Match Prediction: Astralis - Vitality | CS2 (CS:GO)

ESL Pro League Season 19 playoffs are gradually reaching the finish line. In the semi-finals of the tournament Astralis will play against Team Vitality. The winner will go to the grand finals, while the loser will take 3-4th place and earn $45,000. The format of the match is bo3. Will ZywOo and team get the upper hand? Let's find out.

In this betting thread you will find out how the participants of this match have performed recently, how they did in their previous professional tournament and how this match will end.

Astralis Form

A team from Denmark, Astralis have been positioning their playing form correctly in the previous year and have been successful in smaller tournaments, but they have also tried not to miss out on the big international tournaments. Among the successful performances, it is worth noting the victories in such tournaments as CCT North Europe Series #3 and CCT South Europe Series #4, which allowed Astralis to earn $44,000 in prize money. ESL Pro League Season 17 saw the team fail, finishing in 17th-20th place. A silver medal at Brazy Party earned the club $70,000. At Intel Extreme Masters Dallas 2023 blameF and his teammates took 5th-6th place, and at BLAST Premier: Spring Final 2023 they finished 7th-8th. Astralis also participated in the Gamers8 2023: Last Chance Qualifier. The team managed to play two matches as part of the qualifier and finished in the qualifiers. The 4th-6th place at BLAST Premier: Fall Groups 2023 brought blameF and his team $17,500 in prize money and a slot in BLAST Premier: Fall Final 2023. Astralis also took part in the Intel Extreme Masters Cologne 2023. The team demonstrated decent play and made it to the top 4 of the standings. The players earned $80,000 for their 3-4th place finish. At Pinnacle Cup V Astralis also finished in 3-4th place and received $5,000 in prize money. The performance at ESL Pro League Season 18 was not the most successful, as the team took 13-16th place. Astralis also participated in Roobet Cup 2023, where they finished on the 13th-16th place in the standings and were left without prize money. The 3-4th place at CS Asia Championships 2023 brought $50,000 to the players. Astralis also made it to the top 8 of BLAST Premier: Fall Final 2023 and BetBoom Dacha. The team kicked off the new 2024 year by qualifying for PGL Major Copenhagen 2024: European RMR B. A top 6 finish at BLAST Premier: Spring Groups 2024 secured $12,500 in prize money and a trip to BLAST Premier: Spring Final 2024. A 21st-24th place finish at IEM Katowice 2024 earned Astralis a $2,500 consolation prize. In an attempt to qualify for the first Major tournament of the season, the European club finished 9-11th at PGL Major Copenhagen 2024: European RMR B and went to the Decider stage, which they failed to qualify for.

Earlier Astralis played at Intel Extreme Masters Chengdu 2024, where they started their journey with a 13-2 victory over Chinese club Steel Helmet on Ancient, which allowed them to reach the semi-finals of the top set of Group B. There Astralis outplayed FaZe Clan on two maps in a row (Ancient - 13-7, Nuke - 13-4). In the winner final the team defeated Virtus.pro with a similar result (Overpass - 13-6, Vertigo - 13-7) and went to the play-offs semifinals. There Astralis Ledge and FaZe Clan in a full bo3 series and finished their participation in the tournament on the 3-4th place, receiving $20,000.

According to the results of the draw of the group stage of ESL Pro League Season 19 Astralis got into Group A. The players defeated Eternal Fire on two maps (Vertigo - 13-5, Overpass - 13-9) in the quarterfinals of the top grid, and then outplayed FaZe Clan with a similar result (Ancient - 13-11, Nuke - 13-9). The final of the upper grid against 3DMAX ended with Astralis winning 2-0 (Inferno - 13-7, Ancient - 13-3). This performance took the team to the quarter-finals of the play-offs. There the team outplayed Team Liquid on two maps in a row (Inferno - 13-9, Overpass - 13-7).

