Astralis vs Grayhound Gaming

Astralis ranked #1 from Denmark are facing team Grayhound ranked #40 from Australia in the DreamHack Masters Stockholm 2018 that has 16 teams competing for the prize pool of $250,000. The tournament is held in Stockholm, Sweden and it is played on LAN.

This is a best of 1 type of match, and also an opening match in Group A.

Map performance for Astralis in the last three months: Dust2 is at 100,0% win rate on two played maps, Mirage 100,0% on four played maps, Nuke 100,0% on six played maps, Train 100,0% on one played map, Inferno 83,3% on six played maps and Overpass 66,7% on three played maps.

Map highlights for team Grayhound in the previous three months: Inferno is at 100,0% win rate on nine played maps, Overpass 92,9% on 14 played maps, Cache 90,9% on 11 played maps, Dust2 75,0% on eight played maps, Mirage 71,4% on 14 played maps, Train 66,7% on three played maps, and Nuke 42,9% on seven played maps.

Pistol performance goes to Grayhound who have 66,7% win percentage over Astralis who have 64,3%.

Astralis has played ZERO / POTATO matches in August. In July they played 16 maps and won 14, converted, they played eight games and won seven. In June they played four games and won all four.

Grayhound has played 18 maps in August and won 12, converted, they played 12 games and won nine. In July they played 17 maps and won ALL 17, converted, they played 14 games and won ALL 14. In June they played 27 maps and won 21, converted, they played 21 games and won 16.

This is a big tournament with a big prize pool haunted by some of the best teams out there. Of course, Astralis is the clear favorite, but some things cannot be neglected. First of all, Grayhound is a team that has risen from the depts of the LAND DOWN UNDER, and they already have proven themselves as a pro team capable of taking stronger opponents in matchups. Second, this is a best of 1 game type so anything can happen to be honest. Third, Grayhound has played a lot of games in August, and they seem to be in good shape, yes, majority of those teams are from Australia and are nothing compared to the NUMERO UNO team in the world at the moment, but they have good stats, especially in best of one matches + Astralis has NOT PLAYED any game in August.

This is a risky bet, but i will go with a win for Grayhound. I think the odds of 9+ are too juicy to miss.