Team Liquid vs Astralis

Team Liquid ranked #3 from North America is facing team Astralis ranked #1 from Denmark in the FACEIT Major 2018 that has 16 teams competing for the prize pool of $1,000,000. The competition is held on LAN in London, the United Kingdom.

This is a best of three * semi-final.

Map performance for the team Liquid in the previous three months: Cache is at 100,0% on four played maps, Overpass 100,0% on two played maps, Mirage 80,0% on five played maps, Inferno 60,0% on five played maps, Dust2 33,3% on three played maps, Nuke 0,0% on two played maps, and Train 0,0% on only played map.

Map highlights for team Liquid in the last three months: Cache is at 100,0% in rate on four played maps, Overpass 100,0% on two played maps, Mirage 80,0% on five played maps, Inferno 60,0% on five played maps, Dust2 33,3% on three played maps, Nuke 0,0% on two played maps, and Train 0,0% on one played map.

Pistol performance goes to team Astralis who have 58,8 win percentage over team Liquid who have only 32,8%.

Team Liquid played nine games in September and won eight, converted, they played seven games and won all seven. In August they played ZERO games (team vacation), and in July they played 13 maps and won six, converted, they played seven games and won three.

Team Astralis played 17 maps in September and won 13, converted, they played 12 games and won nine. In August they played seven maps and won four, converted, they played three games and won two. In July they played 16 maps and won 14, converted, they played eight games and won seven.

During the Group Play, team Liquid was 2nd with three matches played and all three wonnered =], they also won 51 rounds and lost 32 (+19 round difference). After the Group Play they won against team HellRaisers 2-1 (16-10, 10-16, 16-8). Astralis was just below them on the 3rd place with four played matches where they won three and lost one. They won 63 rounds and lost 37 (+26 round difference). After the Group Play, they played against Clan FaZe and won 2-0 (16-12, 16-14). Liquid is the 2nd top team with 1,19 rating on six played maps, and their best players are NAF with 1,40 rating and Twistzz with 1,27 rating. Astralis is the 3rd top team with 1,18 rating on six played maps, and their best player is device with 1,31 rating on six played maps. Most-played maps on this tournament so far are Mirage x12, Inferno x12, Dust2 x8, Train x6, Cache x4, Overpass x3, and Nuke x2, so this benefits both teams equally. These two teams played a lot of times head-to-head, and the score is 9 - 26 for Astralis with three matches that went to overtime. My bet here will be a +1,5 handicap for team Astralis, they are clear favorites, but Liquid is also excellent so anything can happen.

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