FURIA vs. Astralis Preview & Prediction- Free 2/17 CS: GO
The opponents will cross paths at Group B upper bracket quarter-final in the IEM Katowice 2022 tournament this Thursday. The 2022 IEM Katowice is one of the biggest and most awaited events in the professional scene of the Counter-Strike: Global Offensive tournament. The winner of this match will progress to the upper semi-finals. The group stage is composed of two groups of eight, and each group is played in GSL format. All matches are played in the best-of-three series.
FURIA Team Stats and Latest Results
FURIA is ranked 16th in the world ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 160 weeks. The Brazilian team was recently part of the ESL Challenger February 2022, finished 2nd and were awarded $20,000. Considering their performance in past events, they finished 3rd at the Battle of Betway 2021, 5-8th at the PGL Major Stockholm 2021, and 5-8th at the Pinnacle Winter Series 1. In the last 8 matches, they have won 5 matches and hold a win rate of 60.0%.
Map win statistics in the last 3 months shows that the team displayed an excellent win rate on Ancient (100.0%) and Nuke (66.7%). On the other hand, they failed to impress on Inferno (0.0%), Mirage (0.0%), and Overpass (0.0%). Their line-up includes arT (1.10 player rating), KSCERATO (1.19), yuurih (1.19), drop (1.00), and saffee (1.01).
Astralis Team Stats and Latest Results
Astralis is ranked 7th in the world ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 18 weeks. The Danish team is coming to this tournament with a win rate of 45.5% and won 3 out of their last 5 games. The team finished 9-12th at the IEM Winter 2021, 5-6th at the BLAST Premier World Final 2021, 7-9th at the BLAST Premier Spring Groups 2022, and 1-4th at the IEM Katowice 2022 Play-In.
Map win statistics in the last 3 months shows a decent performance on Overpass (60.0%) and Ancient (60.0%) but failed to impress on Inferno (50.0%), Nuke (46.2%), Mirage (36.4%), and Dust2 (33.3%). They have maintained 1 line-up for the last 3 months that consists of blameF (1.17), k0nfig (1.04), Xyp9x (0.93), Lucky (0.96), and gla1ve (1.00).
FURIA vs. Astralis H2H Record
The opponents have met once. They crossed paths at the PGL Major Stockholm 2021 and Astralis won on inferno (16:10).
FURIA vs. Astralis Betting Preview
Astralis is the favorite to win this matchup because they have a better position in the world ranking and have a better performance on the maps. The Danish team has an advantage on the Dust2, Mirage, Inferno, Overpass, and Ancient while FURIA only leads on 1 card (Nuke). Therefore, we believe Astralis is the better side and will win.
The Pick: Astralis to win.
