Match Prediction: Eternal Fire - Astralis | Counter-Strike (CS2)

Astralis and Eternal Fire will play in the second round of the BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023 Europe RMR B. The loser will make life much more difficult for themselves, while the winner will go on to play another BO1.

To be honest, looking at the current form and the game at Long Corner, I do not believe in the Turkish team at all. The too viscous style of Eternal Fire does not match with the shooting, which is missing in places altogether.

Therefore, here I would rely on the victory of the Astralis team. Moreover, the Danes almost beat Vitality, so that guys have some skills.

Astralis form

The sixteenth-ranked team in the world fell in the group stage of ESL Pro League Season 17, not even able to reach the play-offs amid mistakes of the competitors.

Nevertheless, they confidently qualified for IEM Dallas 2023 and managed to beat not only Team Spirit and GODSENT but also Cloud9.

However, in the first round of the BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023 Europe RMR B, Astralis didn't manage to beat Vitality, although the team certainly didn't look worse than their opponent.

Astralis' latest results:

• A 2-0 win over HEET.
• Defeated Team Spirit 2-0.
• Beat GODSENT 2-1.
• Beat Cloud9 by a score of 2-1.
• 14-16 defeat by Vitality.

Astralis top scorers:

• Ancient - 82% wins.
• Overpass - 75% wins.
• Nuke - 71% wins.
• Vertigo - 56% wins.
• Inferno - 56% wins.

It's worth remembering that the Danish team still refuses to use Anubis.

Eternal Fire uniforms

The 21st ranked team in the world won CCT Central Europe Malta Finals 1 back in February, but then failed to show anything in the group stage of ESL Pro League Season 17, beating only Evil Geniuses and MIBR.

After that, the Turkish team took part in RES Eastern European Masters Spring 2023, where they failed completely and didn't even play-offs.

As for Long Convergence in the BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023 Europe RMR B, Eternal Fire did not oppose Ninjas in Pyjamas and thus made their tournament route much more difficult.

Eternal Fire's latest results:

• A 1-2 loss to fnatic.
• 13-16 defeat to VOYVODA.
• 16-10 win over iNation.
• 12-16 defeat to Bad News Eagles.
• Defeat by Ninjas in Pyjamas, 11-16.

Eternal Fire's best scores:

• Inferno - 70% wins.
• Anubis - 67% wins.
• Nuke - 58% wins.
• Vertigo - 56% wins.
• Overpass - 55% wins.

In turn, the Turkish team has not featured on the Ancient map for a long time.

Astralis - Eternal Fire encounter statistics

Within the last season, the teams have played two meetings:

• A 16-9 victory for Astralis in the IEM Road to Rio 2022 Europe RMR A.
• Astralis won the BLAST Premier Fall Showdown 2022 Europe 2-1.

However, the teams were in different line-ups then.

Astralis vs Eternal Fire forecast

I think that Eternal Fire were very unlucky with their opponent, because the Danish team becomes more and more unlucky with every championship. Moreover, the Turks are past their peak form, and even now they can't boast anything in terms of cards. Therefore, in this case, I'd recommend betting on an Astralis win.