Match Prediction: Gambit Esports - Astralis | CS2 (CS:GO)
DreamHack Masters Winter 2020 EuropeGambit and Astralis will compete for a spot in the DreamHack Masters Winter 2020 Europe semifinals. We all remember the semi-finals of PGL Major Krakow 2017, but since then, the Russian team has undergone a generational change of three years. At the same time, the Danes tried to renew themselves, but still came to the old lineup. Nevertheless, after a while the teams will have to meet again.
Gambit Form
The 19th team in the world rankings remains unbeaten for nineteen matches in a row. At the same time, no one denies that the team is in its best shape in recent years. At the recent DreamHack Open November 2020, Gambit took the gold, beating Team Spirit in the grand final (3: 1). Well, today the team confidently reached the playoffs of DreamHack Masters Winter 2020 Europe, beating Cloud9 (2: 0) and Complexity (2: 0).
At the same time, I do not see any weaknesses in a team that plays on all maps, with the exception of Nuke. Gambit over and over again conducts a comprehensive analysis of the opponent, striking the pain points.
Best Gambit cards:
- Inferno - 91% wins.
- Overpass - 82% wins.
- Train - 80% wins.
- Mirage - 72% wins.
- Dust 2 - 71% wins.
- Vertigo - 69% wins.
And the Danes should be worried, given such statistics of the opponent. However, statistics are stubborn things, and even they are obtained in matches with not the strongest opponents. Nevertheless, Gambit has already shown that it doesn't really care about the level of the opponent.
Astralis shape
The fourth team in the world ranking was able to pull themselves together after being defeated by GODSENT (1: 2) at the start of the championship. The Danes had some difficulty, but they still beat Team Liquid (2: 0) and G2 (2: 0), reaching the quarterfinals. But now we have to test the strength of the main upstart of the event - Gambit.
Best Astralis cards:
- Inferno - 81% win rate.
- Nuke - 68% wins.
- Overpass - 67% wins.
- Train - 67% wins.
- Vertigo - 62% wins.
At the same time, Astralis will permanently ban Mirage, which, according to all the rumors, will soon be removed from the competitive pool.
Personal meetings statistics
Let's discard history, because now we are talking about the present. So, within the current season, the teams have never met.
Forecast for the match Gambit - Astralis
I can't shake the thought that Gambit is beautiful. However, the team got one of the most difficult opponents possible (only FURIA could be worse). And yet I believe that the Russian team will be able to approach the match correctly by studying the Danes thoroughly.
But most importantly, the young are not at all afraid of the favorites, and Hobbit has already had experience of victories over Astralis. It is likely that everything will be decided at the stage of choosing cards. However, I believe that here Gambit will surprise too. Therefore, I propose to take a risk and bet on the victory of the Gambit team with the odds of 2.84.
Bookmakers & Statistics
According to leading bookmakers predictions, the team Astralis are the favorite with average odds 1.427 at the moment. Respectively, bookmakers consider Gambit Esports to be the outsider of the match with odds on a victory in the sum of about 4.681.
In the case of solidarity with the bookmaker’s position about the possible winner of the match, a bet at will be more preferable where odds 1.535 are given on Astralis victory. If you are confident that analysts provide a totally wrong prediction, you should risk and make a bet on Gambit Esports success at - the team’s victory is evaluated with the high odds 17.5.