In the first round of the BLAST Spring Showdown, Astralis and OG, among others, will meet. While most first round encounters should end in clear favorite victories, this duel is expected to be an exciting clash between two top teams.

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Author's tip: OG wins

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Table of Content

At the BLAST Showdown, a total of 16 teams will play for the remaining two spots at the Spring Finals. All matches will be played as bo3 and online and the entire tournament will be held in single-elimination mode.

Date and provider

The match between Astralis and OG will take place live at 12.30 p.m. (CET) on 04/13/2021. While BLAST themselves will provide an English broadcast, you can find numerous streams in other languages on the Twitch.tv platform.

Astralis - Latest performance & results

The Danish top team did not live up to expectations at the ESL Pro League. All in all, the new year was rather mixed for Astralis. With 5-9th places at the BLAST Spring Groups, the IEM Katowice 2021 and the recently ended ESL Pro League, the high demands of the organization have not been met. In the Astralis vs. OG match, the odds give the Danes the very clear favorite role anyways.

At the ESL Pro League, the team around IGL gla1ve still came out on top in Group D after a first round loss against Evil Geniuses. However, defeats against Gambit and FURIA sealed their early exit in the playoffs. With a win in the first rounds, Astralis will most likely play against G2 and the final match for qualification possibly against Liquid.

OG - Latest performance & results

The mixed team of OG could not convince at the ESL Pro League either. The team failed already in the group stage and lost among others against Complexity, Heroic and FunPlus Phoenix. The disappointment about the early elimination was big and the organization acted with a second player change. After NBK- already had to leave the active lineup about a month ago, ISSAA was recently kicked out of the team as well.

As new players niko and flameZ were signed. While the Dane was under contract with Heroic last year and delivered some great tournaments, flameZ was recently contracted by Endpoint. The Israeli showed an incredible performance at the ESL Pro League and is considered to be one of the biggest up-and-coming talents.

Astralis vs. OG - Map-Veto prediction

Mirage and Vertigo are practically fixed as bans. Between Astralis and OG, the tip for the maps is Inferno and Dust2. Overpass and Train would be conceivable as deciders.

Astralis vs. OG - Prediction

Even though the odds between Astralis and OG are clearly in favor of the Danes, we put our bet on the underdog OG. The team is newly formed and individually stronger than ever before. As a bet we see 5 units at odds in the amount of 3.20 for appropriate.

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