Astralis vs. Natus Vincere Preview & Prediction- Free 4/02 CS: GO

The rivals will clash in the fourth round of the group stage in the ESL Pro League Season 15 tournament this Saturday. This is one of the most famous and adored tournaments in CS: GO and features 24 teams battling for a top prize of $175,000. The Group Stage is composed of four groups of six teams playing in a round-robin format with the best-of-three series.

Astralis Team Stats and Latest Results

Astralis is ranked #11 in the world ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 21 weeks. At the group stage of the ongoing ESL Pro League Season 15, the team defeated Evil Geniuses (2:0) but lost their second-round to Heroic with a score of 1:2. The team’s last achievement was at the IEM Katowice 2022 where they finished 7th place and received $24,000. They also finished 5-6th at the Funspark ULTI 2021 Finals and 7-9th at the BLAST Premier Spring Groups 2022. The team won 5 out of their last 10 matches and has a win rate of 47.1%.

Map performance over the last 3 months shows an impressive win rate on Ancient (75.0%) and Inferno (60.0%). On the other hand, they failed to impress on Vertigo (50.0%), Overpass (44.4%), Mirage (33.3%), Nuke (33.3%), and Dust2 (0.0%). The team’s line-up consists of blameF (1.16 player rating), Xyp9x (1.08), k0nfig (1.08), gla1ve (1.04), and Farlig (0.91).

Natus Vincere Team Stats and Latest Results

Natus Vincere ranks #1 in the global ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 148 weeks. The Ukrainian team has won all their first 2 matches of the group stage in the ESL Pro League Season 15 tournament and are top of Group D. They defeated AGO (2:0) and Evil Geniuses (2:0). Considering their performance in past events, they won BLAST Premier World Final 2021, finished 4-6th at the BLAST Premier Spring Groups 2022, and 3-4th at the IEM Katowice 2022. They won 7 out of their last 10 games and has a win rate of 63.6%.

Map performance in the last 3 months shows that their best-played cards are Ancient (100.0%-win rate), Dust2 (75.0%), Nuke (75.0%), Mirage (62.5%), and Overpass (60.0%). The team lost all their matches on Inferno (0.0%). Their current line-up includes electroNic (1.16 player rating), Perfecto (1.01), s1mple (1.30), b1t (1.11), and headtr1ck (1.25).

Astralis vs. Natus Vincere H2H Record

Head-to-head has 27 meetings between the opponents. So far, both teams have won 13 times and drawn once. Their last encounter was at the group stage of BLAST Premier Spring Groups 2022 and Astralis won 1:0.

Astralis vs. Natus Vincere Betting Preview

Both teams are in good shape and we should expect an interesting matchup when they cross paths. Natus Vincere has attained a win rate of 63.6% over the last 3 months while Astralis has 47.1%. Considering their performance on the maps, Astralis leads on Dust2, Mirage, Nuke, and Overpass while Astralis has an advantage on Inferno and Ancient. Therefore, we are predicting a win for Natus Vincere.

The Pick: Natus Vincere to win.