Astralis, Vitality, FaZe start EPL S19 with wins
The opening day of ESL Pro League Season 19 had six BO3s taking place with new lineups and CS2's finest looking to get back into the thick of things.
electroNic, who made a stunning move to Virtus.pro a couple of days ago, made his debut against fnatic and it wasn't what the Major winner was looking for. VP edged out fnatic on Overpass at 13-11 to get things underway but fnatic fought back and reverse-swept the series to hand electroNic a loss in his first match with his new team.
Virtus.profnatic| Virtus.pro |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Dzhami 'Jame' Ali |
48 - 36 | +12 | 71.1 | 82.9% | 1.08 |
| Denis 'electroNic' Sharipov |
52 - 49 | +3 | 86.3 | 74.3% | 1.08 |
| Evgenii 'FL1T' Lebedev |
38 - 43 | -5 | 66.6 | 75.7% | 0.99 |
| David 'n0rb3r7' Danielyan |
45 - 43 | +2 | 66.3 | 67.1% | 0.95 |
| Petr 'fame' Bolyshev |
37 - 43 | -6 | 58.0 | 70.0% | 0.86 |
| fnatic |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Aurélien 'afro' Drapier |
49 - 37 | +12 | 65.2 | 72.9% | 1.07 |
 Can 'kyuubii' Ali |
44 - 44 | +0 | 70.7 | 74.3% | 1.04 |
 Freddy 'KRIMZ' Johansson |
35 - 40 | -5 | 67.6 | 70.0% | 0.98 |
| Alexandre 'bodyy' Pianaro |
40 - 48 | -8 | 75.0 | 68.6% | 0.98 |
 Matúš 'MATYS' Šimko |
46 - 52 | -6 | 66.7 | 67.1% | 0.90 |
Brazil's Sharks faced Vitality and the Brazilians started strong with a 9-3 lead on Vertigo but apEX and co. weren't in the mood for an upset as a stellar T-side saw them pick up a 13-11 win before drowning the Sharks 13-3 on Mirage to secure a 2-0 series win to get their campaign started.
VitalitySharks| Vitality |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Lotan 'Spinx' Giladi |
39 - 20 | +19 | 95.7 | 72.5% | 1.55 |
| Mathieu 'ZywOo' Herbaut |
28 - 20 | +8 | 86.7 | 85.0% | 1.44 |
| Dan 'apEX' Madesclaire |
33 - 23 | +10 | 81.2 | 85.0% | 1.37 |
 William 'mezii' Merriman |
27 - 22 | +5 | 76.2 | 77.5% | 1.24 |
| Shahar 'flameZ' Shushan |
30 - 23 | +7 | 77.2 | 82.5% | 1.23 |
| Sharks |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Rodrigo 'drg' Ausenka |
29 - 30 | -1 | 75.8 | 57.5% | 0.97 |
| Daniel 'rdnzao' Monteiro |
28 - 32 | -4 | 77.4 | 65.0% | 0.96 |
| Mateus 'supLexN1' Miranda |
24 - 29 | -5 | 59.2 | 72.5% | 0.79 |
| Danilo 'doc' Barros |
13 - 35 | -22 | 63.3 | 55.0% | 0.55 |
| Victor 'togs' Rapassi |
13 - 31 | -18 | 46.3 | 52.5% | 0.54 |
New in-game leader device and Astralis eased past Eternal Fire, picking up a comfortable 2-0 after taking a 13-5 win on Vertigo and 13-9 win on Overpass.
Source: ESL
AstralisEternal Fire| Astralis |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Victor 'Staehr' Staehr |
36 - 21 | +15 | 91.8 | 80.0% | 1.43 |
| Martin 'stavn' Lund |
29 - 19 | +10 | 88.5 | 82.5% | 1.36 |
| Nicolai 'device' Reedtz |
27 - 18 | +9 | 79.8 | 82.5% | 1.20 |
| Jakob 'jabbi' Nygaard |
28 - 18 | +10 | 62.6 | 77.5% | 1.18 |
| Alexander 'br0' Bro |
23 - 18 | +5 | 69.5 | 85.0% | 1.16 |
| Eternal Fire |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Ali 'Wicadia' Haydar Yalçın |
22 - 32 | -10 | 68.4 | 60.0% | 0.78 |
| Buğra 'Calyx' Arkın |
19 - 25 | -6 | 56.7 | 62.5% | 0.76 |
| Özgür 'woxic' Eker |
20 - 30 | -10 | 55.3 | 65.0% | 0.70 |
| Engin 'MAJ3R' Küpeli |
15 - 27 | -12 | 50.9 | 67.5% | 0.69 |
| Ismailcan 'XANTARES' Dörtkardeş |
18 - 29 | -11 | 53.3 | 57.5% | 0.66 |
Fresh off their IEM Chengdu 2024 win, FaZe went up against Imperial and the Brazilians started with promise on Inferno but karrigan and his boys were too strong as they picked up a 13-10 win before closing out the series on Nuke with a comfortable 13-6 win.
FaZeImperial| FaZe |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David 'frozen' Čerňanský |
39 - 21 | +18 | 82.8 | 83.3% | 1.53 |
 Helvijs 'broky' Saukants |
34 - 20 | +14 | 75.3 | 73.8% | 1.28 |
 Håvard 'rain' Nygaard |
30 - 27 | +3 | 86.2 | 69.0% | 1.18 |
 Robin 'ropz' Kool |
27 - 26 | +1 | 84.7 | 73.8% | 1.10 |
| Finn 'karrigan' Andersen |
25 - 24 | +1 | 65.2 | 73.8% | 0.99 |
| Imperial |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kaiky 'noway' Santos |
27 - 30 | -3 | 79.8 | 69.0% | 0.93 |
| Lucas 'decenty' Bacelar |
27 - 31 | -4 | 69.9 | 59.5% | 0.90 |
| João 'felps' Vasconcellos |
25 - 32 | -7 | 69.6 | 59.5% | 0.84 |
| Henrique 'HEN1' Teles |
21 - 31 | -10 | 60.2 | 47.6% | 0.71 |
| Vinicius 'VINI' Figueiredo |
17 - 31 | -14 | 53.2 | 59.5% | 0.68 |
The other games of the day saw 3DMAX 2-0 SAW while BetBoom edged out M80 2-1 even after losing their pick 1-13.
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