Astralis vs ENCE eSports

Astralis ranked #1 from Denmark are clashing against team ENCE ranked #9 from Finland in the IEM Katowice 2019 that has 16 teams competing for the prize pool of $1,000,000. This tournament is played on LAN in Katowice, Poland.

This is best of 3 * Grand final match.

Map performance of team Astralis in the previous three months: Cache is at 100,0% win rate on one played map - WIN/DRAW/LOSS - 1/0/0, Inferno 100,0% on 12 played maps 12/0/0, Nuke 100,0% on three played maps 3/0/0, Dust2 85,7% on seven played maps 6/0/1, Mirage 66,7% on six played maps 4/0/2, Train 66,7% on three played maps 2/0/1, Overpass 50,0% on four played maps 2/0/2.

Map highlights for team ENCE in the last three months: Train is at 90,0% win rate on ten played maps 9/0/1, Mirage 81,8% on 11 played maps 9/0/2, Overpass 80,0% on five played maps 4/0/1, Nuke 66,7% on three played maps 4/0/1, Inferno 60,0% on five played maps 3/0/2, and Dust2 44,4% on nine played maps 4/0/5.

Pistol performance in the previous 100 days both on online & offline events goes to team Astralis who have 60,5% win rating over team ENCE who have 53,3% total.

Astralis played four maps in March and won all for, converted, they played two games, and they won both. In February they played five maps and won four, converted, they played three games and won all three. In January they played seven maps and won five, converted, they played four games and won three. In December they played 20 maps and won 17, converted, they played 11 games and won all 11.

ENCE played one game in March against team NaVi which they won 2-1 (16-14 on Train, 3-16 on Dust2, and 16-14 on Mirage). In February they played 21 maps and won 17, converted, they played 13 games and won ten. In January they played ten maps and won eight, converted, they played six games and won five. In December they played seven maps and won four, converted, they played three games and won two.

OK, so Astralis is Astralis, they eat everyone in their path, and there is almost nothing that can stop them. They were 1st in the group stage with three matches played and three wins, they also won 81 rounds and lost 36, that is a +45 round difference. After the group stage they played against team NiP where they won 2-0 (16-2 on Mirage, 16-14 on Dust2), and after that, they defeated MIBR 2-0 (16-14 on Overpass, Inferno 16-7). Their opponents today are ENCE who fought their way with sweat and strength. They finished qualifications as 7th with five played matches where they won 120 rounds and lost 118, that is a +11 round difference. After that, they played against team Liquid and won 2-0 (16-11 on Mirage, and Inferno 19-16), then they played against team NaVi 2-1 (16-14 on Train, 3-16 on Dust2, and 16-14 on Mirage).

Looking at the stats for this tournament we can see that Astralis is the first top team with 1,22 rating on nine played maps, while ENCE is the 6th top team with 1,05 rating on 14 played maps. Best players on Astralis are "device" who is 2nd top player with 1,29 rating on nine played maps, "Magisk" who is 3rd with 1,28 rating, "Xyp9x" who is 5th with 1,25 rating, and "dupreeh" who is 6th with 1,21 rating. ENCE doesn't have players that are in top ten with rating over at least 1,20.

Most-played maps on this tournament are Mirage x16, Inferno x12, Dust2 x11, Train x8, Overpass x7, Cache x6, and Nuke with x4. This benefits team Astralis a bit more since Inferno is their best map and they are also pretty good on Dust2.

Astralis is Astralis and ENCE are the new plowers like Virtus.pro was. Yesterday i thought that MIBR could snatch one map from Astralis and they came pretty close, but they just didn't have that x-factor.

Today i believe things will change, Astralis in their last three games lost one map and won two maps 16-14, which means ENCE also has a small but yet meaningful chance to snatch at least one map. The finale is the finale, and this will be an excellent match to watch.

My bets will be over 2,5 maps and ENCE +1,5 handicap.

Good luck to all who bet, and don't forget to gamble responsibly!