Eternal Fire sent home; G2 survive Falcons test
As we reached the penultimate day of the ESL Pro League Season 19 Group A and B matches, we had a couple of teams heading home while a couple survived to fight for another day.
Virtus.pro (VP) were up against fnatic in the opening game of the day which was the Group A elimination game. VP pushed fnatic to overtime on the series opener on Vertigo to steal a 16-14 win before picking up a comfortable 13-6 win on their pick of Anubis to send fnatic home and keep themselves alive.
Virtus.profnatic| Virtus.pro |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 3.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Evgenii 'FL1T' Lebedev |
46 - 31 | +15 | 98.3 | 73.5% | 1.71 |
| Dzhami 'Jame' Ali |
38 - 26 | +12 | 86.9 | 73.5% | 1.29 |
| Denis 'electroNic' Sharipov |
34 - 37 | -3 | 70.5 | 71.4% | 1.07 |
| Petr 'fame' Bolyshev |
27 - 29 | -2 | 65.2 | 73.5% | 0.98 |
| David 'n0rb3r7' Danielyan |
25 - 31 | -6 | 60.6 | 69.4% | 0.91 |
| fnatic |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 3.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Freddy 'KRIMZ' Johansson |
43 - 33 | +10 | 95.5 | 69.4% | 1.10 |
 Can 'kyuubii' Ali |
34 - 32 | +2 | 81.4 | 75.5% | 1.05 |
 Alexandre 'bodyy' Pianaro |
28 - 38 | -10 | 67.3 | 69.4% | 0.89 |
 Matúš 'MATYS' Šimko |
24 - 35 | -11 | 61.4 | 59.2% | 0.74 |
| Aurélien 'afro' Drapier |
22 - 34 | -12 | 54.6 | 69.4% | 0.64 |
G2 were battling for survival against the new-look Falcons with dupreeh and Falcons started the series with an overtime 16-13 win on Vertigo. NiKo stepped up to help G2 answer back on Anubis with a 13-3 before closing out the series with a 13-5 win on Nuke to send Snappi and co. home.
FalconsG2| Falcons |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 3.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Marco 'Snappi' Pfeiffer |
42 - 44 | -2 | 70.3 | 71.4% | 1.09 |
 Pavle 'Maden' Bošković |
46 - 45 | +1 | 77.1 | 76.2% | 1.09 |
| Peter 'dupreeh' Rasmussen |
39 - 44 | -5 | 73.6 | 71.4% | 0.98 |
 Álvaro 'SunPayus' García |
34 - 39 | -5 | 57.5 | 73.0% | 0.94 |
| Emil 'Magisk' Reif |
28 - 48 | -20 | 65.2 | 69.8% | 0.67 |
| G2 |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 3.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Nikola 'NiKo' Kovač |
49 - 38 | +11 | 90.6 | 77.8% | 1.39 |
| Ilya 'm0NESY' Osipov |
52 - 35 | +17 | 80.5 | 79.4% | 1.36 |
| Nemanja 'huNter-' Kovač |
43 - 39 | +4 | 76.8 | 74.6% | 1.19 |
 Nemanja 'nexa' Isaković |
37 - 33 | +4 | 60.5 | 73.0% | 1.02 |
| Rasmus 'HooXi' Nielsen |
39 - 45 | -6 | 72.3 | 77.8% | 0.90 |
Astralis and 3DMAX, both of whom had already booked their place in the Playoffs, took on each other in the Group A upper bracket final with a direct spot in the quarter-final up for grabs. The device and jabbi show saw the Danes ease to a 13-7 win on Inferno and a 13-3 win on their pick of Ancient as they secured a quarter-final place.
3DMAXAstralis| 3DMAX |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 3.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas 'Djoko' Pavoni |
21 - 28 | -7 | 65.2 | 58.3% | 0.98 |
| Filip 'Graviti' Brankovic |
23 - 32 | -9 | 74.0 | 63.9% | 0.92 |
| Bryan 'Maka' Canda |
19 - 30 | -11 | 58.1 | 61.1% | 0.77 |
| Pierre 'Ex3rcice' Bulinge |
17 - 29 | -12 | 56.1 | 47.2% | 0.72 |
| Lucas 'Lucky' Chastang |
11 - 30 | -19 | 50.4 | 52.8% | 0.48 |
| Astralis |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 3.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jakob 'jabbi' Nygaard |
41 - 22 | +19 | 119.9 | 88.9% | 1.76 |
| Nicolai 'device' Reedtz |
35 - 12 | +23 | 93.1 | 80.6% | 1.56 |
| Martin 'stavn' Lund |
28 - 21 | +7 | 83.7 | 75.0% | 1.11 |
| Victor 'Staehr' Staehr |
25 - 19 | +6 | 79.2 | 77.8% | 1.06 |
| Alexander 'br0' Bro |
19 - 18 | +1 | 55.5 | 80.6% | 0.92 |
The final game of the day saw Eternal Fire and SAW battle it out for survival in the Group A elimination game and SAW started the series with a win on Vertigo and ran through the Turkish team on their pick of Nuke, 13-3 to send Eternal Fire home.
SAWEternal Fire| SAW |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 3.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Rafael 'arrozdoce' Wing |
34 - 18 | +16 | 101.6 | 78.4% | 1.58 |
| João 'story' Vieira |
27 - 15 | +12 | 68.4 | 91.9% | 1.44 |
| Christopher 'MUTiRiS' Fernandes |
23 - 16 | +7 | 66.4 | 81.1% | 1.26 |
| Michel 'ewjerkz' Pinto |
22 - 21 | +1 | 73.1 | 78.4% | 1.24 |
| Ricardo 'roman' Oliveira |
25 - 25 | +0 | 78.3 | 75.7% | 1.10 |
| Eternal Fire |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 3.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Özgür 'woxic' Eker |
23 - 28 | -5 | 76.2 | 62.2% | 1.04 |
| Engin 'MAJ3R' Küpeli |
20 - 24 | -4 | 61.4 | 67.6% | 0.92 |
| Ismailcan 'XANTARES' Dörtkardeş |
20 - 26 | -6 | 60.5 | 67.6% | 0.78 |
| Buğra 'Calyx' Arkın |
17 - 25 | -8 | 56.1 | 56.8% | 0.71 |
| Ali 'Wicadia' Haydar Yalçın |
15 - 28 | -13 | 56.9 | 54.1% | 0.55 |
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