Teams Eternal Fire and Astralis will face off in a BO3 format at the Perfect World Shanghai Major 2024: European RMR B. The match is crucial for both teams because the loser will leave the tournament and will not be able to compete further. In this article, we present a preview, review, and analysis of the upcoming match.
Current Form of the Teams
The average rating for Astralis at S-tier events over the last month is 6.2. The team's last tournament was BLAST Premier: World Final 2024, where they managed to reach the playoffs but lost in the semifinals. In the last five matches, Astralis won against B8 and MOUZ but lost to Spirit, Sashi, and 9 Pandas. The team's performance cannot be called stable, and the absence of dev1ce, who will miss the tournament due to health issues, negatively affects the team's chances.
Eternal Fire has not attended any S-tier events in the last month. However, the team participated in the ESL Challenger Katowice 2024, where they completely failed. They did not make it out of the group, winning only one match against Falcons. In the last five matches, the Turkish team defeated Aurora and Falcons but suffered losses to Sashi, 3DMAX, and B8. The team's level of play remains extremely unstable, yet they are still favorites in this match.
Map Pool
Astralis's best maps are Inferno (64% win rate) and Nuke (50% win rate), and the map on which they have the most matches is Ancient (14 times with a 36% win rate), Inferno (14 times with a 64% win rate), and Nuke 2 (14 times with a 50% win rate).
For Eternal Fire, the situation is different; their best maps are Anubis (67% win rate) and Vertigo (67% win rate), and the maps they choose most are Anubis (18 times with a 67% win rate), Inferno (16 times with a 63% win rate), and Dust 2 (15 times with a 60% win rate).
Map Pool Prediction:
- Inferno chosen by Astralis
- Anubis chosen by Eternal Fire
- Mirage - decider
Head-to-Head
The last head-to-head meeting occurred a month and a half ago at IEM Rio 2024. Astralis won with a score of 13:11 on Inferno in a close game.
Match Prediction
The current form of Astralis raises serious concerns ahead of the showdown against Eternal Fire. The absence of dev1ce due to health issues has significantly weakened the team and lowers their chances of winning. Although Eternal Fire is unstable, they can rally at the right moment to defeat the depleted Danish team.
Prediction: 2:0 in favor of Eternal Fire
Perfect World Shanghai Major 2024: European RMR B runs from November 21 to 24 in China. Teams are competing for seven slots at the major. You can follow the schedule and results of EU RMR B here.
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