Intel Extreme Masters Dallas 2023

Astralis and Cloud9 will attempt to maintain their respective winning runs and secure a place in the upper bracket final when they lock horns in the Astralis vs Cloud9 Intel Extreme Masters 2023 Group B Upper Bracket Semi Finals

Separated by 20 places in the global rankings, Cloud9 could be thought of as the obvious CSGO betting favorites against Astralis. The Danes, however, have shown signs of a resurgence in recent times and might prove to be a tough nut to crack for the Russians.

Cloud9 are coming off a dominant 16-2 victory over Grayhound, while Astralis had to work hard and secure an overtime win against Liquid to reach this point.

Astralis

Astralis had lost in both of their previous two meetings against Liquid, but they managed to break the ice with a stunning overtime victory on Overpass. Lukas “gla1ve” Rossander’s men lost their narrow lead to force the tie beyond regulation rounds, but they held on to their nerves to ensure a 4-2 win in overtime.

Players

Alexander “Altekz” Givskov

HLTV Rating: 1.03
Impact Rating: 0.96
Kill/Assist/Survived/Traded: 70.2%
Average Damage Round: 73.6
Kills Per Round: 0.65

Lukas “gla1ve” Rossander

HLTV Rating: 0.98
Impact Rating: 1.04
Kill/Assist/Survived/Traded: 70.0%
Average Damage Round: 74.1
Kills Per Round: 0.66

Nicolai “dev1ce” Reedtz

HLTV Rating: 1.16
Impact Rating: 1.28
Kill/Assist/Survived/Traded: 71.3%
Average Damage Round: 80.4
Kills Per Round: 0.78

Benjamin “blameF” Bremer

HLTV Rating: 1.23
Impact Rating: 1.23
Kill/Assist/Survived/Traded: 74.0%
Average Damage Round: 85.6
Kills Per Round: 0.77

Christian “Buzz” Andersen

HLTV Rating: 1.04
Impact Rating: 1.03
Kill/Assist/Survived/Traded: 69.9%
Average Damage Round: 74.6
Kills Per Round: 0.66

Player To Watch

dev1ce

Cloud9

Cloud9 started their IEM Dallas campaign with a 16-2 thrashing of Grayhound and avenged their surprise defeat to the Aussies at the IEM Rio Challengers Stage last year. Vladislav ”nafany” Gorshkov, Dmitriy ”sh1ro” Sokolov, and Sergey ”Ax1Le” Rykhtorov crossed the 1.5 rating mark, while Abai ”HObbit” Hasenov narrowly fell short with a 1.48 rating.

Players

Vladislav ”nafany” Gorshkov

HLTV Rating: 1.03
Impact Rating: 1.08
Kill/Assist/Survived/Traded: 68.9%
Average Damage Round: 73.8
Kills Per Round: 0.66

Dmitriy ”sh1ro” Sokolov

HLTV Rating: 1.26
Impact Rating: 1.22
Kill/Assist/Survived/Traded: 76.3%
Average Damage Round: 78.9
Kills Per Round: 0.77

Timur “buster” Tulepov

HLTV Rating: 1.08
Impact Rating: 1.02
Kill/Assist/Survived/Traded: 72.0%
Average Damage Round: 73.0
Kills Per Round: 0.67

Sergey ”Ax1Le” Rykhtorov

HLTV Rating: 1.16
Impact Rating: 1.15
Kill/Assist/Survived/Traded: 72.5%
Average Damage Round: 80.6
Kills Per Round: 0.73

Abai ”HObbit” Hasenov

HLTV Rating:1.06
Impact Rating: 1.13
Kill/Assist/Survived/Traded: 71.5%
Average Damage Round: 80.0
Kills Per Round: 0.72

Player to Watch

sh1ro

Astralis vs Cloud9 Predictions: Intel Extreme Masters Dallas 2023

We expect Cloud9 to beat Astralis by 2-1.

Astralis vs Cloud9 Head to Head Record

Astralis 3-3 Cloud9

Astralis vs Cloud9 Maps

Astralis vs Cloud9 Score

Map 1: Astralis to win by +5<
Map 2: Cloud9 to win by +8<
Map 3: Cloud9 to win by +4<

Astralis vs Cloud9 Top Fragger

sh1ro