Прогноз на матч CS2 Astralis - Liquid

Astralis and Team Liquid will compete for the IEM Global Challenge 2020 title, and with it $ 200,000. Moreover, the final meeting will be held in the BO5 format, so it will be as easy as possible to identify unwanted maps. Nevertheless, the Danes should end this difficult year with a victory - well, Liquid is too weak for such an accomplishment.

Astralis shape

The second world ranked team had a mixed-feeling group stage. The Danes routinely dealt with Complexity (2: 0), but miraculously lost to BIG with a score of 0: 2. At the same time, few people would have thought that the team would be able to make it to the playoffs. However, Astralis created a mini-sensation by beating Vitality (2: 1). Well, in the semifinals, the team beat Natus Vincere for the second time in a row (2: 1), finally breaking the psychological barrier.

Best Astralis cards:

• Inferno - 82% wins.
• Overpass - 71% wins.
• Train - 67% wins.
• Vertigo - 67% wins.
• Nuke - 57% wins.
• Dust 2 - 56% wins.

But we can say for sure that the Danes will not use their only ban in favor of Mirage.

Team Liquid Form

How did the 17th team in the world rankings reach the final? At the start of the IEM Global Challenge 2020, everyone buried the "liquid" ones, telling them to return to their America immediately. But the team had a different opinion, and he beat Heroic at the start (2: 0). Then Liquid put NAVI in their place (0: 2), but even without that, the "liquid" were on good morale. As a result, the team managed to cope with FURIA (2: 0) and reach the playoffs, where they sensationally beat BIG (2: 0).

Best Team Liquid cards:

• Dust 2 - 86% wins.
• Nuke - 80% wins.
• Overpass - 80% wins.

Otherwise, the team is in complete disaster. In addition, Liquid will ban the Train map, thanks to which the Danes reached the final.

Personal meetings statistics

During the current season, the teams had only one face-to-face meeting - at DreamHack Masters Winter 2020 Europe Astralis won with a score of 2: 0. In general, the Danes have won the last eight meetings.

Prediction for the match Astralis - Liquid

Despite the fact that Liquid made it to the finals, given all the problems and lack of competition during the six months of the season, the team simply has no chance of winning. Back in November, the face-to-face meeting showed that the Danes are as ready as possible for the liquid game. And we have to admit that since then Liquid has not changed - the problems are the same. Therefore, I propose to bet on the victory of the Astralis team with odds of 1.25. Additionally, we bet on the Forum on cards for Astralis (-1.5), which is estimated with a coefficient of 1.58.