Astralis and Fnatic are meeting for the second time this year.
The two teams will be on Monday afternoon at 3:25 pm and the Danes will leave with their first chance.
Below you can read more about this confrontation and a recommended tip.
Astralis: Team shape, news and statistics
◾️Astralis ranks 2nd in the world rankings and is favored to win the 3rd ESL title in the palmares after the two trophies in the 7th and 8th seasons.
◾️The team’s rooster is one of the oldest in the competition and the core of 4: dev1ce, dupreeh, Xyp9x and in-game-leader gla1ve represent the 2016 team.
◾️Magisk joined the team in 2018 and since then Astralis has achieved spectacular results.
◾️He was a world leader until February 24 when he was overthrown by rivals from NaVi and is doing his best to return to the top spot.
◾️He won the qualifying group of the new ESL season from the first place, lost surprisingly in the first round with NiP, and then won all the matches with Godsent, ENCE, Team Spirit, Team Vitality.
◾️Thus, Astralis qualified directly and lost the first game with NaVi at the score of 2: 1 after Astralis seemed to make no effort at the beginning of the match, winning the first map with the score of 16: 5.
◾️Xyp9x was the best player in this match, with an overall score of 53-44, most kills being successful on maps 2 and 3 (19, respectively 18 kills).
Fnatic: Team shape, news and statistics
◾️Fnatic ranks 5th in the world ranking and has achieved more sweat qualification compared to Astralis.
◾️He qualified from 2nd place in a group in which he lost the first round with BIG at the score of 2: 1, then won 3 consecutive matches with CompLexity Gaming, North and forZe.
◾️The victory series was completed by the world leader NaVi and thus was forced to dispute the dam won in front of the NiP by 2: 1.
◾️Fnatic is used to losing the first map and then storming back on maps 2 and 3.
◾️This is what happened in the last match with NiP when the first map was lost with an incredible score of 16: 2 and then came back with 16: 5 on the maps. 2 and 3.
?Direct match statistics Astralis vs Fnatic
?The last 3 meetings ended with the clear victory of Astralis with the score of 2: 0:
▪️27.02.20 IEM Astralis Fnatic 2: 0
▪️29.11.19 CHA Astralis Fnatic 2: 0
▪️16.10.19 ESL Astralis Fnatic 2: 0
ESL Pro League of the Day Astralis vs Fnatic
At this point in the new season 11 ESL Europe both teams will give 100% on each map.
Xyp9x has been consistent and has always made a good game in qualifications.
There is a much more tense match than qualifying and I expect the Astralis rifle to really play its part and deliver a lot of kills after the first map emotions pass.
Bet Tips: Xyp9X – Over 17.5 kills on the second map
Odds: 1.87
