Astralis vs. Virtus.Pro CS:GO

Quick prediction as I just got back home and there’s only one hour left, basically what I think is that Astralis have a pretty big advantage with their map pool here, they are better than Virtus.pro on many maps, especially dust2, overpass and probably even train, while their only weak map at the moment is cobblestone and it is their permanent veto. Other than the map pool, Astralis also seems to be a better team right now, they were my favorites to win this event from the start, they beat Na’Vi relatively easily, stomped fnatic and played very well in the groups, maybe besides their match against GODSENT on train.

Now, the thing with Virtus.pro is that they shouldn’t even be in the finals in my opinion, North should have won against them on cobble, then the match against SK Gaming, brazilians should have won there as well, but VP managed to close it out somehow, I don’t think they will have that much luck against Astralis so I’d go with the danes this time, that being said, Astralis is my pick here.

My odds for this match: Astralis 55:45 VP

Should be an amazing final and I had VP to win it in my pickem from the start. Both teams showed a surprisingly good level in certain moments and I was especially impressed with astralis on cache. You could see they had worked a lot at it. Going into the veto, the maps are already out. Nuke, Overpass, Train. Three great maps, and it should be a fantastic final. I would have to favour Nuke towards VP, as they are really strong on this map, but it is for sure a map that astralis can play. Overpass I would favour towards astralis, and the 3rd map, I would give a slight edge to astralis as well, but train is a really close map. My pick from the start was VP, and I will stay with them now.

My odds for this match: Astralis 55:45 VP