\nWatch Live:<\/td>\n | Twitch (https:\/\/www.twitch.tv\/ESL_CSGO)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n \u2028The last series for day one for Group D brings us two teams who have changed over half of their roster since the end of 2021 and start of 2022, Denmark\u2019s Astralis and America\u2019s Evil Geniuses. When it comes to comparing these two teams, the world rankings just don’t do them justice. Astralis have held onto their prime and sit at no.11 in the world and Complexity are trying to recoup the rankings they have lost since 2020 and sit at 51 in the world.<\/p>\n Evil Geniuses have recruited three new players since the turn of the year and they aren\u2019t just any three players, they are stars that have been around and won plenty of tournaments individual awards. Jake “Stewie2k” Yip, Timothy “autimatic” Ta and William “RUSH” Wierzba will all play their first international tournament for Evil Geniuses, after they took the new look team to second place in the first PGL Major Antwerp 2022 Americas RMR NA Qualifier. With the amount of Major wins and tournament MVPs that these players have combined, they will have a lot of influence on what happens with Evil Geniuses at ESL Pro League Season 15. <\/p>\n As for Astralis, they also have a relatively new roster with their late 2021 additions of Benjamin \u2018blameF\u2019 Bremer and Kristian “k0nfig” Wienecke and last month\u2019s addition of Asger “Farlig” Jensen, still showing some growing pains as a team. Outside of the first-fourth finish in the IEM Katowice playoff, Astralis hasn\u2019t finished above fifth-sixth in any tournament they have entered this year, showing the Astralis international tournament reign is definitely over. <\/p>\n Astralis will be very short favourites to win this BO3 series against Evil Geniuses and it is very hard to tip Evil Geniuses as there is little evidence showing that they can take it to a team like Astralis. Therefore, we suggest taking the $1.90 on the over 2.5 maps market. <\/p>\n |