Team Vitality vs Astralis: The Danes’ third attempt to defeat ZywOo

The last major tournament of the year promises to answer several questions for the fans. Will someone be able to stop Natus Vincere? Will we see another CIS Final? And finally, who will win the 500 thousand dollars prize fund for winning the tournament? BLAST Premier: World Final 2021 will be held in Copenhagen on LAN from December 14 to 19 in a studio format without spectators. The prize pool will be one million dollars.

On December 15, Team Vitality and Astralis will play their third face-off in the last month. This time as part of BLAST Premier: World Final 2021. We’ll find out soon if the Danes can finally beat the formidable French.

Team Vitality are back in the top flight again. The team is in second place in the HLTV rankings and has looked very powerful in recent tournaments. The French have won nine of their last 13 matches. This is a good result, and when you consider that out of four defeats, three came from Natus Vincere and one from G2 Esports, this result looks even more powerful. ZywOo is simply brilliant. In the last two head-to-head matches against Astralis, he has contributed to his team’s victory. In the first match against the Danes, ZywOo finished with a KD of +31, the second match with a KD of +38. What is that if not to win the match solo?

The main and main hope of the French naturally relates to ZywOo. If something does not go his way, it will be very difficult for the team to claim victory. In the last two matches, Team Vitality picked Inferno. Given that the team won on this map both times, I do not see why they would change their pick. On Inferno, Team Vitality have an excellent chance of winning. Their defence is an impassable obstacle for the Danes so far. Of course, Astralis will add to it in time, but for now, it is doubtful that the team will be able to fix their attack.

Astralis has noticeably strengthened with the arrival of blameF and k0nfig. These guys look very powerful and are some of the strongest in the world in terms of shooting. Of course, things are not smooth in the team right now because of the difficult situation with the sniper. Lucky left this role, and gla1ve took it. To say that this decision has not worked out. I can’t say that Lucky plays well at fullback. Just think of his performance on the Overpass against NiP. He looked very lost. And gla1ve in the sniper position does not look strong. Now there are rumours that he might return to Denmark, but that is just a rumour. But if that happens, it will be a dream team. As for the upcoming match, we are probably waiting for Nuke from the Danes. They haven’t been paying attention to anyone in recent matches and have only been picking this map. True, the last Nuke ended in a 1-16 setback for them, but I think everyone understands that we shouldn’t attach too much importance to this result. It’s just an isolated bad day. In the match against the French, the Danes will have a good chance of success, especially if the two leading scorers don’t lose their form. But k0nfig has promised only to get better and has noted that he is not showing his best game now, so there is no need to worry about that. I’m sure that the Astralis will learn from the disappointing IEM Winter 2021 and play much better.

The teams have played the maximum number of maps in their head-to-head matches. I think it would be logical to assume that the teams will play three maps in this encounter. In the French victory, I still believe a little more. Still, the Danes need time with these role changes and perhaps one point substitution. In any case, the Danes can only win through great shooting. The bookmakers are offering odds of 1.90 on Total Over 2.5 maps, which looks like a good option. You can also take Team Vitality’s 2-1 win for 3.00 or Team Vitality’s victory with a handicap (-2.5) for 1.66.