FaZe (World rank: #1) vs. Astralis (World rank: #12) – 1:00 P.M. ET
Moneyline Odds: FaZe (-315) | Astralis (+245)
Map Handicap: FaZe -1.5 (+105) | Astralis +1.5 (-130)


This is an online best-of-three series for the semi-finals of Roobet Cup 2022 
FaZe - Rating at event: broky 1.23 | Twistzz 1.20 | ropz 1.11 | rain 1.02 | karrigan 1.01
FaZe - Rating past three months: broky 1.14 | ropz 1.13 | Twistzz 1.11 | rain 1.10 | karrigan 0.97
Astralis - Rating at event: blameF 1.36 | Farlig 1.12 | gla1ve 1.04 | Xyp9x 0.99 | k0nfig 0.95
Astralis - Rating past three months: blameF 1.28 | k0nfig 1.09 | Farlig 1.02 | gla1ve 0.96 | Xyp9x 0.96
 

H2H Data:
These rosters have never faced each other. The teams last met in November with eight of these ten players on the server and Astralis won 2-1 (16-10 Mirage / 5-16 Nuke / 16-9 Dust2). BlameF led with 58 kills, while k0nfig topped the leaderboards with a 1.23 Rating across three maps. 


Prediction/Narrative: FaZe wins 2-1.
FaZe are obviously the favorites here as the number one team in the world, but I think this could actually be a close series and that you could make an argument for blameF at the captain spot on Draftkings. BlameF is currently the second highest-rated player at the event with a 1.36 Rating across nine maps, and he is coming off of an MVP showing at Pinnacle Cup Championship 2022 earlier this month. He has been on fire, regardless of his team's success, and I expect him to show up in this spot. His Rating at this event ranks ahead of broky & Twistzz, who are the fourth and seventh highest-rated players at Roobet Cup 2022, respectively. Astralis have not been getting good performances from k0nfig as of late, but I think they can win a map in this series without him. FaZe are the second highest-rated team at the event with a 1.12 Team Rating, behind Astralis are right behind them in third with a 1.09 Team Rating. Astralis have at least a 57.1% win rate on Ancient, Overpass, and Nuke in the past three months. They are 4-1 in the past month on Nuke, though they have had mixed results as of late on Overpass with a 3-3 W/L record in the past month, and they are 1-1 on Ancient during that time. Either way, FaZe dropped a series against BIG and dropped a map against OG at this event, and there should be an opening for Astralis to make this a close series and maybe take a map. FaZe is the focus here, but I think that blameF should still be a high priority. 
 

  • FaZe K/D Leaders at event: broky 1.33 | Twistzz 1.23 | ropz 1.11 | rain 0.95 | karrigan 0.94
     
  • FaZe Opening Kills Per Round at event: rain 0.14 | karrigan 0.12 | Twistzz 0.11 | broky 0.09 | ropz 0.09

Favorite Draftkings Plays (In order of priority): 
broky ($12,600) | blameF ($9,600) | Twistzz ($10,400) | ropz ($11,800) | Farlig ($7,600) | rain ($9,200) | gla1ve ($6,400) | k0nfig ($8,400) | karrigan ($8,000) | Xyp9x ($6,000)