fnatic-NiP clash headlines Pro League play-in

4-4-2020 05:13

The two Swedish rosters will be joined by FaZe, FORZE, Vitality, and OG to determine which three teams will advance to the second group stage of ESL Pro League Season 11 Europe, where Natus Vincere, Astralis, and MOUZ already await.

The first group stage of ESL Pro League Season 11 Europe saw Astralis claim the top spot in Group A with a 4-1 overall record, earning themselves a direct ticket to the second group stage. There, they are joined by the winners of Group B and C, Natus Vincere and MOUZ, while the teams who placed second and third in each group will participate in a play-in to determine which three sides will join the aforementioned trio in the second group stage.

FaZe and FORZE will be the first two teams to clash for a spot in the second stage, with Nikola "⁠NiKo⁠" Kovač and company taking on the Russian roster at 14:25 on Saturday. A Swedish derby between fnatic and Ninjas in Pyjamas will then unfold at 18:00 , the first time the two teams have clashed since the quarter-finals of DreamHack Masters Malmö six months ago, where Maikil "⁠Golden⁠" Selim's men prevailed in a three-map series.

fnatic will look to grab their second win over NiP on Saturday

The final play-in match, which is scheduled for 22:00 , will see Nathan "⁠NBK-⁠" Schmitt up against his former squad Vitality for the first time since he joined OG, with the winner moving on to the second group stage.

The second group stage will play out in similar fashion to the first, with all six teams playing one another in a single best-of-three series as part of a round-robin group. The group winner will advance directly to the best-of-five grand finals, while the second and third place teams will play in a decider match to determine the other finalist.

The schedule for the three play-in series, which will play out on Saturday, looks as follows:

14:25 FaZe vs. FORZE
18:00 fnatic vs. Ninjas in Pyjamas
22:00 Vitality vs. OG

Lets go fnatic

2020-04-04 05:14

5 replies

2020-04-04 06:11

Fan Faze Vit

2020-04-04 09:05

This clash is far from being what it once was... A match between Fnatic and Dignitas would be a way more hyped. That current NiP roster have only a bunch of newbies.

2020-04-04 12:22

+999

2020-04-04 13:47

wow

NBK's revenge?

2020-04-04 05:15

7 replies

2020-04-04 06:14

Hell yeah

2020-04-04 07:39

Lol, he will bot frag and they will lose.

2020-04-04 09:13

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lol. Thats shox ur talking about. And OG is gonna win it, all players are trash except zywoo. Zywoo >mantu and everybody else NBK > shox ISSA > RPK Valde > that new kid misuta (isnt even worth mentioning) Aleksib is by far better caller but not better frager than apex

2020-04-04 11:03

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If zywoo has a good day, shox plays like he did lately and misutaa steps up vitality should be able to win...if they dont step up it should be pretty easy for og to just outstrat them imo But u never know what a player like zywoo can do

2020-04-04 13:44

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thats the sad part , OG dont even need to step up to win it beacuse they got better strats. They expect zywoo to have 30+ kills but they dont care about that cuz rest of the team is trash. They will just try to avoid aim duels vs him and his position. Yesterday when faze beat og, they didnt beat them cuz of strats, its cuz OG tought that they can out aim faze wich ended up pretty bad cuz faze are aim heavy team and its hard to beat that.

2020-04-04 13:53

No chance for OG against zywoo

2020-04-04 12:16

2 Nice matches and 1 OK match. Nice :)

18 replies

The faze v forze match the OK 1???

17 replies

No. Fnc-NIP. Cuz Fnatic will win 2-0 quickly.

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Then what ya reckon the faze v forze match will be

2020-04-04 05:16

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Hard one...Probably FaZe 2-1, but not sure.

2020-04-04 05:17

I think forZe will take it 2-0, second map will be double overtime

2020-04-04 07:04

4 replies

What are you drinking

2020-04-04 10:14

Rakija

2020-04-04 11:27

RAKIA correcting people?

2020-04-04 11:29

100%

2020-04-04 12:31

I dunno m8, seems like plopski is an onliner. Might put up a fight

2020-04-04 05:20

Plopski is the next Brehze don't even @ me

2020-04-04 11:09

brehze is a very bad example lol maybe u mean onlinetares

2020-04-04 16:35

Brehze is a very good example cause i don't think Plopski is an onliner

2020-04-04 16:48

His LAN to ONLINE stats disagree

2020-04-04 17:24

Wtf? Are you autist?

2020-04-04 06:56

0/8

2020-04-04 09:12

2020-04-04 13:48

Haha, funny

2020-04-04 13:11

Faze v Forze lol

LET'S GO NIP!!

