Match Prediction: sAw - Aurora | CS2 (CS:GO)
CCT Online Finals #5Welcome to EGamersWorld.
CCT Online Finals #5 continues. There are still 16 teams in the race for $200,000 and two trips to the CCT Global Finals. But now, the teams have secured spots in the second round of the upper play-offs grid and, consequently, in the lower play-offs grid.
We're talking about what's happening in the winner's bracket, namely the match between sAw - Aurora. The winner of this pairing will move on, where they will play against the winner of the G2 Esports - Sprout match.
We are currently assessing which team will showcase superior strength in the sAw - Aurora pairing, securing a spot in the semi-finals. Simultaneously, we are identifying the team that will descend to the bottom set, where any further mistakes will jeopardize their chances to proceed. For comprehensive insights into team dynamics and potential outcomes, consider consulting reputable CSGO trade sites.
Let's go.
Form sAw
We open the match breakdown with an analysis of sAw's match form. In this match they are playing on equal terms with Aurora, and the odds on them winning are at around 1.8.
sAw are ranked at number 30 in the HLTV world rankings. This is thanks to playing in a lot of tournaments of different calibre.
They started the year with qualifications for ESL Pro League Season 17: European Conference. There we shared the top 1. Then there were two Top 4s at CCT South Europe Series #2 and OMEN WGR Challenge 2023.
There were also appearances at major championships, such as ESL Pro League Season 17. However, it was not possible to get a high result, only TOP-28, but the experience of the game.
Later sAw took the top 8 at CCT North Europe Series #4, top 4 at ESL Challenger League Season 44: Europe. In April 2023, sAw played at BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023: European RMR A, but failed to rise above the TOP-16. But they managed to do it later, at local tournaments.
This was the case at Masters League Portugal Season 11: Online, where sAw won the trophy by beating For the Win in the final. This was the case at ESL Masters Espana Season 13: Onilne Stage, ESL Masters Espana Season 13, CCT West Europe #4.
- Composition sAw: MUTiRiS, rmn, ewjerkz, story, arrozdoce.
Before taking part in CCT Online Finals #5 sAw played a lot of championships and, to be fair, they were good almost everywhere. They took top 2 at Thunderpick World Championship 2023: European Series #2, CCT North Europe Series #6, Aveiro Techdays Cup 2023, Master League Portugal Season 12: Online Stage.
We also played in big tournaments, such as Thunderpick World Championship 2023, where unfortunately for us we couldn't rise above TOP-12. At the end of November we won Master League Portugal Season 12 and XL Games Clash 2023.
CCT Online Finals #5 sAw Long Sogpeg were very confident. They easily ran over Team Space in the first round of the top set, winning 2-0.
Mappool sAw.
The most successful map for sAw is Nuke, where the Spaniards have 3 wins with 1 loss. Followed by Vertigo with a score of 2-1 and Ancient with a score of 3-2.
Neutral choices are Inferno and Anubis. Both maps have been played 4 times and on both maps the stats are 2-2.
The worst situation is on Overpass, where sAw won 2 matches out of 6.
Mirage are not playing.
Aurora Form
Let's continue the analysis of the match sAw vs Aurora with the analysis of the Aurora form. In this match they play on the same level as the Portuguese from sAw.
The 39th team of the world ranking can not boast of high performance for the year. Aurora played everywhere they could, but everywhere they were at best "in the middle".
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.
Aurora Mapple
Among the best maps of Aurora are Anubis and Overpass. The former has 6 cards and 100% wins, while the latter has 5 cards 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 - sAw
Aurora and sAw played each other at CCT 2023 Online Finals 2. Aurora won then, but not the easiest one - 2-1.
Predicted result of Aurora vs sAw at CCT Online Finals #5
From this match we should expect a vigorous Counter-Strike 2. This, in addition to the pre-match odds, is indicated by the overall level of play of the teams. In terms of the winner, I think Aurora has a slightly better chance.
Bottom line: total +2.5 / win Aurora.