Match Prediction: Vitality - Astralis | CS2 (CS:GO)
BLAST Premier: Spring Groups 2024Next, let's take a look at the semi-finals of the lower grid in Group A at BLAST Premier: Spring Groups 2024, where such teams as Team Vitality and Astralis will face off. One of the teams will take part in the grand final of the group and will play for a coveted ticket to BLAST Premier: Spring Final 2024. The format of the match is bo3. Will Astralis be able to defeat such a formidable opponent? Let's find out.
In this betting thread you will find out how the participants of this match performed in the previous year, how they did in their previous professional tournament and how this match will end.
Team Vitality's form
Team Vitality have had a great year of play, although they didn't start the previous season in the best way. The European squad started the year with a 1st-3rd place finish at BLAST Premier: Spring Groups 2023, followed by 5th-8th place finishes 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 previous professional tournament for Team Vitality was the BLAST Premier: World Final 2023 Long Team finished in Group A with a 2-0 win over Natus Vincere (Anubis - 13-8, Overpass - 13-6). Thus the European club went into the match with a win over Natus Vincere. The victory over Cloud9 on two maps (Anubis - 13-11, Inferno - 13-8) ensured ZywOo and the team's passage to the play-offs semi-finals. There the European club again outplayed NAVI 2-0 (Anubis - 13-5, Inferno - 13-9) and reached the grand final of the tournament. In the decisive confrontation with FaZe Clan Team Vitality players came out victorious with the result 2:0 (Inferno - 13-5, Nuke - 13-7). The championship provided the team with the main prize of $500,000.
Upon arrival at BLAST Premier: Spring Groups 2024, Team Vitality was placed in Group A. The semifinal against OG ended with a 2-0 victory for ZywOo and his teammates (Mirage - 13-0, Inferno - 13-7).
Team Vitality's recent stats:
- A 2-0 win over OG
- Victory over FaZe Clan 2:0
- Victory over Natus Vincere 2:0
- 2:0 win over Cloud9
- 2:0 win over Natus Vincere
Astralis uniform
The team from Denmark, Astralis in the previous year correctly positioned its playing form and successfully participated in not the biggest tournaments, but at the same time tried not to miss the big international events. 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 finished in the top 8 of BLAST Premier: Fall Final 2023 and BetBoom Dacha.
Previously, Astralis participated in PGL Major Copenhagen 2024: European Qualifier B. Astralis started with a 13-7 victory over ex-ThunderFlash on the Ancient map. Then blameF and his teammates beat Preasy on Nuke with 13-6. The defeat of Amkal Esports in the full bo3 series forced Astralis to play against Pera Esports, who were beaten by the European club on two maps in a row (Vertigo - 13-6, Nuke - 13-10). The 3-1 statistic secured Astralis place in PGL Major Copenhagen 2024: European RMR B.
Astralis started their journey to BLAST Premier: Spring Groups 2024 in Group A, where they defeated Team Falcons 2-0 (Vertigo - 13-8, Ancient - 13-3).
Astralis' recent results stats:
- Victory over Team Falcons with a score of 2-0
- A 2-0 win over Pera Esports.
- 1-2 defeat to Amkal Esports
- 13-6 win over Preasy Esports
- 13-7 win over ex-ThunderFlash
Match History of Team Vitality - Astralis
In the last six months the participants of this rivalry have not played against each other in professional matches.
Predicted result of the match Team Vitality - Astralis
Team Vitality have been in top form since last year and are clear favourites for this clash. Let's bet on the victory of Team Vitality.
Bookmakers & Statistics
According to leading bookmakers predictions, the team Vitality are the favorite with average odds 1.622 at the moment. Respectively, bookmakers consider Astralis to be the outsider of the match with odds on a victory in the sum of about 3.111.
How the teams played in the last matches
Last Matches | Vitality | Astralis |
5 matches (wins) | 5 | 4 |
10 matches (wins) | 9 | 6 |
We will also remind you of the statistics of matches that the teams played with each other. The competitors have held 26 matches. In these battles Vitality got 16 victories while Astralis managed to take 10 matches.