BLAST Premier Spring European Showdown 2023

The second match of the BLAST Premier Spring European Showdown 2023 brings us Cloud9 vs Copenhagen Flames

After their disappointment on the ESL Professional League closing, Cloud9 will now be attempting to make it into the BLAST Premier Spring Ultimate through the hotly-contested BLAST Premier Spring European Showdown 2023. Their first opponent within the 8-team single-elimination gauntlet is Copenhagen Flames, who appear to have recovered from their string of roster modifications final yr and are actually shaping up fairly properly. There’s a fairly huge distinction between the 2, so when you’re attempting your luck with some CSGO betting or simply need to learn extra about C9 vs CPH, right here’s our preview.

Cloud9 

Regardless of a pronounced enchancment within the final couple of months, Cloud9 nonetheless don’t have a brand new trophy to be grateful for. Furthermore, one would possibly argue that the luck of the draw had lots to do with their presence within the Grand Ultimate of EPL 17, with ENCE having taken out the likes of G2 Esports and Staff Vitality enroute to their Semifinal in opposition to C9. That being mentioned, the CIS squad did beat G2 within the Group Stage convincingly, and they’ll definitely be emboldened by these newest developments. They’re the favorites on this matchup definitely.

Gamers

Vladislav ”nafany” Gorshkov

• HLTV Score: 1.03
• Impression Score: 1.09
• Kill/Help/Survived/Traded: 68.9%
• Common Injury Spherical: 74.1
• Kills Per Spherical: 0.66

Dmitriy ”sh1ro” Sokolov

• HLTV Score: 1.26
• Impression Score: 1.21
• Kill/Help/Survived/Traded: 76.3%
• Common Injury Spherical: 78.8
• Kills Per Spherical: 0.77

Timur “buster” Tulepov

• HLTV Score: 1.08
• Impression Score: 1.03
• Kill/Help/Survived/Traded: 72.0%
• Common Injury Spherical: 73.2
• Kills Per Spherical: 0.68

Sergey ”Ax1Le” Rykhtorov

• HLTV Score: 1.16
• Impression Score: 1.15
• Kill/Help/Survived/Traded: 72.5%
• Common Injury Spherical: 80.6
• Kills Per Spherical: 0.73

Abai ”HObbit” Hasenov

• HLTV Score:1.06
• Impression Score: 1.13
• Kill/Help/Survived/Traded: 71.4%
• Common Injury Spherical: 80.0
• Kills Per Spherical: 0.72

Participant To Watch

Given his insane kind, it will be felony to not regulate Ax1Le on this match.

CPH Flames

It’s been a yr of ups and downs for CPHF. A bit of over a yr in the past, they not solely made it to the PGL Antwerp Main by beating NIP of their Regional Main Rating Ultimate, however shocked everybody by really reaching the Playoffs. An enormous shuffle adopted a couple of months later, however the workforce appeared to be again on monitor for extra highs with a string of B-Tier silverware, however this yr has yielded 0 trophies up to now. With some recent blood coming in, they’re a workforce in transition, however the modifications can’t appear to come back rapidly sufficient.

Gamers 

Rasmus “raalz” Steensborg

• HLTV Score:0.98
• Impression Score: 1.01
• Kill/Help/Survived/Traded: 70.4%
• Common Injury Spherical: 72.0
• Kills Per Spherical: 0.66

Johannes “b0RUP” Borup

• HLTV Score:1.01
• Impression Score: 1.05
• Kill/Help/Survived/Traded: 70.0%
• Common Injury Spherical: 73.2
• Kills Per Spherical: 0.68

Thomas “TMB” Bundsbæk

• HLTV Score:1.04
• Impression Score: 1.06
• Kill/Help/Survived/Traded: 69.2%
• Common Injury Spherical:76.6
• Kills Per Spherical: 0.66

Asger “Farlig” Jensen

• HLTV Score:1.10
• Impression Score: 1.11
• Kill/Help/Survived/Traded: 70.2%
• Common Injury Spherical: 71.7
• Kills Per Spherical: 0.72

Thomas “birdfromsky” Due-Frederiksen

• HLTV Score:0.98
• Impression Score: 0.97
• Kill/Help/Survived/Traded: 69.9%
• Common Injury Spherical: 72.2
• Kills Per Spherical: 0.59

Participant to Watch

As soon as a much-maligned AWPer on Astralis, Farlig is now on a brand new workforce with new potentialities, and he shall be our participant to observe there.

CPH Flames vs Cloud9 Preview and Predictions: BLAST Premier Spring European Showdown 2023

The chances are stacked just too excessive in C9’s favor, and that’s whom we’re selecting as 2-0 winners.

Maps 

We’re most certainly going to see Historical from CPHF, Mirage from Cloud9, and Vertigo left over.

Rating 

Map 1: C9 to win with CPHF <10.

Map 2: C9 to win with CPHF <9.

Prime Fragger

We picked Ax1Le for C9, and we’ll persist with him all the way in which.

Match Hyperlinks

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