{"id":27681,"date":"2025-07-27T17:22:44","date_gmt":"2025-07-27T17:22:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/?p=27681"},"modified":"2025-07-28T09:25:44","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T09:25:44","slug":"natus-vincere-vs-mouz-stage-2-prediction-iem-cologne-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/cs2-predictions\/natus-vincere-vs-mouz-stage-2-prediction-iem-cologne-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Natus Vincere vs MOUZ &#8211; Stage 2 Prediction &#8211; IEM Cologne 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Natus Vincere <\/strong>will play their second match at<strong> IEM Cologne 2025<\/strong> in the Group B upper bracket semi-final against the second-best team in the world, <strong>MOUZ<\/strong>. <strong>Natus Vincere<\/strong> had a successful debut with <strong>\u2018makazze\u2019 <\/strong>against <strong>FaZe, <\/strong>and now they will have to meet a better opponent. These two teams met at <strong>Perfect World Shanghai Major 2024<\/strong>, and <strong>MOUZ <\/strong>won with a <strong>score of 2-1<\/strong>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Visit&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/xplay.gg\/pickem?utm_source=blixgg&amp;utm_medium=article&amp;utm_campaign=pickem_predictions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Xplay\u2019s CS2 Pick\u2019em<\/a>, make predictions for CS2 matches to get<strong>&nbsp;Free Rewards<\/strong>. Accurate predictions earn points, in-game currency, and skins \u2013 from AWPs to Knives and Gloves. You can participate for&nbsp;<strong>Free&nbsp;<\/strong>or in&nbsp;<strong>Premium Mode&nbsp;<\/strong>with even more bonuses and a chance to get into the<strong>&nbsp;Top 100<\/strong>, where real prizes are awarded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Last Heads-up Match Result and Players Statistics<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"347\" height=\"260\" src=\"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/navim.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27682\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/navim.png 347w, https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/navim-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/navim-150x112.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 347px) 100vw, 347px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"707\" height=\"412\" src=\"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/navimouz-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27685\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/navimouz-1.png 707w, https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/navimouz-1-300x175.png 300w, https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/navimouz-1-150x87.png 150w, https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/navimouz-1-450x262.png 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 707px) 100vw, 707px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Natus Vincere vs. MOUZ &#8211; Perfect World Shanghai Major 2024<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Current Team and Players Form<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Natus Vincere<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>In their debut match against <strong>FaZe <\/strong>where they played with their recent addition from academy team <strong>\u2018makazze\u2019 <\/strong>he showed himself as a promising young talent and it didn\u2019t seem like he had problems playing even though he didn\u2019t have that much of experience against top teams. <strong>\u2018b1t\u2019 <\/strong>was leading the scoreboards for his team and it seems like break was something that he needed to get back in shape. <strong>FaZe <\/strong>wasn\u2019t the real test yet, but as of now, <strong>Natus Vincere<\/strong> seems to be in good form.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">MOUZ<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u2018torszi\u2019 <\/strong>was the one dominating the game against <strong>Liquid <\/strong>in their opening match. He was the one player to call consistent all the time, so he kept to his level. Other than him, <strong>\u2018xertioN\u2019 <\/strong>and <strong>\u2018Jimpphat\u2019 <\/strong>helped their star player frag enemies. They seem to be in good form, and there is no reason to doubt one of the best teams in the world until proven wrong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">xertioN is happy about their game<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/xertioNCS\/status\/1949463834172813746\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Match Prediction<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Even though <strong>Natus Vincere<\/strong> had a successful debut, we should count that it was against <strong>FaZe, <\/strong>who also recently brought back their original player and were testing how it works out. <strong>MOUZ <\/strong>was one of the best teams in the world throughout this year, and they will have the advantage here since they didn\u2019t make any roster changes. We expect<strong> MOUZ to win<\/strong> this match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Can <\/em><strong><em>Natus Vincere <\/em><\/strong><em>and their young star, <\/em><strong><em>\u2018makazze,\u2019 <\/em><\/strong><em>repeat their success and keep winning, or will <\/em><strong><em>MOUZ <\/em><\/strong><em>show them what it means to be an elite-level team? We will have to see this <\/em><strong><em>Monday <\/em><\/strong><em>at <\/em><strong><em>13:30 CET<\/em><\/strong><em>!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you don\u2019t know where to bet on this match, you can check out&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/blix.gg\/betting\/best-cs2-betting-sites-for-2024\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">our list of top betting sites<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Natus Vincere will play their second match at IEM Cologne 2025 in the Group B upper bracket semi-final against the second-best team in the world, MOUZ. Natus Vincere had a successful debut with \u2018makazze\u2019 against FaZe, and now they will have to meet a better opponent. These two teams met at Perfect World Shanghai Major<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":27686,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[242],"tags":[5],"class_list":{"0":"post-27681","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cs2-predictions","8":"tag-cs2"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27681","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/75"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27681"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27681\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27713,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27681\/revisions\/27713"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27686"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27681"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27681"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27681"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}