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Finally we have reached the finals of the first round of CCT Online Finals. There are 20 teams playing for $200,000 and 2 trips to the Global Finals.
Among them are Aurora and ALLTERNATE aTTax. They will play in the last match of the first round, where they will determine the participant of the second round of the upper grid and the first round of the lower grid.
We're trying to figure out who will be stronger in this confrontation and one step closer to the goal of reaching the Global Finals, and who will fall to the lower grid and lose the chance to make a mistake.
Let's go.
Aurora's form
Commencing our match analysis, let's initiate with an examination of Aurora's current form. In this upcoming match, the team contends against the top-ranked opponent with odds favoring them at around 1.4. Exploring further details and consulting CSGO trade sites can provide additional insights into Aurora's performance, contributing to a more comprehensive understanding of the dynamics in this matchup.
The 39th team of the world ranking can not boast of a high performance for the year. Aurora played everywhere they could, but everywhere they were at best "in the middle".
Some of the standout performances are the ubiquitous CCT series tournaments, where Aurora did really well. For example, they won CCT South Europe Series #2 and CCT South Europe Series #3. If we talk about more prestigious championships, then everything was much worse there.
Aurora participated in BLAST.tv Paris Major 202: European RMR, and twice. And both times they failed the qualifying stage for the only Major, being ranked first TOP-11 and then TOP-6. They also failed to qualify for Gamers8 and IEM Sydney 2023.
- Aurora line-up: Lack1, Norwi, KENSI, lattykk, SELLTER .
Prior to the Long Convergence Roobet Cup 2023, the team made an appearance at the ESL Challenger at DreamHack Winter 2023: European Qualifier. And again the top 4.
Where they were lucky was at Skyesports Championship 2023: European Qualifier. We defeated TSM in the final, thus getting a slot to the main tournament.
Roobet Cup 2023 is going well for Aurora so far. The team made it through the group stage with confidence, leaving Heroic and Eternal Fire behind.
The ongoing Roobet Cup 2023 continues to be the centrepiece of the 2023 tournament for the club. In the first round of the play-offs, Aurora stepped over OG very confidently, outscoring them 2-0.
However, Roobet Cup 2023 remained one of Aurora's main, if not the main, achievement. The team managed to make it to the play-offs and semi-finals before being knocked out by Monte.
Then there was a series of not very successful local tournaments. These included CCT Central Europe Series #8, with a top 8, CCT Online Finals #4 with a top 16, Pari, Please with a top 6 and finally qualifying for BetBoom Dacha with a top 4.
Aurora Mapple
Among the best Aurora maps are Anubis and Overpass. The former has 6 maps and 100% wins, while the latter has 5 maps and 100% wins.
Next is Inferno with 13 matches and 10 wins. Nuke (7-4) and Ancient (3-3) are playing.
Worst of all is Vertigo. There are 2 defeats there.
Form ALLTERNATE aTTax
We continue the match analysis by analysing the ALLTERNATE aTTax form. In this match they play as a number two, with the odds of winning around 3.
The German club is ranked 62nd in the world rankings. This is all because of a very questionable performance throughout the year.
The team spent the entire first half of the year in various qualifiers. These are OMEN WGR Challenge 2023: Closed Qualifier with a top-8 finish, CCT North Europe Series #3: Closed Qualfieir with a top-8 finish and CCT West Europe Series #1: Closed Qualifier with a top-12 finish.
Regular tournament play began closer to spring. However, any results were far away.
ALLTERNATE aTTax finished TOP-20 at CCT Central Europe Series, TOP-16 at CCT South Europe Series #4. In June, they finished Top 2 at the local ESL Meisterchaft: Spring 2023, and later Top 2 at CCT Central Europe Series #7.
- ALLTERNATE aTTax lineup: awzek, FreeZe, PerX, Spiidi, PAN!X .
The autumn was quite fruitful for AA. They placed in the top 4 at CCT Online Finals #3, XL Games 2023. They also participated in CCT North Europe Series #8 and CCT East Europe Series #3, where they finished in the top 16 twice.
Just before Online Finals #5 ALLTERNATE aTTax continued to compete at CCT Series tournaments. Central Europe, Eastern Europe, Online Finals. Best result just at CCT Online Finals #4 with top 8 there.
Map ALLTERNATE aTTax
The best ALLTERNATE aTTax map is Nuke. There are 4 matches and 4 wins there.
Anubis (7 matches, 85% wins), Mirage (4 matches, 75% wins) are very good.
Also played on a number of other maps. Vertigo - 40% wins in 7 matches, Inferno and Overpass - 3 wins in 5 matches.
Ancient is not played.
History of head-to-head meetings ALLTERNATE aTTax
Previously the teams played each other at CCT Online Finals #4. Then the Germans celebrated the victory.
Predicted result of the match ALLTERNATE aTTax - Aurora
In this match I expect an equal fight. Despite the advantage in head-to-head meetings in AA, I still see how Aurora will be able to take the card, or even the series. My bet - total +2.5.
Bottom line: +2.5 total.
