Cloud9 and Astralis will fight for the right to qualify for the IEM Cologne 2022 play-offs and for the right to qualify for the Group B final. Cloud9 and Astralis will meet in the group stage of IEM Cologne 2022. The game will start on the 9th of July at 17:00 UK time.
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Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction One – Handicap (-1.5) for Cloud9 – 2.21.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction Two – Total Maps Under 2.5 – 1.63.
Cloud9 are in great form and have clearly come to this tournament with the sole aim of winning. Astralis can still hardly be considered a powerful opponent because they perform much more unstable than Cloud9. Especially at the end of last month, Cloud9 literally crushed Astralis on two maps.
The last four out of five matches involving Cloud9 have been played on two maps.
Cloud9 are in fourth place in the world rankings and in good form. The team lost to BIG (0-2) in the semi-finals at the last tournament, but in this one, they managed to take on the Outsiders (2-0). At the same time, Cloud9 experienced no difficulties in that game and confidently defeated their opponents in both Dust2 and Ancient.
We must underline that Cloud9 feel comfortable on all the maps and have at least a 50% of win rate on each of them. The exception is Nuke, which they always ban. The best individual statistic now has sh1ro, whose KDR is 1.26.
Astralis are ranked 12th in the world rankings and are showing quite a good game in this event. The team is on a three-game winning streak. They managed to deal with Complexity (2-0), and BIG (2-1) and proved superior to FURIA with a 2-0 victory. In the last encounter with FURIA, all the players except Farlig finished with positive results.
Most often, Astralis take their peak at Mirage, Ancient or Overpass, where they have at least 50% of the victories. It is worth mentioning that BlameF remains the best in the line-up, as he even finished the last six maps with a positive score for himself.
In our opinion, the teams will take to the field with the following line-ups:
Cloud9: HObbit, Ax1Le, nafany, sh1ro, interz.
Astralis: Xyp9x, k0nfig, gla1ve, blameF, Farlig.
sh1ro from Cloud9 and blameF from Astralis are our highlighted players in the match.
Who won the last meeting between these clubs?
The teams have played two times during the current season:
– Cloud9’s win (2-1) at PGL Major Antwerp 2022 Europe RMR B;
– Cloud9’s win (2-0) at the Roobet Cup 2022.
Where will this fixture be played?
The match will be played in Cologne, Germany.
Which bookmaker has the best odds for this game?
We recommend checking out the odds for IEM Cologne 2022: Cloud9 vs Astralis at Sportsbet.io and VBet.