By winning the ESL One: Cologne 2020 – Oceania, Renegades further solidified themselves as the most dominant Counter-Strike: Global Offensive team from their region and did so in an extremely convincing fashion. Throughout the whole tournament, Renegades did not drop a single map out of six played and produced an outstanding 96-52 round differential, showcasing they are a level above their regional rivals in ORDER, Avant Gaming and Chiefs Esports Club.

Christopher “dexter” ?Nong and co. entered the ESL One Cologne 2020 with all guns blazing and humiliated Chiefs ESC on Nuke (16-1) and Vertigo (16-4) in what was one of the most one-sided CS:GO fixture in recent history. To that, Regenades added another convincing 2-0 win against ORDER, who put up a solid resistance, but in the end, had to admit defeat with 14-16 on Vertigo and 10-16 on Dust II.

After taking down Chiefs ESC and ORDER, the only team left to beat for Renegades were Avant Gaming, yet even they did not have it in them to challenge the ex-Grayhound Gaming core and lost with 10-16 on Dust II and 13-16 on Mirage.

ESL One: Cologne 2020 marks Renegades’s fifth consecutive tournament title after winning ESL One: Road to Rio – Oceania, DreamHack Masters Spring 2020: Oceania, DreamHack Open Summer 2020: Oceania and ESL ANZ Champs Season 11. Earlier in 2020, Renegades also finished second at the DreamHack Open Leipzig 2020 and won the regional Intel Extreme Masters XIV – World Championship qualifiers, however, had to settle for a 13th-16th place finish in Katowice.

Unsurprisingly, all five of Renegades’ players topped the tournament’s rankings, claiming five spots in the top six. Joshua “INS” Potter ended the tournament as the highest-rated player with 1.39 rating, followed by Jordan “Hatz” Bajic (1.37), dexter (1.29), Simon “Sico” Williams (1.18) and Liam “malta” Schembri (1.09). The only player in the top six that is not a member of Renegades was Avant Gaming’s AWPer Euan “sterling” Moore who averaged 1.28 rating.

Given Renegades dominance in the Oceanic region, the Australian side looks set to contest international titles once the CS:GO scene moves back to LAN competitions. Having said that, it’s difficult to know just how well prepared Renegades are to face off against teams hailing from other regions since they have been playing the same teams for over six months now, none of which have properly challenged them yet – as talked about Renegades’ IGL dexter.

“It’s the exact same opponents again and again, so we just did what we did last time – and it worked,” said dexter.

“We are always expecting change but it never really comes, at least not yet, so we are preparing ourselves, our mentalities, for overseas competitions.”

Renegades are now 22-2 in series across the last six months and hold an impressive 46-13 map differential since they crashed out of IEM Katowice in February. Their next competitive endeavour is slated to begin on Wednesday, September 2, when dexter and his men take a swing at the Perfect World Oceania League Fall 2020. At the end of the month, Renegades are also confirmed to attend ESL Pro League Season 12 Oceania, where they are set to face the same four teams in Avant Gaming, Chiefs ESC and ORDER.

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ORDER vs AVANT GAMING CS:GO BETTING & MATCH DETAILS

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ORDER vs AVANT GAMING ESL ONE COLOGNE 2020 BETTING PREVIEW

ORDER and Avant Gaming will clash in the second fixture of ESL One Cologne 2020 Online Oceania this Wednesday, marking their 15th meeting of the year and their third in August.

ORDER are aiming for their second title of 2020, having claimed the ESEA Season 33 Premier Division Australia crown in March. Besides that, Jireh “J1rah” Youakim and his team also completed runs through ESL Pro League Season 12 and DreamHack Open Summer 2020 qualifying, and they reached the grand finals of the Asia Minor Championship Rio 2020 Oceanic Closed Qualifier, ESL ANZ Champs Season 10 and ESL One Road to Rio Oceania.

Most recently, ORDER made it to the last stage of DreamHack Open Summer 2020 Oceania, where they lost 0-2 to the eventual champions, Renegades, in the upper bracket finals and 0-2 against Avant in the lower bracket finals to finish third.

ORDER hold a 78.6% win rate across the last three months and are 17-3 from their last 20 games. Their only losses in that time came against Renegades and twice against Avant, but they also registered a 3-1 win against Renegades and two triumphs against Avant.

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Avant Gaming enter ESL One Cologne 2020 as the fourth-ranked team in the region behind 100 Thieves, Renegades and ORDER. However, given that the tournament includes only the four strongest Australian CS:GO teams besides 100T, Avant and Chiefs Esports Club are the undisputed underdogs in this field.

