Match Overview

The second semi-final of IEM Katowice 2025 will be a rematch of a Group Stage match between Natus Vincere and Spirit. In a Group Stage, Natus Vincere won with a score of 2-1, with a third map ending up in overtime with a score of 16-14. Before that, they met a few weeks ago at BLAST Bounty, and the score was 2-0 in favor of Spirit. These two teams know each other well, and it is always interesting to watch the two best teams showing the best level of CS.

Last Heads-up Match Result and Players Statistics

Current Team and Players Form

Natus Vincere

They look better than before at BLAST Bounty, and now it seems like ‘jL’ is getting his form back from the times when he was the Copenhagen Major MVP.’ b1t’ is also in great form right now and can win a game on his own on a good day. ‘Aleksib’ had some fragging problems at BLAST Bounty, but it seems to be better at this tournament. Other than that, they are still the same top team they were last year, and they can take anyone down if everyone plays his game.

Spirit

They lost to Natus Vincere even though ‘donk’ had a rating of 1.38 by the end of the close match they had, and he was the best player in the game. ‘chopper’ and ‘magixx’ both couldn’t find their game that time. After the match with Natus Vincere, they played three more matches to make it to the semi-final, and both ‘magixx’ and ‘chopper’ were looking better. ‘sh1ro’ and ‘zont1x’ both being consistent, and not much to say about them, they are delivering as they expected to.

b1t called their recent match against Spirit a decent fight

Match Prediction

Even though the last match went in favor of Natus Vincere, it was a close match with one round difference in the end. ‘chopper’ and ‘magixx’ seem to be doing better since then, as we mentioned, and their being better might change the way this match goes this time. We expect Spirit to win this match.

Can Natus Vincere win against Spirit twice in a row, or will it be Spirit who will remind them what happened at BLAST Bounty and show them that the playoff stage is different? We will have to see it this Saturday at 19:00 CET!

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