February 14th at BLAST Premier Spring Series 2023 CS: GO will host crucial matches of the regular season. In group C, they will compete for places in the next stage Og, Evil geniuses, G2 esports and 100 thieves. Let’s try to move away from the sensations of last week and figure out who will shoot this time.
The BLAST finals are still far away, and the tournament is already surprising with the results. The start of the new season shook some teams: Faze clan and Natus vincere noticeably added, and Complexity gaming proved that she can fight not only with representatives of the shooting range 2 of America. In the same time Astralis last week issued two completely inexpressive matches. Perhaps now you can expect anything from the participants of the championship. Together with the betting company Parimatch, we give a forecast for the results of group C.
OG – n0tail, help
Like Complexity Gaming, OG is a completely new roster on the professional stage. The team held the first tournament in December: reached the semifinals cs_summit 5where lost to mousesports. It seems to be a good result, but to show something more team Aleksib and NBK since then could not.
In January-February, the roster lost the open qualifiers at IEM Katowice 2023 and could not rise above 5-6 places in GG.Bet ICE Challenge 2023. At the same time, the team did not meet with the top teams, except for the lost match against NAVI, but managed to concede to the roster HUNDEN.
The success of Complexity has shown that there is no way to rush into assessing the prospects of teams – and therefore it is difficult to say what awaits OG next. The main question now: what is the psychological mood of the team? N0tail probably tried to instill in the team the mentality with which the double champions of The International approached the matches. However, the effect is not yet visible, but because bookmakers naturally consider the team an outsider of Quartet C.
Coefficient of victory in the group – 8.50
G2 Esports – Unstable, but Ambitious
G2 Esports is the most fun to watch – and not only because of its social networks. Six months ago club ocelote decided on a radical change: he abandoned the French roster in favor of the international. The idea of the club is this: the CS: GO scene is becoming more crowded, and therefore, multinational. The ability to communicate in your native language is still an advantage, but it has not been enough for a long time to stay in the top. Let’s say the same Swedes know English very well, and therefore they can easily fit into any team, and this must be taken into account in order to claim victory.
In order to make the G2 Great Aegein, the club signed the Balkans from CR4ZY (ex-Valiance), and they showed themselves very well. In recent months, the team reached the final of cs_summit 5 (there it lost to mouz, who played one of the cards with the coach, but omit this), and then won on a small LAN (Champions cup) and passed qualifiers at IEM Katowice 2023.
G2 seems to be in good shape, but this feeling can be deceiving. Team like kennySis still unstable and could lose to anyone. At the same time, bookmakers believe that the team has every chance to win in the group.
Coefficient of victory in the group – 3.75
100 Thieves – Where’s the Ceiling of the Australians?
AZR and his companions are great fellows. Until 2019, few considered Australians as a stable team. But the guys managed to gain a foothold in the world top: since September, the team has not left the top 10 of the HLTV.org rating.
100 Thieves are able to beat the giants, but at the same time they feel uncomfortable against the same Evil Geniuses. It is not yet clear whether the AZR team is capable of striving for more: the firepower of the squad is all right, but are there any necessary qualities to consolidate success?
Before moving to a new club, roster players had problems, in particular visa problems. Because of this, according to e-sportsmen, their performance has suffered greatly. It seems like 100 Thieves now has everything they need to start winning tournaments.
Coefficient of victory in the group – 3.40
Evil Geniuses – will there be no replacements?
In 2019, teams from America showed that the days of jokes about NA CS were a thing of the past. Evil Geniuses proved to be especially vivid. Initially after replacing the captain daps on the stanislaw it might seem that the team might not come close to the top positions, but, to the Canadian’s honor, he only strengthened the team.
After a series of autumn victories, by December, EG had run out of steam. Still: for 2019, the team performed at 24 LAN finals. At the Moscow EPICENTER, participants admitted that they had no more strength left – they urgently needed a reboot.
The BLG team was in good shape for the tournament from BLAST. The team looked good even at the end of the year, since January he had an analyst – valenswho did a lot for the Cloud9 gold roster. However, the team also showed weaknesses. In particular – tarik, which by the end of 2019 looked completely unintelligible. Did the break help him, or will EG need a replacement soon? The answer to this we can find out already in the next weekend. In the meantime, the stanislaw squad is called a favorite of group C.
Coefficient of victory in the group – 2.50
Odds taken from the site of the betting company Parimatch and are relevant at the time of publication of the material. After registration, first-rate insurance for up to 2.5 thousand rubles will be available.
Upon completion of the matches of the third group, BLAST Premier will leave for a break. The tournament’s games will continue in June, when the Showdown stage begins, within which all participants in the main stage of the championship will be determined.
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