At the start of August, Avant announced the arrival of ex-Chiefs Esports Club player Hugh “HUGHMUNGUS” Anderson as a replacement for Chris “ofnu” Hanley, who left for Chiefs in July. While the signing was viewed as a massive positive for Peter “BL1TZ” Athanasatos and his crew, their results since have been mediocre at best.

Since the CS:GO esports scene resumed earlier this month, Avant have won only three out of nine fixtures. This is only an extension of their struggles this year, as they have won only 56.7% of their matches across the last three months.

Avant recently attended ESL ANZ Champs Season 11, where they left a lot to be desired. After losing to Paradox Gaming (1-2) in the upper bracket quarter-finals, Avant bounced back with a 2-0 win against Rooster but fell apart in the second round of the lower bracket when they lost 0-2 against Renegades on Saturday.

That match was as one-sided as it can get, with Renegades outclassing Avant Gaming on both Nuke (16-9) and Mirage (16-4). Not a single Avant player produced a positive rating, as Euan “sterling” Moore was their best with a 0.96 rating and +1 kill/death differential. Meanwhile, Jared “HaZR” O’Bree had an off-day and ended the series with a lowly 0.64 rating.

ORDER vs AVANT GAMING ESL ONE COLOGNE 2020 BETTING PREDICTIONS

Avant Gaming have won eight of their 14 meetings with ORDER, which should, in theory, give them an edge this Wednesday. However, it’s hard to be too optimistic about this roster��s chances after a series of shaky displays this month. Having said that, ORDER are not looking too sharp either.

Avant are 1-4 in their last five games and hold a poor 5-10 map differential, whereas ORDER are 2-3 with a 5-7 map differential. Given that iffy form and their history of even contests, we can expect another close one here.

Neither squad inspires much confidence in the result markets, so we are tipping a three-map series that could go either way.

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Christopher “dexter” Nong and his team entered the best-of-five (Bo5) decider from the upper bracket. That gave them a default one-map advantage over Avant, who earned their spot on the big stage with a reverse-sweep win against ORDER (2-1) in the lower bracket finals.

Renegades defeated Avant 2-1 in the upper bracket finals on Thursday. The victory did not come easy for dexter and his team over the weekend, however, as they had to play out all of the remaining four maps to claim a hard-fought win over their regional rivals.

The grand finals began on Avant��s map pick, Dust II, where Mike “ap0c” Aliferis and co. got off to a strong start by winning four straight rounds against the heavily favorited Renegades. They failed to take advantage of their early lead, however, as the margin was whittled down to one round at 8-7 by half-time.

Avant quickly picked up the pace on CT-side, winning the opening three rounds to go 10-8 up before Renegades struck back by pocketing five out of the next six rounds to take a 13-11 lead. The favourites’ enthusiasm did not last for long, however, as Avant regained the control of the map by winning five rounds in a row to come out ahead 16-13.

Avant translated their momentum onto Nuke, where they took advantage of CT-side superiority and sealed the first half with a commanding 13-2 lead. While the leaders saw far less success on the other side, they mustered up the remaining three rounds to seal a 2-1 series lead.

With victory in sight, things turned grim for Avant on Mirage, where Renegades came to life and secured an 11-4 lead by the end of the first half. Dexter and his crew continued with strong showings on T-side by picking up the opening three rounds. While Avant managed to win seven out of the next eight rounds, Simon “Sico” Williams and Liam “malta” Schembri carried Renegades to a commanding 16-10 win with 1.66 and 1.50 ratings respectively.

The series came down to Inferno, where the two Australian esports squads went back and forth for the first 15 rounds as Renegades eked out an 8-7 lead. While Avant looked strong towards the end of the first half, they fell apart after switching over to T-side. Renegades came out of the gates flying, defended the bombsite with ease and won seven out of the next eight rounds to claim a 15-8 lead.

With only one round separating them from the title, Renegades let their foot off the gas and allowed Avant to pick up three rounds, but ap0c and his crew were only delaying the inevitable as they couldn’t stop Joshua “INS” Potter from carrying Renegades to a win with his remarkable 1.71 rating.

The win at DreamHack Masters Spring Oceania gave Renegades their second title in the space of a month, as they also took out first place at the regional ESL One: Road to Rio event in May.

INS ended the series with the highest rating (1.27) across both teams, closely followed by dexter (1.25). On the other side, ap0c emerged as the only Avant player with a positive rating (1.07), with Euan “sterling” Moore (0.98), Chris “ofnu” Hanley (0.93), Jared “HaZR” O’Bree (0.88) and Peter “BL1TZ” Athanasatos (0.82) all falling short of the mark.

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