Vitality vs Astralis Prediction: a Crucial Battle of Former Teammates

BLAST Premier Fall Showdown 2022 Europe is the penultimate tournament in the BLAST league before the finals this gaming season. The tournament will be separate for the European and American regions. In each region, teams will compete for a slot in the main event - BLAST Premier Fall Final 2022, held on LAN in Denmark. Each area has one slot, so only the winner will be able to represent their organization at the BLAST Finals.

The tournament will be held in one stage. In other words, there will be a playoff net. The tournament will be held in single elimination (to one defeat). All tournament matches will be held in BO3 format.

The first semifinal match will meet the teams for which personal confrontation will always be fundamental. A part of the former Astralis legendary squad moved to Vitality, and now the players will always play against each other, fighting for the title of the best.

For the start of the new season, the Vitality team made a replacement to strengthen the squad. ENCE star Spinx joined the crew. As expected, he blended in well and gave the team the firepower it needed to compete with its opponents from the world top. Since the start of the new season, the renewed Vitality squad has played very well and even took the EPL S16 title. In every match, they not only showed a confident and tactically strong game but also a champion's character, playing every round to the maximum against any opponent. However, in the RMR tournament, the Vitality team showed an abysmal attack, losing their place in the legends of the major.

In their first match against the Chinese team, the guys from Vitality were the absolute favorites. Absolutely by all parameters, the European team was superior to their opponents and expectedly won a confident victory. Undoubtedly, this time the Vitality are well prepared and in better shape than their opponents, who are on the verge of disbandment, not to mention the morale. Nevertheless, Astralis players are still professionals with a lot of experience, so the players of the French organization will not win easily. It is impossible to make mistakes like in the last match and play with your opponent, knowing that, in any case, they will get the rounds needed to win. Vitality should approach the game entirely focused and confidently pass to the final.

The last change in the lineup was the arrival of Lotan Spinx Giladi.

The best rating, according to hltv, is 3rd in the world. Currently in 3rd place.

The best map is Dust2, with a win rate of 88% in eight games played.

The worst map is Nuke, with a win rate of 50% in 4 games played.

From the very beginning their new squad played very unstable. Absolutely every player in the lineup fell out in some game. Very strong and skilful players who are individually stronger than many were simply unable to find their style of play. And the inexperienced coach, who most likely did not have the proper authority, was not able to build a team game. And no matter how hard they tried to retain the squad, very poor results forced the organization to take drastic measures after the team was unable to reach the majors.

In the confrontation with the Turks, bookmakers single out the Danes as the favorites. But as expected, this match was an equal contest where the winner was decided in overtime. Astralis made a lot of mistakes and often couldn't navigate the situation well after the exchange. However, the sheer amount of experience of some of the players in the lineup allowed them to emerge victorious from the confrontation. The match against Vitality will be very difficult, from which the Danes are unlikely to emerge victorious. The game they have been showing in recent times is not strong enough and has long since fallen into the ranks of dash2. Soon we will say goodbye to the Astralis as part of BLAST and they will say goodbye to the stage in Copenhagen as part of the league as well.

The last change in the lineup was the arrival of Peter casle Ardenskjold as head coach, who hasn't played or coached anywhere in two years. Also Mikkel MistR Thomsen from the academy is helping the squad finish the last tournament for this Astralis squad.

Best hltv rating - 3rd in the world. Currently in 16th place.

The best map statistically is Inferno, with a win rate of 75% in 8 games played.

The worst map statistically is Overpass, with a win rate of 25% for 4 games played.

For this match, we offer the following options: the maps TO (2.5), TO (25.5) on map 1, TO (26.5) on map 2, and the correct score 2:1 in favor of Vitality.