience for the first time. We expect FaZe to win this match.
Can ‘makazze’ turn around things for Natus Vincere and start his path to becoming a top player, or will it be FaZe to show that they’re back to the top? We will have to see it this Saturday at 18:30 CET!
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