Astralis Talent vs. fnatic Rising Preview & Prediction- Free 1/14 CS: GO

This Friday, Astralis Talent and fnatic Rising will cross paths at the Play-In (Round 1) in the WePlay Academy League Season 3 tournament. The winner of this duel will advance to round 2 and play NAVI Junior while the loser will leave the tournament. The top 4 teams will get a spot at the LAN Finals.

Astralis Talent Team Stats and Latest Results

Astralis Talent is ranked 127th in the world ranking. The Danish team won 2 out of their 8 matches of the group stage in the WePlay Academy League Season 3 tournament. Considering their performance in past events, they finished 3-4th at the NPF 2021, 3-4th at the SiGMA Esports Technologies Cup 2021, and 25-40th at the Malta Vibes Knockout Series 4. Additionally, they won 2 out of their 8 matches and have a win rate of 30.8%.

Map win statistics in the last 3 months shows that the team has been impressive on Ancient (100.0%) but failed to impress on Vertigo (36.4%), Inferno (33.3%), and Overpass (0.0%). The team has a line-up that consists of Altekz (0.92), Fessor (1.07), vigg0 (0.95), MistR (0.88), and brzer (0.85).

fnatic Rising Team Stats and Latest Results

fnatic Rising is ranked 88th in the world ranking. The team finished 3rd at the WePlay Academy League Season 1 Finals and were awarded $15,000. At the group stage of the ongoing WePlay Academy League Season 3 tournament, the team won 4 out of their 8 matches and finished above Astralis Talent in Group A. Considering their performance in other tournaments, they finished 3-5th at the Elisa Invitational Winter 2021 Regionals, 25-40th at the Malta Vibes Knockout Series 4, and 9-12th at the ESEA Advanced Season 39 Europe. In the last 8 matches, they won 4 matches and have a win rate of 52.9%.

Map win statistics in the last 3 months shows that the team has attained an impressive performance on Ancient (100.0%), Overpass (75.0%), Dust2 (66.7%), and Vertigo (57.1%). On the other hand, they performed dismally on Inferno (40.0%), Nuke (25.0%), and Mirage (0.0%). They have maintained 1 line-up over the last 3 months that consists of Kevve (0.86), Peppzor (1.02), kst (1.04), regali (1.15), and Banjo (1.07).

Astralis Talent vs. fnatic Rising H2H Record

Head-to-head statistics show 3 meetings between the opponents. So far, fnatic Rising has won in 2 encounters while Astralis Talent has 1 win.

Astralis Talent vs. fnatic Rising Betting Preview

fnatic Rising is the favorite to win this upcoming matchup because they have shown a better performance at the group stage compared to their opponents. At the same time, they won their last 3 matches and have an impressive performance on the maps. They lead on Dust2, Inferno, Nuke, Overpass, and Vertigo. On the other hand, Astralis Talent has only won 1 out of their last 4 matches and is the underdog.

The Pick: fnatic Rising to win.