Прогноз на матч: sAw - Astralis | Counter-Strike (CS2)

SAW and Astralis will meet in the fourth round of BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023 Europe RMR Closed Qualifier A. The winner will qualify for the RMR tournament, while the loser will receive another opportunity in the fifth round.

Something in these qualifiers was blown away by the Portuguese team, because it started very uncertainly, and I would not call the SAW bracket difficult.

In turn, Astralis also managed to find one defeat from LDLC, but then the Danes woke up and remembered that if they failed, they would face big reshuffles.

In general, I would not count on a sensation, since the Portuguese slowed down noticeably, while Astralis was able to adapt and began to win in the class.

SAW form

The 20th team of the world ranking in a confident style qualified for ESL Pro League Season 17, and also reached the semi-finals of CCT South Europe Series 2.

However, the Portuguese team fell into a hole further, as they failed in the OMEN WGR Challenge 2023, and also lost to Monte at the ESL Challenger League Season 44 Europe.

And within the framework of the current BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023 Europe RMR Closed Qualifier A, SAW had problems, as the team lost to Tricked at the start. And, despite two subsequent victories, the Portuguese are not yet impressive.

Latest SAW results:

• Defeated by 9INE with a score of 0:2.
• Defeated by Monte with a score of 0:2.
• Defeat from Tricked with a score of 11:16.
• Victory over B8 Esports with a score of 16:10.
• Victory over Mixfits with a score of 16:8.

Best SAW cards:

• Vertigo - 90% of wins.
• Anubis - 67% of wins.
• Nuke - 67% of wins.
• Inferno - 62% of wins.
• Ancient - 60% of wins.

At the same time, the Portuguese team continues to refuse the Mirage card.

Astralis shape

The sixteenth team in the world ranking played well at the end of BLAST Premier Spring Groups 2023, where they even managed to outplay Ninjas in Pajamas and OG.

Then the Danish team became the winner of CCT North Europe Series 3, showing quite a confident game, which was not seen for a very long time.

Nevertheless, at the start of BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023 Europe RMR Closed Qualifier A, the guys managed to burn out from LDLC, since Astralis woke up later and returned to the game.

Astralis latest results:

• 2-0 victory over Copenhagen Flames.
• Victory over Aurora Gaming with a score of 2:1.
• Lost to LDLC with a score of 14:16.
• Victory over PGE Turow with a score of 16:2.
• Victory over Viperio with a score of 16:6.

Best Astralis cards:

• Ancient - 100% win rate.
• Nuke - 83% of wins.
• Vertigo - 67% of wins.
• Overpass - 50% of wins.

In turn, the Danish team does not risk appearing on the Anubis map.

Match statistics SAW vs Astralis

During the last season, the teams held two meetings:

• SAW won the open qualifier for IEM Road to Rio 2022 with a score of 16:12.
• Astralis won at Elisa Masters Espoo 2022 with a score of 16:11.

However, then the Danes played in a different composition.

Prediction for the match SAW — Astralis

I believe that the Danes want to solve all problems as early as possible and not lead to problems. Moreover, if we compare both teams together, then SAW is in a greater crisis, since the Portuguese stopped playing for a couple of weeks already. Therefore, in this case, I would recommend betting on the victory of the Astralis team with Handicap in rounds (-4.5).