Astralis vs Vitality Prediction: Meeting of old friends

On Monday, May 30, the first game day of the next CS:GO lan-tournament, IEM Dallas 2022, will take place. Astralis and Vitality will take to the US stage second.

Intel Extreme Masters XVII - Dallas is a CS:GO online tournament that will take place from May 30 to June 05, 2022. The tournament is part of the Intel Grand Slam series, so it has brought together 16 top teams in the US city of Dallas, who were able to make a visa after the majors quickly. The prize money for this competition is $250,000.

Astralis: What conclusions did the Danes draw?

The Danish team Astralis failed the last major and did not even make it out of the Challenger stage. The once great team defeated only IHC Esports of Mongolia (16:2) and barely beat the Brazilians from MIBR (16:13). The Danes didn't let the legends Vitality (8:16), Team Spirit (0:2), and Team Liquid (0:2) to the stage.

Since their relegation from the main tournament, there have been no roster changes, although rumors around Astralis are rife. So far, the organization has only announced that the coach who joined the team in early May will continue to work with the Danish squad full-time.

The main problem with the current Danes is that they have misallocated roles. Xyp9x, at the moment, plays the role of the opening player, dying in the first seconds. blameF shoots numerous kills in every game, but on many occasions, he remains 1 in 2, or even 1 in 3, so the team's result so far is disappointing. Did the Danish squad draw any conclusions? They've had plenty of time.

Vitality: ZywOo must switch on 200%

Vitality's new squad hasn't been very successful so far. The arrival of the Danes in this French team was supposed to improve the results, everyone was expecting to win the big finals, but so far, the guys had flown out of the majors, not even making the playoffs.

At times apEX goes overboard, his tactics get mixed up with his emotions, and the Vitality team is carried not in a winning direction. Plus ZywOo isn't playing to his max yet, which has a big impact on the results. IEM Dallas 2022 is a wonderful tournament for this squad to prove their worth, and it's important for the team to start in Dallas with a victory, all the more over a principled opponent for half the squad.

Expert Betting Tips

The team Vitality will win with a handicap (-2.5) rounds; the odds on this are 1.90.

The total will be under 26.5 rounds; the odds are 1.88.