Vitality vs. Astralis Preview & Prediction - Free 8/22 CS:GO Betting Picks
Vitality and Astralis will meet in the Group B upper bracket semi-final at the ESL One Cologne 2020 Europe (Online) tournament. This will be their seventh duel; Astralis leads 4-2. ESL One Cologne 2020 Europe has sixteen teams competing for $325,000. Along with BIG, Vitality is one of the biggest favorites to win the first place at this tournament.
Vitality is ranked 2nd in the world with a win rate of 68.0% in the last three months. They have won four out of the previous five matches. This summer, Vitality was two times runner-up, at the BLAST Premier Spring 2020 Europe Finals and the cs_summit 6 Europe (Online), and earned a total of $87,000, 1875 RMR Points, and placement to the BLAST Premier Global Finals 2020. The French advanced quickly through the Group B upper bracket, after the straight victory over Heretics. The shining star of that duel was Mathieu 'ZywOo' Herbaut, with an impressive rating of 1.51, 51 kills, and 101.0 ADR. Vitality is invincible on Vertigo (100.0%), play very strong on Nuke and Overpass (75.0%), but doesn't do well on Mirage (40.0%).
It was not a great summer for Astralis. They did not achieve any success at the DreamHack Masters Spring 2020 Europe and BLAST Premier Spring 2020 Europe Showdown tournaments. The only thing they can be proud of is the first place at the ESL One: Road To Rio Europe tournament, where they won $33,000 and 1,600 RMR Points. The core lineup has only played two maps in the past 30 days. “es3tag” Patrick Hansen and “Bubzkji” Lucas Andersen has played less than five matches with the rest of the squad. Astralis won only one of the last five games, and has a win rate of 25.0%, over the previous three months.
Pick: Total maps Over 2.5 (-111 @Betwinner)
Astralis is the bookmaker's slight favorite to win, although they are lower-ranked (#17). Both teams have played only two maps in the last 30 days. In mutual duels, four maps went into overtime, and two times they played over 2.5 maps. I think it will be the same this time, and I will bet on total maps over 2.5 at Betwinner.
