BLAST Premier World Final 2024 kicks off in Singapore on Wednesday, October 30, with some high-class group games. See our top Counter-Strike betting tips for Natus Vincere vs Astralis, FaZe Clan vs MOUZ, G2 Esports vs Team Liquid, and Team Vitality vs Team Spirit.

Sitting 17th in the global Counter-Strike world rankings, Astralis are the lowest-rated squad attending BLAST Premier World Final 2024. Their campaign will start with a tough fixture against the world’s No.1 team, Natus Vincere, who have strung together four consecutive finals appearances in S-Tier events.

Aleksi “Aleksib” Virolainen and co. won Intel Extreme Masters Rio 2024 two weeks ago, dropping just three maps in the process. They were just as convincing on their title run at ESL Pro League Season 20 in September, and it is hard to criticise them for placing second at BLAST Premier Fall Final 2024 at the end of last month.

Astralis enter this match with just one win from their last five, which includes losses against Team Vitality, Team Spirit, HEROIC, and Virtus.pro. So even at this number, Astralis are not a very appealing choice.

Although historically known for cold starts in tournaments, Natus Vincere haven’t had many issues running hot early this season, and we do not expect that to change in Singapore.

FaZe Clan last met with MOUZ during Intel Extreme Masters Rio 2024 earlier this month, when they lost 1-2. It was not the best showing, but FaZe won the previous two meetings in April and February, both 2-0.

Finn “karrigan” Andersen and co. have not been too convincing in their recent tournament adventures, as their best two placements since winning IEM Chengdu 2024 in April have been a victory at BLAST Premier Fall Showdown 2024 and a top-four finish at BLAST Premier Fall Final 2024.

MOUZ reached the grand final in Rio, which explains why they are priced as favourites for this match with the best Counter-Strike betting sites. However, MOUZ have hardly shown more over the last month than last year’s BLAST Premier World Final runners-up, and they have a worse map pool, with a better win rate on just Vertigo and Nuke.

At plus money, FaZe Clan are an easy choice.

G2 Esports defeated Team Liquid 2-1 in September, adding to their reverse sweep from Intel Extreme Masters Dallas 2024 in May and improving the head-to-head record to 3-1. But that is a poor reason to have Janusz “Snax” Pogorzelski and co. priced as $1.45 favourites for this match.

Team Liquid have not come close to reaching the podium in their last three tournaments, and they did not look too convincing in Rio. In their defence, Liquid have played a few close games over that stretch, so they have shown a pulse.

G2 Esports can win BLAST Premier World Final 2024, but they are not to be trusted as favourites. They are also very vulnerable on Anubis and Ancient — which are Liquid’s best maps — so even though this is G2’s game to lose, it is unlikely to be a one-sided affair.

Team Spirit eliminated Team Vitality from BLAST Premier Spring Final 2024 in June; however, they enter this clash as slight outsiders after some mixed results over the last three months.

Since winning BetBoom Dacha Belgrade 2024 #2, Team Spirit have exited ESL Pro League Season 20 in fifth-eighth and BLAST Premier Fall Final 2024 in fifth-sixth place. They are 2-3 from their last five outings, and although they have not played a match in a month, a long break cannot help them much either.

Team Vitality have not looked too dangerous over the last month either, and they exited Intel Extreme Masters Rio 2024 in fifth-sixth after a rough run through the group stage. Not only is their form questionable, but the Bees also travel to Singapore without their in-game leader, William “mezii” Merriman, with Audric “JACKZ” Jug standing in.

Even though Team Spirit have a lot more to prove after struggling to make much noise of late, they are an obvious pick over the weakened Team Vitality.

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