Astralis and Evil Geniuses will meet in the Pinnacle Cup Championship 2022 group stage. It is clear that the Danes have big problems related to both the results and the uncertain future. There have already been talks about the next changes in the composition, although the problems are much deeper. Astralis was lucky only with the fact that in the first match the team will play with Evil Geniuses, and these are North American jesters who play a tournament once a month, but also fail it.
Astralis shape
The 12th team of the world ranking failed at the last IEM Dallas 2022. It is difficult to repeat the same things over and over again, but the team does not have smart and fresh ideas that would work on the TIER-1 scene with today's meta.
So we get defeats from not the most stable Vitality and G2 at the end, and we are also satisfied with the victory over the Australians from Encore. It is clear that Astralis is probably working on the return of dev1ce, but for now, we have to sort out problems in an emergency way, running blameF and k0nfig over and over again.
Astralis latest results:
- Defeated by Team Spirit with a score of 0:2.
- Lost to Team Liquid with a score of 0:2.
- Defeat from Vitality with a score of 12:16.
- Victory over Encore with a score of 2:0.
- Lost to G2 with a score of 1:2.
Best Astralis cards:
- Nuke - 73% of wins.
- Overpass - 67% of wins.
- Mirage - 60% of wins.
- Ancient - 58% of wins.
At the same time, the Danish team continues to refuse both Dust 2 and Vertigo.
Evil Geniuses form
The 39th team of the world ranking last appeared on our screens at the end of April, when they failed in the quarterfinals of BLAST Premier Spring Showdown 2022 North America and went to rest.
Here the organization fussed over, signing two more full-fledged compositions. I don't know what this story will look like, but it looks strange. Plus, the main backbone of Evil Geniuses leaves much to be desired, as well as only one autimatic stands out from the entire composition. In any case, there is no hope for the Evil Geniuses, since they have not even found a new head coach.
Evil Geniuses latest results:
- Victory over Party Astronauts with a score of 2:0.
- Lost to Team Liquid with a score of 1:2.
- Victory over Carpe Diem with a score of 2:1.
- Defeat from GODSENT with a score of 0:2.
- Defeat from GODSENT with a score of 0:2.
Best Evil Geniuses cards:
Let me remind you that the North American team never started playing on the Ancient map.
Match statistics Astralis — Evil Geniuses
As part of the current season, the teams held one meeting - at ESL Pro League Season 15, the victory went to Astralis (2:0).
Astralis vs Evil Geniuses Prediction
It is clear that both teams are already preparing for the break in order to once again come up with something with the lineups. However, even in such a situation, the prospects for Evil Geniuses are close to zero, since the team cannot achieve anything even in their TIER-2 region.
Yes, the Danes are now not showing even half of their once-champion game. But it will not appear, because the team simply has no ideas. And yet here I would recommend betting on the victory of the Astralis team with Handicap in rounds (-3.5). I will explain this by the fact that Evil Geniuses is just a ridiculous team.
