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

Astralis and BIG, who reached the grand finals in their respective groups at BLAST Premier: Spring Groups 2024, will determine one more participant in BLAST Premier: Spring Final 2024. The losing team will settle for a slot at BLAST Premier: Spring Showdown 2024. The format of the match is bo3. Which of the teams will be stronger at the end of this confrontation? We will find out very soon.

In this betting thread you will find out how the participants of this match performed during the previous year, how they did in their previous professional tournament, as well as how this match will end.

Astralis Form

A team from Denmark, Astralis have had a good run of form in the previous year and have been successful in the smaller tournaments, but have made sure not to miss out on the big international tournaments. 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). In the winner final Astralis sensationally defeated Team Vitality in a full bo3 encounter (Mirage - 13-10, Vertigo - 6-13, Overpass - 13-4). In the grand final of the group, Astralis Ledge defeated Team Vitality in a rematch with a 1-2 result and travelled to the Play-In stage.

Astralis' recent results stats:

• Defeat to Team Vitality with a score of 1-2
• 2:1 win over Team Vitality
• A 2-0 win over Team Falcons.
• 2:0 win over Pera Esports
• 1:2 defeat to Amkal Esports

BIG's form

BIG didn't win much for their fans last year, but they regularly took part in major tournaments and earned prize money. At the beginning of the season the team took 13-16th place at Intel Extreme Masters Katowice 2023 and qualified for Intel Extreme Masters Rio 2023. A 17th-20th place finish at ESL Pro League Season 17 was a disappointment for fans, although it did bring the players $15,000 in prize money. Silver at BLAST Premier: Spring European Showdown 2023 prevented BIG from qualifying for the BLAST Spring Finals. The road to the only and last Major tournament in CS:GO ended with BIG finishing in third place at the BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023: European RMR Decider. At Intel Extreme Masters Rio 2023, the team finished in 5th-6th place in the standings. At Intel Extreme Masters Cologne 2023 BIG also failed, taking the last place. The team also regularly participated in CCT series tournaments with varying success, earning prize money. A 7th-9th place finish at BLAST Premier: Fall Groups 2023 prevented them from qualifying for the autumn finals, and the team also won silver again at BLAST Premier: Fall European Showdown 2023. BIG ended the year by winning two online championships, namely CCT Online Finals #5 and YaLLa Compass Fall 2023, earning a combined $112,500 in prize money.

BIG started the 2024 year by participating in PGL Major Copenhagen 2024: European Qualifier A. The German club started off with a 16-13 victory over Permitta Esports on the Overpass map. But then BIG lost three matches in a row to such teams as BetBoom Team, Fnatic and Nexus Gaming. The latter Ledge players were defeated on two maps in a row in bo3 series. Such a performance ended the team's journey to the PGL Major Copenhagen 2024.

According to the results of the draw BLAST Premier: Spring Groups 2024 BIG got into Group D. In the first match tabseN and his teammates Ledge beat Virtus.pro on two maps and fell to the bottom of the grid. There BIG outplayed Heroic in a complete bo3 series (Vertigo - 12-16, Nuke - 13-9, Anubis - 16-14). In the lower grid final, the German team defeated Cloud9 2-0 (Ancient - 13-9, Anubis - 13-10) and travelled to the decisive match of the group. BIG met Virtus.pro again and once again lost to the Russian team with the same result.

Statistics of BIG's latest results:

• Defeat by Virtus.pro with a score of 0:2
• 2:0 win over Cloud9
• 2:1 win over Heroic
• 0:2 defeat by Virtus.pro
• 0:2 defeat by Nexus Gaming

History of Astralis - BIG matches

Last year the participants of this confrontation played against each other only once. In BLAST Premier: Fall Groups 2023 BIG defeated Astralis 2:1 (Anubis - 8-16, Ancient - 16-10, Overpass - 16-14).

Predicted result of Astralis vs. BIG

BIG are not happy with their play in the last six months, while Astralis managed to break Vitality's winning streak. Let's bet on a win for the Astralis team.