Match Prediction: G2 Esports - Aurora | CS2 (CS:GO)
CCT Online Finals #5Welcome to EGamersWorld.
CCT Online Tournament #5 continues along with the play-offs. The race for $200,000 and two slots at the CCT Global Finals continues.
We've already talked about the lower grid matches and now it's time to get back to the tournament contenders. That is to say, to the matches of the upper grid, where G2 Esports and Aurora will play first for a trip to the grand finals.
We are endeavoring to determine which of the relatively renowned pair of teams will emerge as the initial participant in the Grand Final of CCT Online Finals #5. Additionally, we aim to identify the team that will navigate to the lower part of the grid, continuing their journey towards the top 2. Insights from CSGO trading sites can offer valuable perspectives on team dynamics and performance to aid in our analysis.
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G2 Esports Form.
Let's open the breakdown of the G2 Esports vs Aurora match with an analysis of the Samurai's form. In this match G2 Esports are the obvious and expected favourites. The odds for their victory are at around 1.3.
Almost all year long, G2 Esports have not left the podiums of major championships. Their rise as a TOP team started with BLAST Premier: Spring Groups 2023 and IEM Katowice 2023. Both championships G2 passed confidently and at two tournaments they deservedly became champions.
Next, the "samurai" were stormy. Last season ESL Pro League Season 17 G2 Esports finished on the 9-12 line, which is clearly not the level of the team that recently won Katowice 2023.
After a frankly weak performance at EPL Season 17 G2 Esports played at BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023. In Paris, NiKo and company had a real fiasco, as the tournament for them ended at the TOP-14 stage, which certainly did not fit into G2's plans.
- G2 Esports line-up: huNter, NiKo, m0NESY, nexa, HooXi.
Before ESL Pro League Season 18, G2 Esports made their mark on several other major tournaments. These were BLAST Premier: Spring Finals and Fall Groups, where G2 took top 4 and top 8 respectively.
Next up was IEM Cologne 2023 and finally a win. In the Grand Final they beat ENCE 3-1, thus taking another IEM title for the year.
The last championship was Gamers8. The biggest commercial tournament of the season ended with G2 Esports in the top 4.
G2 Esports started off ESL Pro League Season 18 with a betting tirerable win. They beat Lynn Vision 2-0 in their opening match, but to be fair, they were close to a fiasco on the first map. However, G2 Esports subsequently made it to the play-offs, and straight into the quarter-finals, where they met MOUZ. The Mice outplayed G2 Esports and later became EPL S18 champions.
G2 Esports attended two more events before participating at CCT Online Finals #5. These were BLAST Premier: Fall European Showdown 2023 and IEM Sydney 2023. Both tournaments the team finished in the Top 4 stage.
G2 Esports started their journey through CCT Online Finals 2023 with a match against Fluxo. Being the clear favourite G2 still gave away the map, but it didn't affect the outcome of the series - 2-1 in their favour.
Next they met Sprout and again they had a tough time. Being the clear favourite, the Samurai fought hard and gave the map away.
G2 Esports Mappool
The main map of G2 is Ancient. G2 played 8 matches there, of which they won 6.
Then comes Anubis (3 games, 2 wins), Vertigo (5 matches, 3 wins), Inferno (12 matches, 58% wins).
G2 Esports has no minus winnings on mapx. Among the "worst" choices are Nuke (7 matches, 4 wins), Mirage (4 wins, 4 losses).
Aurora Form
Let's continue the review of the match G2 Esports - Aurora with the analysis of Aurora's form. In this match, they are playing as the number two, with the odds of winning at around 3.3.
The 39th ranked team in the world doesn't boast a high scoring year. Aurora played everywhere they could, but everywhere they were "in the middle" at best.
Some of the standout performances are the ubiquitous CCT series tournaments, where Aurora did really well. For example, they won CCT South Europe Series #2 and CCT South Europe Series #3. If we talk about more prestigious championships, then everything was much worse there.
Aurora participated in BLAST.tv Paris Major 202: European RMR, and twice. And both times they failed the qualifying stage for the only Major, being ranked first TOP-11 and then TOP-6. They also failed to qualify for Gamers8 and IEM Sydney 2023.
- Aurora line-up: Lack1, Norwi, KENSI, lattykk, SELLTER .
Prior to the Long Convergence Roobet Cup 2023, the team made an appearance at the ESL Challenger at DreamHack Winter 2023: European Qualifier. And again top 4.
Where they were lucky was at Skyesports Championship 2023: European Qualifier. We defeated TSM in the final, thus getting a slot to the main tournament.
Roobet Cup 2023 is going well for Aurora so far. The team made it through the group stage with confidence, leaving Heroic and Eternal Fire behind.
The ongoing Roobet Cup 2023 continues to be the centrepiece of the 2023 tournament for the club. In the first round of the play-offs, Aurora stepped over OG very confidently, outscoring them 2-0.
However, Roobet Cup 2023 remained one of Aurora's main, if not the main, achievement. The team managed to make it to the play-offs and semi-finals before being knocked out by Monte.
Then there was a series of not very successful local tournaments. These included CCT Central Europe Series #8, with a top 8, CCT Online Finals #4 with a top 16, Pari, Please with a top 6 and finally qualifying for BetBoom Dacha with a top 4.
Aurora made their debut at CCT Onilne Finals #5 with a match against ALTERNATE aTTaX. The Germans were unable to put up a fight and Aurora advanced to the next round without a single problem, giving their opponent only 9 rounds per match.
In the semi-final match Aurora faced sAw. The Portuguese gave a great fight, but they were not enough for more than one map.
Aurora Mapple
Among the best maps of Aurora are Anubis and Overpass. The former has 6 maps and 100% wins, while the latter has 5 maps and 100% wins.
Next is Inferno with 13 matches and 10 wins. Nuke (7-4) and Ancient (3-3) are playing.
Worst of all is Vertigo. There are 2 defeats there.
History of head-to-head meetings Aurora - G2 Esports
Once G2 and Aurora played each other on BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023 Europe RMR. It was still on the CSGO version, and G2 won (16-14).
Predicted result of G2 Esports vs Aurora at CCT Onilne Finals #5
It's hard to bet against G2 Esports in this tournament, as they clearly look a level above the rest. It's true that looking doesn't mean playing.
G2 Esports gave maps to weaker opponents like Sprout, so Aurora has a good chance to beat the "samurai" at least on one map.
Bottom line: +1.5 on Aurora.