Match Prediction: Astralis - Team Liquid | CS2 (CS:GO)

Today's game day at the ESL Pro League Season 19 tournament opens with a clash between Astralis and Team Liquid. The match is scheduled for the quarter-finals of the play-offs. The winner will advance to the semi-finals of the event, while the loser will finish in 5th-8th place and earn $32,000 in prize money. The format of the match is bo3. Which of the participants will be stronger at the end of this confrontation? We will find out very soon.

In this betting thread you will find out how the participants of this match have performed recently, how they did in their previous professional tournament, as well as how this match will end.

Astralis Form

A team from Denmark, Astralis have been positioning their playing form correctly in the previous year and have been successful in smaller tournaments, but they have also tried not to miss out on the big international tournaments. Among the successful performances, it is worth noting the victories in such tournaments as CCT North Europe Series #3 and CCT South Europe Series #4, which allowed Astralis to earn $44,000 in prize money. ESL Pro League Season 17 saw the team fail, finishing in 17th-20th place. A silver medal at Brazy Party earned the club $70,000. At Intel Extreme Masters Dallas 2023 blameF and his teammates took 5th-6th place, and at BLAST Premier: Spring Final 2023 they finished 7th-8th. Astralis also participated in the Gamers8 2023: Last Chance Qualifier. The team managed to play two matches as part of the qualifier and finished in the qualifiers. The 4th-6th place at BLAST Premier: Fall Groups 2023 brought blameF and his team $17,500 in prize money and a slot in BLAST Premier: Fall Final 2023. Astralis also took part in the Intel Extreme Masters Cologne 2023. The team demonstrated decent play and made it to the top 4 of the standings. The players earned $80,000 for their 3-4th place finish. At Pinnacle Cup V Astralis also finished in 3-4th place and received $5,000 in prize money. The performance at ESL Pro League Season 18 was not the most successful, as the team took 13-16th place. Astralis also participated in Roobet Cup 2023, where they finished on the 13th-16th place in the standings and were left without prize money. The 3-4th place at CS Asia Championships 2023 brought $50,000 to the players. Astralis also made it to the top 8 of BLAST Premier: Fall Final 2023 and BetBoom Dacha. The team kicked off the new 2024 year by qualifying for PGL Major Copenhagen 2024: European RMR B. A top 6 finish at BLAST Premier: Spring Groups 2024 secured $12,500 in prize money and a trip to BLAST Premier: Spring Final 2024. A 21st-24th place finish at IEM Katowice 2024 earned Astralis a $2,500 consolation prize. In an attempt to qualify for the first Major tournament of the season, the European club finished 9-11th at PGL Major Copenhagen 2024: European RMR B and went to the Decider stage, which they failed to qualify for.

Earlier Astralis played at Intel Extreme Masters Chengdu 2024, where they started their journey with a 13-2 victory over Chinese club Steel Helmet on Ancient, which allowed them to reach the semi-finals of the top set of Group B. There Astralis outplayed FaZe Clan on two maps in a row (Ancient - 13-7, Nuke - 13-4). In the winner final the team defeated Virtus.pro with a similar result (Overpass - 13-6, Vertigo - 13-7) and went to the play-offs semifinals. There Astralis Ledge and FaZe Clan in full bo3 series and finished their participation in the tournament on the 3-4th place, receiving $20,000.

According to the results of the draw of the group stage of ESL Pro League Season 19 Astralis got into Group A. The players defeated Eternal Fire on two maps (Vertigo - 13-5, Overpass - 13-9) in the quarterfinals of the top grid, and then outplayed FaZe Clan with a similar result (Ancient - 13-11, Nuke - 13-9). The final of the upper grid against 3DMAX ended with Astralis winning 2-0 (Inferno - 13-7, Ancient - 13-3). This performance put the team into the quarter-finals of the play-offs.

Statistics of Astralis' recent results:

• Victory over 3DMAX with the score 2:0
• Victory over FaZe Clan with the score 2:0
• Victory over Eternal Fire with the score 2:0
• Defeat by FaZe Clan with the score 1:2
• 2:0 win over Virtus.pro

Team Liquid's form

Last season Team Liquid were not very active on the professional scene. The team's achievements include 3-4th place at Intel Extreme Masters Katowice 2023, which brought them $80,000. Top 3 at BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023: American RMR secured Team Liquid a trip to BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023, where cadiaN and his teammates finished in 5th-8th place in the standings. As a reward, Liquid earned $45,000. After that, Team Liquid failed to achieve the desired results at a series of tournaments. So at the Intel Extreme Masters Cologne 2023 the team took only 17-20th place. The players achieved similar results at the ESL Pro League Season 18. 9-16th place in the standings provided Gamers8 2023 $15,000. The year ended with Liquid's participation in BLAST Premier: Fall American Showdown 2023, where the team won silver and $12,500 in prize money. The new year of 2024 began for Team Liquid by advancing to PGL Major Copenhagen 2024 through qualifications in North America. A win at Intel Extreme Masters Chengdu 2024: North American Open Qualifier #1 secured Liquid a slot in the Intel Extreme Masters Chengdu 2024: North American Qualifier, where cadiaN and the team were one step away from travelling to a major LAN tournament in China. As a result, the team received an invitation to the tournament itself due to the fact that M80, being the winner of the qualifiers, could not make it to the event. The 7th-8th place in BLAST Premier: Spring Groups 2024 brought Liquid $10,500 and an invitation to BLAST Premier: Spring Showdown 2024. Team Liquid also overcame Intel Extreme Masters Dallas 2024: North American Open Qualifier #1 and Intel Extreme Masters Dallas 2024: North American Qualifier to qualify for another LAN Championship. Top 8 at PGL Major Copenhagen 2024: American RMR prevented players from travelling to Denmark for the first Major event of the season. 5th-6th place at the Intel Extreme Masters Chengdu 2024 provided Team Liquid with $10,000 in prize money.

The previous tournament in which Team Liquid players took part was Esports World Cup 2024: North American Qualifier, where the team got in thanks to open qualifiers. In the first match, Team Liquid defeated Legacy on two maps (Mirage - 13-9, Ancient - 13-5). The top grid final against M80 ended with Liquid winning 2-1 (Mirage - 3-13, Ancient - 13-10, Anubis - 13-6). But in the Grand Final, the Ledge team defeated the same M80 0:2 in a rematch and failed to qualify for EWC 2024.

In the ESL Pro League Season 19 Team Liquid Long Competed in Group C. First, the team outplayed the Brazilians FURIA Esports in a complete bo3 series (Inferno - 9-13, Mirage - 13-7, Nuke - 13-9). In the semifinals, winner Team Liquid defeated Monte 2-0 (Ancient - 22-19, Mirage - 13-11). The top set final against MOUZ ended with the team losing two maps in a row, but it was enough to advance to the play-offs. In the Round of 12, Team Liquid defeated FlyQuest 2-1 (Mirage - 13-10, Anubis - 14-16, Ancient - 13-10).

Statistics of Team Liquid's recent results:

• Victory over FlyQuest with a score of 2:1
• 0:2 loss to MOUZ
• 2:0 win over Monte
• 2:1 win over FURIA Esports
• 0:2 defeat by M80

History of Astralis - Team Liquid matches

Recently, the participants of this confrontation have not played against each other on the professional scene.

Predicted result of the match Astralis - Team Liquid

Astralis showed themselves well in the group stage, and in general show that they are one of the favourites of the tournament. Let's bet on the victory of the team Astralis.