
Team Vitality’s run of dominance has continued into the BLAST Austin Major, more or less, and NaVi is likely set to be its next victim.
Match | BLAST Austin Major playoffs |
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Kick-off | June 20, 2025 at 2 pm ET |
Top pick | Vitality wins 2-0 |
Best price | GG.BET live odds |
Betting favorite | Team Vitality |
Outside a shocker best-of-one loss to Legacy in the group stage, Vitality has looked largely untouchable in Austin. That continues what was a monthslong run of exceptional play. Nemiga Gaming, 3DMAX, and Virtus.pro all took decisive losses from Vitality. Does NaVi have any chance of avoiding that same fate?
Betting tip: Vitality is a huge betting favorite here and for good reason. You can look for a low return on a more-or-less sure thing or get a bit adventurous and look for bigger gains.
My Team Vitality vs NaVi pick: Team Vitality wins (1.18 at gg.bet)
There isn’t much left to say regarding Team Vitality’s dominance this season. Since winning IEM Katowice, the team has looked nearly unstoppable. On the rare occasion where the team has shown a hint of weakness, it has rallied back and made a point of emphasizing how good it is.
That’s played out in the BLAST Austin Major. After a comparatively shaky showing in IEM Dallas and a loss to Legacy in its first game at the tournament, the team wasted no time in earning a spot in the playoffs. The team hasn’t really done anything new in the tournament, though Mathieu “ZywOo” Herbaut and Robin “ropz” Kool have both been performing at a particularly high level.
By comparison, NaVi has largely looked like the same team it has been throughout 2025 in Austin. It put on a generally strong showing in Stage 3, beating the teams it should have while taking a standard tough loss to Team Spirit. That’s not a good sign for the team’s chances here.
NaVi will need to really bring something special here to get a win over Vitality. Given Vitality’s strength in 2025 and the teams’ head-to-head history, it would be a true shocker if this ended in any way other than a clean Vitality win. Vitality is expected to win the Austin Major, and that path runs through NaVi.
Team Vitality | NaVi |
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apEX (IGL) | b1t |
ZywOo | Aleksib (IGL) |
flameZ | jL |
mezii | iM |
ropz | w0nderful |
Metric | Team Vitality | NaVi | Edge |
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Pistol round win% | 56.7% | 47% | Team Vitality |
Top-rated player | ZywOo (1.39) | B1t (1.09) | Team Vitality |
Map win-loss | 74-16 | 40-29 | Team Vitality |
Stats include all matches played by both teams in 2025.
Since December 2023, when NaVi locked in its current roster and Vitality added William “mezii” Merriman, the teams have played just three official matches. Vitality won all three, most notably in the finals of IEM Cologne 2024. They also played a showmatch across various Counter-Strike game modes, though these weren’t all proper matches. The two teams haven’t played in 2025 to this point.
Vitality and NaVi are the only teams left in Austin that have a different tournament in their five most recent matches. The 3-0 victory over MOUZ came in the IEM Dallas finals.
Similar to Vitality, NaVi started in the BLAST Austin Major Stage 3 and advanced with a 3-1 score. Prior to this, the team played in PGL Astana and finished top-eight.
Market | Odds |
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Team Vitality to win | 1.18 |
NaVi to win | 4.64 |
Over 2.5 maps | 2.44 |
Lines pulled from gg.bet at 12:45 pm MT on June 17, 2025.
It’s basically impossible to bet against Team Vitality unless they’re in a best-of-one. That means it’s worth looking at lines on GG.BET’s live odds that speak to Vitality posting a particularly dominant win. Either that or accepting a low-risk, low-reward bet.
Our pick: Vitality wins 2-0 @ 1.70 at GG.BET
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