Statistics of the latest Astralis results:

• Victory over Team Liquid with a score of 2:0
• Victory over 3DMAX with the score 2:0
• 2:0 win over FaZe Clan
• 2:0 win over Eternal Fire
• Defeat by FaZe Clan with the score 1:2

Team Vitality's form

Team Vitality had a great year, although they didn't start the previous season in the best way. The European team started the year with 1-3rd place at BLAST Premier: Spring Groups 2023, followed by 5th-8th place at Intel Extreme Masters Katowice 2023 and ESL Pro League Season 17. But then ZywOo and his teammates were able to pick up their form and win the Intel Extreme Masters Rio 2023 and BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023, earning a combined $600,000 in prize money at those two events. In BLAST Premier: Spring Final 2023, Team Vitality finished in second place at the tournament and won $85,000. BLAST Premier: Fall Groups 2023 finished in 4th-6th place for Vitality, which earned them $17,500 in prize money and a slot in BLAST Premier: Fall Final 2023. ZywOo and his team also participated in the Intel Extreme Masters Cologne 2023 where they finished in 3rd-4th place and won $80,000. At Gamers8 2023, a LAN event in Saudi Arabia with a prize pool of $1,000,000, Team Vitality was victorious and earned the top prize of $400,000. Vitality also competed at ESL Pro League Season 18, where they managed to finish in the top 8. The 5th-8th places in the standings provided the players with $35,000 in prize money. At the Intel Extreme Masters Sydney 2023, Team Vitality finished in the top 16 and received a $4,000 consolation prize. ZywOo and his teammates ended the year as BLAST Premier: Fall Final 2023 champions, earning $200,000 as well as a slot in BLAST Premier: World Final 2023. The gaming year ended with a win at BLAST Premier: World Final 2023, which earned the team a top prize of $500,000. The new year started for Team Vitality with a win in Group A at BLAST Premier: Spring Groups 2024, which earned them $22,500 and a trip to BLAST Premier: Spring Final 2024. At the Intel Extreme Masters Katowice 2024, ZywOo and his teammates failed to please their fans, finishing 13th-16th in the standings and earning $10,000.

Previously, Vitality participated in PGL Major Copenhagen 2024, where Team Vitality made it to the PGL Major Copenhagen 2024: European RMR B tournament. At the tournament itself, the Long Sogpeg team was in the elimination stage. In the first match ZywOo and team lost to Eternal Fire and travelled to the lower matches of the second round, where they defeated The MongolZ with a score of 13-9 on the Nuke map. The European club's next opponent was the Brazilians from Imperial Esports, who were outlasted by Vitality with a 13-9 score on the Overpass map. In the top matches of the fourth round Team Vitality defeated Complexity Gaming in a complete bo3 series (Inferno - 19-16, Vertigo - 7-13, Anubis - 13-10), which allowed them to enter the play-offs of the tournament. The first opponent for ZywOo and his team in the final stage was Cloud9. A 2-0 victory (Inferno - 13-8, Anubis - 13-2) secured Vitality's place in the semi-finals of the tournament.

According to the results of the ESL Pro League Season 19 draw, Team Vitality were placed in Group B. Their first opponent was Sharks Esports. The victory over the Brazilians on two maps in a row (Vertigo - 13-11, Mirage - 13-3) took ZywOo and his teammates to the semi-finals. There Vitality defeated BetBoom Team with the same result (Mirage - 13-4, Anubis - 13-9) and went to the final round of the net, where they outplayed The MongolZ with the score 2:0 (Mirage - 13-10, Nuke - 13-6). The win over their opponent secured ZywOo and the place team a spot in the quarterfinals of the tournament. Vitality met FaZe Clan, who were defeated with the result 2:0 (Nuke - 13-3, Vertigo - 13-10) and qualified for the semi-finals.

Statistics of Team Vitality's latest results:

• Victory over FaZe Clan with a score of 2:0
• Victory over The MongolZ with the score 2:0
• Victory over BetBoom Team 2:0
• 2:0 win over Sharks Esports
• Defeat by FaZe Clan 2:1

History of Astralis - Team Vitality matches

Since the beginning of the current year the participants of this confrontation played against each other twice. Both matches took place within the BLAST Premier: Spring Groups 2024. First, Astralis players won with the score 2:1 (Mirage - 13-10, Inferno - 6-13, Overpass - 13-4). Team Vitality then won the rematch with a 2-1 result (Inferno - 10-13, Mirage - 16-14, Nuke - 13-6).

Predicted result of the Astralis - Team Vitality matchup

Despite the recent rise of Astralis, Team Vitality have shown a more stable performance since the beginning of the year. Let's bet on a win for Team Vitality.