This format is sick, the final group is gonna be filled with great CS. An ultimate group of death

2020-04-04 05:19

+1 banger matches incoming.

2020-04-04 06:51

Sadly online but still nice

2020-04-04 13:45

2020-04-04 14:03

noice

2020-04-04 05:22

Ez for Faze, Fnatic and OG

I think the same. Vitality is not the same without Alex, tho forze is underrated

2020-04-04 05:24

Im a faze fan but i believe forze gonna play it with a close map

2020-04-04 06:38

Vitality the same level with misutaa tbh

2020-04-04 08:40

Meh...problem is if their individuals dont rek everyone, then apex has a problem calling...i see them winning if zywoo&co have a good day

2020-04-04 13:46

I think his calling has been fine so far dont really see much of a difference. Alex called some great matches sure but the sample size of apex is small and they still look decent tactically

2020-04-04 17:48

They are def not on the same level

2020-04-04 20:22

Based on what? Did you not watch Katowice? What did they do at Katowice that they havent shown in pro league? They were going downhill. With apex leading shox looks better and they have more overall skill. Just need to get comfortable in roles.

2020-04-04 21:25

Ez Fnatic if ban Vertigo

FZ vs FZ xD

2020-04-04 05:25

I like the title Nohte

2020-04-04 05:34

I don’t know why, but i feel like Faze are going to SOMEHOW fuck this up.

2020-04-04 05:35

FaZe is that kind of team that if you expect more, the more likely they are going to fuck it up.

2020-04-04 05:41

Lmao true. I was excited at first but then remembered, faze love to disappoint. But they didn't disappoint last night, so yeah fingerscrossed

2020-04-04 05:47

Ye one hour left, fingerscrossed :D

2020-04-04 13:28

I mean, forZe is a great team. I wouldn't be surprised if faze looses 2-0

2020-04-04 07:05

Yeah i think if forze has a good day and some faze individual goes missing it can go forzes way real fast

shouldnt it be will look to grab? admin

2020-04-04 05:36

the swedish classico is back! PogChamp

2020-04-04 05:44

Ez for forze and OG will be winner in this fight screen it ladies.

2020-04-04 05:52

fnatic will look grab their second win over NiP on Saturday

2020-04-04 06:16

Fnatic with the 2-0... ez -1.5 betting prediction

2020-04-04 06:20

Likely.

OG vs vitality, that was spicy.

2020-04-04 07:07

again DERBY <3

2020-04-04 07:13

forZe, fnatic, Vitality

NBK revenge Pog

2020-04-04 07:40

Zywoo -20kd

2020-04-04 07:55

Even tho I think Fnatic is going to win it hopefully will be a great match 2-1 probably

2020-04-04 07:57

NiP will put up a fight

2020-04-04 08:23

Nbk vs Vitality. Swedish derby. Big storylines

2020-04-04 08:39

Ez for fnatic and vitality

2020-04-04 08:44

It should be: Faze Fnatic Vitality But there have been surprising result in this series so we will see.

2020-04-04 08:58

wait what? overdogs should win? wtf? what are you smoking?

2020-04-04 12:18

NBK vs Vitality Let’s go!! #DreamOG

2020-04-04 09:09

Whi cares? Neither nip or fnatic are the same. Their rosters changed dramatically. Thers no og nip player anymore. It was always betwren the players not orgs...

2020-04-04 09:31

fnatic still has the legendary 3 man core of flusha jw and krimz

2020-04-04 18:24

3 in vs 7 gone Also the teams used to be among the best in the world. Thats why it was el classico. Now its just a t3 match...

2020-04-04 22:24

ForZe NiP Vitality

2020-04-04 09:35

Tight

2020-04-04 17:59

You jusr had to loose to ence, didnt you..

2020-04-04 09:41

I have this feeling in the guts that FaZe will lose this match smh

2020-04-04 09:45

Faze/Fnatic/V

2020-04-04 09:48

Wait what?So the second group stage will be one group of 10 teams,the best team advance to the grand finals,but 2nd and 3rd to play against each other for the second grand final spot?

I Still don't get it :/

2020-04-04 10:25

One group of six teams. Astralis, Na`Vi, mousesports, and the three winners of the matches at the end.

2020-04-04 10:57

Oh But What about NA Group? What Will happen to them???

I guess they jave same system cause its online...they have to keep it regional ibguess

2020-04-04 13:50

thats very strange...

2020-04-04 18:21

NA group has a different format, 4 teams go from the group stage to playoffs. Top 2 teams (Liquid and EG) go to the upper bracket final, 3rd and 4th place teams (FURIA and MIBR) go to lower bracket final.

2020-04-05 00:57