Vitality vs. Astralis, Preview & Prediction - Free 9/09 CS:GO Betting Picks
Vitality and Astralis will face each other in the Group B Best of 3 at the ESL Pro League Season 12 Europe (Online) tournament. After two rounds played, both teams have a halfway performance with one defeat and one victory and three points each. Teams must keep in the top four in the group to reach the playoffs. This will be their eight encounters, and Astralis leads 5-2.
Vitality has won five of their last eight duels and has a win rate of 68.2% in the past three months. During that period, there were invincible on Vertigo (3W 0L) and very convincing on Overpass 85.7% (6W 1L). Dust2 69.2% (9W 4L) is their first pick, and Train is their first ban. Currently, they are number one in the world, and their best player in the squad is Mathieu Herbaut “ZywOo” with a rating of 1.33 and 0.83 kills per round.
Astralis plays in hot and cold form and has four wins and four losses in the last eight games. They have a win rate of 50.0% in the past three months. Lukas Rossander “gla1v” comes back to the roster, and Lucas “Bubzkji” Andersen has played less than five matches with the core. Astralis benched Patrick “es3tag” Hansen, and Andreas “Xyp9x” Højsleth is on leave. The lineup played only on 13 maps together in the past three months. In that period, they were unbeatable on Nuke (4W 0L); that map is their first pick.
Pick: Total maps Over 2.5 (113 @PINNACLE)
Although Vitality is the first team in the world, Astralis is the favorite judging by the bookmakers. Due to recent changes in the roster, I should not play on Astralis to win. I will bet on total maps over 2.5 at Pinnacle.
