Prediction on match CS2 FURIA - Astralis

FURIA and Astralis will meet in the group stage of IEM Katowice 2022. Personally, for me, the Danes still seem weak, even if the LAN factor seems to be significant to some. Plus, the Brazilians can unpleasantly surprise the favorite, who, in my opinion, is still unstable.

FORM FURIA

The 16th team of the world ranking reached the finals of ESL Challenger February 2022. I can’t say that the Brazilians performed perfectly, but in some moments they looked good. However, the grand final itself greatly blurred the impression of the team, which, it seems to me, has not yet fully tuned in to the new season. Still, FURIA is dangerous in every form on her favorite maps, so I'm looking forward to a close fight.

Latest FURIA results:

• Defeated by Wisla Krakow with a score of 0:2.
• Victory over ORDER with a score of 16:4.
• Victory over HEET with a score of 16:9.
• 2:1 victory over 9z.
• Defeat from Virtus.pro with a score of 0:2.

The best FURIA cards:

• Nuke - 67% of wins.

At the same time, we understand that the Brazilians will definitely not play Dust 2.

Astralis shape

The seventh team in the world rankings performed well at IEM Katowice 2022 Play-In overall, scoring two wins. However, in the last match against BIG, the Danes were a bit lucky, because the ending of Overpass was not in favor of gla1ve and the company. However, Astralis can sometimes show a cool game. Although personally I still have questions about the stability of the team, the game of which depends on the inclusion of blameF and k0nfig.

Astralis latest results:

• Lost to OG with a score of 8:16.
• Defeated by BIG with a score of 0:2.
• Defeated by BIG with a score of 0:2.
• Victory over MIBR with a score of 16:11.
• Victory over BIG with a score of 2:1.

Best Astralis cards:

• Ancient - 60% of wins.
• Overpass - 60% of wins.
• Inferno - 50% win rate.

At the same time, the Danes have not played on the Vertigo map for a long time.

Match statistics FURIA — Astralis

As part of the last season, the teams had one meeting - at PGL Major Stockholm 2021, the victory went to Astralis (16:10).

Prediction for the match FURIA — Astralis

The Danes don't have many cards to pick. At the same time, the Brazilians are quite good at Nuke and Ancient, which, by definition, gives the match an intrigue. In addition, I do not fully understand the conditions of Astralis, which can both turn on and not get into the game. Therefore, here I propose to bet on Handicap (+1.5) for the FURIA team.