Match Prediction: Astralis - Team Liquid | CS2 (CS:GO)
PGL Major Antwerp 2022 Challengers StageAstralis and Team Liquid will meet in the final round of the PGL Major Antwerp 2022 Challengers Stage. I believe that not only the relegation from the tournament is at stake, but also some places in the teams, because playing like this requires more effort. However, in this case, I tend to choose the Astralis team, which, although it shows shaky CS, looks aloof against the background of Team Liquid.
Astralis shape
The ninth team of the world ranking performs ambiguously in the PGL Major Antwerp 2022. It seemed that after the defeat of the IHC and all the previous successes, the Danes would continue in the same spirit. However, Astralis does not press on something, constantly creating problems for itself out of the blue and giving away seemingly obvious rounds. I confess that I am very worried about the Danes. However, the team is in a winning position relative to its opponent, which I will build on.
Astralis latest results:
- Lost to ENCE with a score of 1:2.
- Victory over IHC with a score of 16:2.
- Defeat from Vitality with a score of 8:16.
- Victory over MIBR with a score of 16:13.
- Defeated by Team Spirit with a score of 0:2.
Best Astralis cards:
- Nuke - 80% win rate.
- Ancient - 73% of wins.
- Overpass - 60% of wins.
Moreover, the Danish team can ban both Dust 2 and Mirage with Vertigo.
Form Team Liquid
The 13th team in the world ranking failed the first game day of PGL Major Antwerp 2022. Yes, in the third round the North American team managed to cope with 9z, but again there were problems. Moreover, the "liquid" were incredibly lucky with an opponent who, besides representing the same region, is also experiencing great difficulties. As a result, Liquid got a real chance to get the second victory in a row.
Latest Team Liquid results:
- Defeat from paiN with a score of 1:2.
- Lost to G2 with a score of 6:16.
- Defeated by Imperial with a score of 10:16.
- Victory over 9z with a score of 2:0.
- Victory over Complexity with a score of 2:0.
The best maps of Team Liquid:
- Mirage - 80% of wins.
- Vertigo - 70% of wins.
- Ancient - 67% of wins.
- Dust 2 - 60% of wins.
- Overpass - 50% of wins.
I note that the North American team stopped playing on the Nuke map.
Match statistics Astralis — Team Liquid
The teams have not yet met in the current lineups.
Prediction for the match Astralis — Team Liquid
A controversial meeting as both teams leave more questions than they answer. But if you look at the situation from the outside, then Liquid simply has no success as such. It seems that the "liquids" are playing the North American RMR tournament, routinely beating only 9z and Complexity.
Against this background, the Danes must show themselves and open up, otherwise they may get a strong kick in the ass and lose their place. But I do not believe in a scenario in which the wards of trace will yield to a representative of an objectively weak region, which, moreover, experiences no less difficulties with adaptation.
Therefore, here I would recommend betting on the victory of the Astralis team.
Bookmakers & Statistics
Now, the majority of bookmaker companies believe in Team Liquid victory. Odds on them are equal to 2.069. According to bookmakers data, Astralis are the outsider and odds on their victory amounts 3.622.
What are the successes of the teams in the last games
Last Matches | Astralis | Team Liquid |
5 matches (wins) | 2 | 2 |
10 matches (wins) | 5 | 7 |
Gamblers will definitely be interested in the statistics of personal meetings between the teams. The teams played 38 matches with each other before. In these battles Astralis got 30 victories while Team Liquid managed to take 8 matches.