Matchförutsägelse: Astralis - MOUZ | Counter-Strike (CS2)

Astralis and MOUZ will meet in the second round of the ESL Pro League Season 16 group stage. Looking at yesterday's results, it becomes obvious that two out of three playoff tickets have already been booked. Well, then the former favorites will continue to lose their points, while teams like MOUZ will gain momentum.

Yesterday the Danish team disappointed a lot, because after Inferno it looked like an easy victory. But there were overtimes on Nuke, and then a failure on Dust 2.

In turn, the "mice" showed good CS in terms of interactions on the server. And if MOUZ still had problems on the first map against Heroic, then on Dust 2 the guys caught their game.

If you look at today's pair, then Astralis is in an unenviable position. Firstly, the team has already lost, and lost to an outsider. Secondly, now you have to play with MOUZ, which, based on the game against colleagues from Heroic, is gaining momentum. It remains only to think, but for some reason I believe in the third card.

Astralis shape

The fourth team in the world ranking managed to reach the ½ finals of IEM Cologne 2022, by the way, having managed to throw off their today's opponent in the playoffs.

But then there was a break, right after which Astralis came out in a shattered state. Yes, we can remember the success of the Danish team at the group stage of BLAST Premier Fall Groups 2022, where they even slammed Vitality.

However, in the Play-In, the team still failed, as it seems, without showing character. Well, we all remember the misadventures of Astralis in the open qualifiers for IEM Road to Rio 2022 for Europe - there is no need to talk about it.

As for the start at ESL Pro League Season 16, this is a real failure. And okay, you gave Nuke to the North Americans, but with such a game, why believe in Dust 2 and leave the map? In general, there are still a lot of questions, as well as the game of the Danes did not work out from the very start.

Astralis latest results:

• Victory over Illuminar with a score of 2:0.
• Defeat from FaZe Clan with a score of 1:2.
• Victory over HEET with a score of 16:9.
• Defeat from SAW with a score of 12:16.
• Defeat from Complexity with a score of 1:2.

Best Astralis cards:

• Inferno - 71% of wins.
• Nuke - 64% of wins.
• Ancient - 60% of wins.
• Mirage - 57% of wins.

It is worth saying that the Danish team has stopped appearing on the Vertigo map.

MOUZ form

The tenth team in the world ranking shot at the same IEM Cologne 2022, where they unexpectedly ended up in the quarterfinals, where they lost to Astralis.

Then the team took a short vacation to prepare for the open qualifiers for IEM Road to Rio 2022 for Europe. As part of the MOUZ qualifiers, there were no problems, since the team got to the RMR on the first try, losing only to Sprout.

We will not recall the subsequent changes in the composition, because on paper the “mouse” only became stronger. Most importantly, MOUZ got off to a great start in the group stage of ESL Pro League Season 16, outplaying Heroic. Moreover, the victory looked worthy, and I would not say that there was a sensation.

Latest MOUZ results:

• Victory over AGO with a score of 16:6.
• Victory over Portuguese Family with a score of 2:0.
• Lost to Sprout with a score of 14:16.
• Victory over Aurora with a score of 16:6.
• Victory over Heroic with a score of 2:0.

Best MOUZ cards:

• Mirage - 90% of wins.
• Overpass - 67% of wins.
• Nuke - 56% win rate
• Inferno - 50% win rate.

Remarkably, the MOUZ team began to refuse the Dust 2 map, but banned Overpass the day before.

Match statistics Astralis — MOUZ

As part of the current season, the teams held one meeting - at IEM Cologne 2022, the victory went to Astralis (2:1).

Prediction for the match Astralis — MOUZ

Despite yesterday's problems of the Danish team, these guys can play the Nuke, which I have no doubt. It is logical that today Astralis will prefer its strongest map, where it will definitely play from a position of strength.

In turn, it is convenient for the "mice" to take the Mirage card, where they clearly succeed more than the opponent. One way or another, I'm more inclined to win MOUZ, but I have a feeling that the teams will reach the third map and will determine the strongest on it.

Therefore, here I would recommend betting on Total on cards 2.5 more.