Match Prediction: Renegades - TyLoo | CS2 (CS:GO)
IEM Sydney 2018The teams faced for a few times in 2017 and 2018, the guys from Australia prevailed three times in the past six matches. The only triumph of the team from the Celestial was in a bo1 match at PGL Major Krakow 2017 Main Qualifier.
Tyloo is still one of the best teams in China and Southeast Asia, however, by the standard of the whole planet, the team cannot reach even the tier-2 level. At the moment, the roster holds the 22nd place in the rate of the best teams by HLTV.org, sometimes steps up, sometimes steps down a few places.
In 2018, the team from China managed to win the qualifiers to DreamHack Masters Marseille 2018 and to hold the second place in the qualifiers to Intel Extreme Masters XIII - Sydney, which guaranteed themselves an advancement to the LAN final. Also, the team prevailed in the tournaments INHUA Electronic Sports Conference and StarLadder & ImbaTV Invitational Chongqing 2018 and was unlucky to get higher than the 12th place in large tournaments in StarLadder & i-League StarSeries Season 4, Intel Extreme Masters XII - World Championship and DreamHack Masters Marseille 2018 series.
At Intel Extreme Masters XIII - Sydney, the team sensationally beat SK Gaming in the first round with a score 19:16 and further, even more unexpectedly achieved victory against Cloud9 with a score 2:0, which guaranteed itself an advancement to the playoffs.
In turn, Renegades play unstable enough and in 2018, placed 19th and 10th in the rate of the best teams by HLTV.org in 2018. The guys from Australia hold the 16th position at the moment.
This year, the roster won the qualifiers to IEM XII - World Championship and DreamHack Masters Marseille 2018 in North America and also visited the LAN finals of ELEAGUE Major: Boston 2018, StarLadder & i-League StarSeries Season 4 and Intel Extreme Masters XII - World Championship, where the 5th-8th place in the tournament in Kiev is the best result.
Ustilo and the company beat Legacy Esports in the first round with a score 16:09 without an effort and sensationally beat FaZe Clan with a score 2:1, having guaranteed itself a slot in the playoffs.
In this confrontation, it will be decided who of these teams will go right to the semi-final and who will have to start its way from the quarterfinals. We tend more to TyLoo victory as the guys have already won two teams, which are considered to be one of the best in the world for a reason and proved that the rise of the Asian professional stage has already started.
Bookmakers consider Renegades to be a favorite of the match and offer odds that are equal to 1.7 for their victory, while TyLoo’s triumph is evaluated as 2.1 It’s worth to notice that the absence of flights and the desire to play in front of a home crowd may help the Australians.