G2 vs. Astralis, Preview, & Prediction - Free 7/17 CS: GO

G2 and Astralis meet at the semi-finals of the IEM Cologne 2021 tournament. The winner of the matchup will progress to the grand finale to battle for the top prize of $400,000. Meanwhile, the loser will be eliminated.

G2 Team Stats and Latest Results

G2 is ranked 3rd on the global ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 93 weeks. At the IEM Cologne 2021 tournament, they played 3 matches and won all of them. They defeated Complexity (2:0) at the opening round, BIG (2:1) at the upper semi-finals, and Gambit (2:1) at the upper final of Group A. In other matches, they finished 3rd at both the IEM Summer 2021 Closed Qualifier, Flashpoint 3, and BLAST Premier Spring Final 2021. They have also qualified for ESL Pro League Season 14 tournament which starts in August. Meanwhile, they won 6 out of their last 8 matches and have a win rate of 72.4%.

Map win rate in the last 3 months shows that the team has been impressive on Train (80.0%), Mirage (68.8%), Inferno (68.8%), and Vertigo (54.5%). They were average on Dust2 (50.0%) and Nuke (50.0%) but failed to impress on Ancient (33.3%). The team lineup consists of JaCkz (0.93), NiKo (1.16), huNter- (1.14), AmaNEk (1.02), and nexa (1.04).

Astralis Team Stats and Latest Results

Astralis is ranked 10th on the global ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 238 weeks. At the quarter-finals of IEM Cologne 2021, they defeated Virtus.pro (2:1) to book a spot at the semi-finals. The Danish team has displayed average results in different tournaments since the year started. They finished 5-6th at the DreamHack Masters Spring 2021 and 6th at the Flashpoint 3. In the last 8 matches, Astralis won 4 and lost 4 matchups. Their win rate is 50.0%.

Map statistics in the last 3 months show that the team was impressive on Nuke (70.0%), Vertigo (60.0%), and Inferno (57.1%). Astralis achieved an average win rate on Dust2 (50.0%) but failed to impress on Overpass (40.0%), Ancient (0.0%), and Train (0.0%). The team lineup consists of Xyp9x (1.00), dupreeh (1.13), gla1ve (1.00), Magisk (1.13), and Bubzkji (1.00).

G2 vs. Astralis H2H Record

There are 12 head-to-head meetings between the opponents and Astralis has won in 9 events. The last meeting was at the DreamHack Masters Spring 2021 where G2 won 2:1

G2 vs. Astralis Betting Preview

This is a tight matchup because both sides are among the top 10 teams in the global rankings. G2 has not lost a single match at the IEM Cologne 2021 while Astralis has lost one match when they played Natus Vincere at the upper final of Group B. Considering map performance, G2 leads on Dust2, Mirage, Inferno, and Ancient. On the other hand, Astralis takes Nuke, Overpass, and Vertigo. For this reason, we believe this match will go for more than 2 maps and G2 will win.

The Pick: G2 to win