Astralis vs Cloud9

Following DreamHack Open Valencia another big tournament is finally here, ELEAGUE CS:GO Premier. This tournament would host only 8 top teams which would be divided into 2 groups. Today we have 2 opening matches in group A, Astralis vs Cloud9 and Liquid vs MIBR.

Astralis vs Cloud9

A best of 3 Grup A opening match, let's start with statistics:

Head to head: Astralis 7 - 5 Cloud9

Astralis:

Expected lineup: Magisk, Xyp9x, device, dpreeh, gla1ve

World ranking: 1

Winrate: 67%

Total Matches: 647

Form: Astralis won 4 out of last 5 matches.

Head to head:

The best map: Inferno 100%

Most picked map: Overpass 38%

Most banned map: Cobblestone 32% (cobble is no longer in available maps)

Cloud9:

Expected lineup: Golden, Rush, Skadoodle, automatic, styko

World ranking: 7

Winrate: 64%

Total Matches: 647

Form: Cloud9 won only 1 out of last 5 matches.

Head to head:

The best map: Train 67%

Most picked map: Mirage 40%

Most banned map: Nuke 31%

Astralis is currently the best team in the world. FaZa and Na'Vi are the only team that managed to win against Astralis. They are just unstoppable. Considering Astralises current form and struggles of Cloud9 with so many rosters changes, this match would probably end up with 2-0 win for Astralis. Further, Cloud9 won only 1 match out of last 5 while Astralis lost only 1, and that was against Na'Vi in top form. Cloud9 did not even have time to practice with Golden and styko and there is no chance for them to take a single map against mighty Astralis.

My tip here is Astralis to win with a handicap(-1,5), odds 1,45 @ Betway.